Kyla Harris

Kyla Harris is a filmmaker, writer, and activist who applies an intersectional approach to all of her work. She advises and supports inclusivity in the industry, as chair of the Disability Screen Advisory Group for the British Film Institute (BFI) and a British Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) member. She works to integrate the principles of disability justice in her personal and professional life and regularly gives workshops on the subject. Along with Filmmakers With Disabilities (FWD-Doc) she co-wrote A Toolkit for Inclusion & Accessibility: Changing the Narrative of Disability in Documentary Film in association with Doc Society and Netflix as well as The FWD-Doc Engagement Pack in association with Doc Society and the BFI. In 2022 she joined the founding members of FWD-Doc as an Advising Member. Her short film It’s Personal, which she co-directed and wrote, was commissioned by the Film Video Umbrella and is their most viewed film to date. She co-created and is currently co-writing a comedy-drama series with Roughcut TV for the BBC.