Dean's Film Industry Mission Impossible!

No two days are ever the same being an MP! During the 2020 lockdown, I received a call and was asked to help the Mission Impossible movie producers ensure that filming could continue at Warner Brothers Studios in Leavesden. I was pleased to organise a virtual meeting with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport where they discussed the vital importance of keeping the movie industry filming in the United Kingdom which would help to bolster the economy.

I am proud to say that my intervention led to specific film and production industry rules during covid being created which countries around the world soon followed.

It sounds like something out of a film plot but my actions and the Government's response along with the subsequent campaign by Tom Cruise meant that the global film industry could continue to make films and TV shows in a safe way.

This move helped to save jobs both locally in Watford and also around the world.

News

‘The Son’ screening with Hugh Jackman

Thursday, 16 February, 2023

I was truly honoured to be invited with a small group of leaders in mental health to attend a special screening of ‘The Son’ introduced in person by director Florian Zeller & actor Hugh Jackman last night.

Dean Russell MP Chairs Westminster Media Forum Policy Conference

Wednesday, 1 December, 2021

Dean Russell chaired the Westminster Media Forum Policy Conference to discuss the future for UK film with a range of speakers from the film industry.

Dean Russell MP Celebrates £3.2 Million For Hertfordshire

Thursday, 4 November, 2021

Dean Russell welcomed the government’s announcement that local projects in Hertfordshire will be receiving £3.2 million from the UK Community Renewal Fund.

Mission: Possible? Protecting the film industry in the wake of the pandemic

Thursday, 17 June, 2021

Almost like a scene from a movie, I was sat in my Parliamentary office last year when I got a message from a producer of the Mission Impossible movies: ‘We have a problem – can you help?’.

Dean was keen to help as he knows how important the film industry is to his constituency.

Mission: Impossible films restart filming at Leavesden Warner Bros Studios

Sunday, 5 July, 2020

Watford MP Dean Russell said: “When Tom Cruise’s team reached out for my assistance, I was keen to help as I know how important the film industry is to my constituency. It is fantastic that some of the world’s biggest blockbusters are shot on our doorstep.

Dean Russell Invited To Attend National Film Awards

Thursday, 29 March, 2018

Dean Russell, was invited as a VIP to the National Film Awards this week. The Awards celebrate the best in the British movies industry and was attended by a host of celebrities and luminaries from across television, music and film.