Steve Smith

Co-founder, Picture Zero

Co-founder, Picture Zero

Smith is a BAFTA award director who’s helped create some of the UK’s most popular television programmes. He is the former chair of directors UK and a former non-executive director of Elstree Film Studios where he chaired the studios Net Zero committee. He oversees the Screen New Deal Transformation Plan for Wales and Studio Sustainability Standard as a consultant project manager for BAFTA albert.

Smith believes passionately that culture is a powerful force for galvanising climate action and challenging high-carbon lifestyles. To that end, in 2019 he co-founded Picture Zero with a dedication to making the film and TV sector a zero-carbon, zero-waste industry, integrating sustainability into storytelling. He executive produced the ground-breaking documentary, The People Vs Climate Change, with exclusive access to the UK’s first Citizens’ Assembly commissioned by Parliament which brought together people from all walks of life to discuss how the UK can reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.

COMPANY INFORMATION

Picture Zero is a sustainability consultancy and production company. We work with broadcasters, studios, leading independent producers and industry bodies to drive positive environmental action in the screen industries.

Our team has decades of production experience and we offer a range of sustainability services for both individual productions and businesses looking to reduce their carbon footprints, minimise waste and transition to more sustainable ways of working. We approach production sustainability services with a focus on straightforward advice and practical solutions, and offer a range of corporate Net Zero services designed to be directly relevant for film and TV businesses.

We are a team of film and TV professionals who believe that our industry can play a major role in tackling the climate crisis. Our aim is to help the sector harness its creativity to effect change and build a more sustainable future.