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Leyla Pope
Pope is a filmmaker, campaigner and consultant. She was born in Iran but left after the 1979 Revolution and has lived in the UK and Europe for most of her adult life. Pope worked for Médecins Sans Frontières in Switzerland on their Campaign for Essential Medicines. After returning to the UK, she ran operations for the political campaign group, Led By Donkeys, and later was Chief Operation Officer for Wondr Medical, a tech company in London.
Within Wales she has worked for The Josef Herman Foundation and BAFTA Cymru. She has received grants for her scripts and short films from Ffilm Cymru and BFI Network.
Pope has a particular interest in the power of art to bridge cultural divides. She helped organise the exhibition ‘Transform/Nation: Contemporary Art of Iran and Its Diaspora’ in 2007 that took place simultaneously in Washington DC and Tehran. She has an undergraduate degree in Oriental Studies from Cambridge University and an MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from University of London, SOAS. Leyla also has an MA in Film from the University of South Wales.
Biography
Pope is a filmmaker, campaigner and consultant. She was born in Iran but left after the 1979 Revolution and has lived in the UK and Europe for most of her adult life. Pope worked for Médecins Sans Frontières in Switzerland on their Campaign for Essential Medicines. After returning to the UK, she ran operations for the political campaign group, Led By Donkeys, and later was Chief Operation Officer for Wondr Medical, a tech company in London.
Within Wales she has worked for The Josef Herman Foundation and BAFTA Cymru. She has received grants for her scripts and short films from Ffilm Cymru and BFI Network.
Pope has a particular interest in the power of art to bridge cultural divides. She helped organise the exhibition ‘Transform/Nation: Contemporary Art of Iran and Its Diaspora’ in 2007 that took place simultaneously in Washington DC and Tehran. She has an undergraduate degree in Oriental Studies from Cambridge University and an MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from University of London, SOAS. Leyla also has an MA in Film from the University of South Wales.