HOLY FAMILY School students quizzed a film industry boss during her visit to the school.

Amanda Nevill, chief executive of the British Film Institute, told the students that he believed attitude was as important as education.

She said filmmaking had overtaken manufacturing to become the country’s third-largest industry.

School deputy head Damian Moore said Amanda wanted every part of Britain to contribute to the film industry.

He said: “She feels that talent is everywhere but opportunity is still too concentrated in the south east.

“She wanted the students to realise just how many people are needed to work on a movie.

“Each James Bond movie employs 2000 people for one year and the producers always say the carpenters are just as important as Daniel Craig.”

Amanda fielded many questions at the end, from Sam Loftus in particular who wanted to know how young British directors found funding.

She was introduced by Wajhidur Rahman from Year 11.

Amanda was born in Leeds into a family of engineers, and after running an art gallery she headed up Bradford Photography and Film Museum.

Passionate about movies, she now travels the world to negotiate trade deals.