“Don’t wait for permission”
Christina Pickworth, Zoe Ross, Queenie Miller and more on what makes them keep reading a script. The first panel of State of the Story London 2026 at the BFI.
Gavin Glendinning
Gavin Glendinning
Head of Production & Development, Qwerty Films
Gavin Glendinning is Head of Production and Development at Qwerty Films, the London production company founded by Michael Kuhn. He joined Qwerty in 2015 as Kuhn’s assistant on Florence Foster Jenkins, starring Meryl Streep, and quickly became Head of Development. He was an associate producer on Golda, Guy Nattiv’s film about Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, starring Helen Mirren. He spoke on Panel 1 at State of the Story London 2026 at the BFI Southbank.