Professor Pat Kirkham is a design historian, lecturer and award-winning author. She teaches at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture in New York, and has written widely on design, film and gender. Her work on film ranges from silent cinema to more recent productions and from set and costume design to the films of Charles and Ray Eames and the film titles of Saul Bass. A Rolling Stones groupie, she supports Newcastle United.

Jane Gaines is a Professor of Literature and English at Duke University, where she founded and directs the Program in Film/Video/Digital. Her interests are film theory, new media, cultural studies, race theory, and early film history. Jane has authored the following books: Fire and Desire: Mixed-Race Movies in the Silent Era ( University of Chicago Press, 2001), Fictions and Histories: Women Film Pioneers (University of Illinois Press, forthcoming) and Contested Culture: The Image, the Voice, and the Law (University of North Carolina Press, 1991). She has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Katherine Singer Kovacs Award for Best Book in Film/TV Studies, an Academy Film Scholar grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and a fellowship at the National Humanities Center.

Alexandria Nahlous has worked in fashion and lifestyle public relations for over 6 years in Sydney, London and New York. She also completed a three-year stint at the US fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar. Alex has a Bachelor of Arts in Art History/History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and completed graduate work in marketing with a focus on the arts and entertainment at Macquarie University, Australia. A native Australian, Alex has called New York City home for the past six years and currently works for exposure Communications.

Ann Shuptrine is a visual artist and creative consultant based in London. Her career in London began in advertising and marketing where she developed campaign strategies for various youth brands including MTV and Motorola. Since completing an MA in Photography and Urban Cultures at Goldsmith's College she has been a consultant for various arts initiatives including the London Architecture Biennale and continues to advise on brand identity. A founder of the JAKA Art collective, Ann also curates and exhibits internationally.

Louise Clarke is an editor, curator and arts consultant. Recent exhibitions include the screening of Curating Madness (Victoria & Albert Museum, 2005), Beyond the Hide (Truman Brewery, 2005) and Case Study (London, Plymouth, 2006). Louise’s work has been published in New York ID magazine and Image and Text. Her first book The Measure (2007) comprises of 75 commissioned essays, photo shoots and interviews focusing on the influence of London on the work of international fashion practitioners. Louise worked as art consultant to über-collector David Roberts helping build and promote his contemporary art collection. She has been awarded a University of the Arts Studentship to undertake PhD study at London College of Communications to work on The Stanley Kubrick Archives: project title Raising the Celluloid.

Cathy is a cinema programmer at the Barbican, London, programming film festivals, seasons and special events, including the London
Children's Film Festival. Cathy has worked with Fashion in Film since
its inception and has chaired the Advisory Board since 2007. Committed
to supporting women within the film industry, Cathy sits on the programming team of Birds Eye View film festival, the major UK platform for female filmmakers and has also curated a women's film festival at the Pacific Film Archive, California.