Prior to becoming the Chief Executive of Film London, Adrian was Acting Director of the British Film Institute (BFI), in addition to having been the Director of the London Film Festival (LFF) and the National Film Theatre (NFT), Head of BFI Exhibition and Director of the crime and mystery film festival, Crime Scene. Before his appointment to the BFI, he was founding director of Broadway Media Centre in Nottingham and Director of the Bradford Playhouse and Film Theatre. Adrian is a Programme Advisor to the BFI London Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and Noir in Fest, Courmayeur. He is also Chair of the Advisory Board of Sensoria, Sheffield’s music and film festival.