Director · Writer · Producer · Consultant
Three decades telling stories across film, television, animation and the new grammar of Virtual Production & AI — and helping others build the studios, skills and ventures to tell theirs.
An international award-winning theatre and film director, writer and producer — and a proud neurodiverse, disabled champion of underrepresented voices — Marc has worked professionally across the creative arts and digital sectors for over thirty years.
From a BAFTA-nominated Channel 4 series and a Cineworld-distributed debut feature, to the largest 2D animation studio north of Manchester and a new generation of AI-guided children's media, his work moves fluidly between the camera and the boardroom. Alongside it runs a parallel career mentoring founders, advising combined authorities on film-studio builds, and pioneering Virtual Production training for the regions that need it most.
Two bodies of work
Feature film, television, short film, documentary, theatre and award-winning animation — at Arcus, KingBee, Nova Mundi, Buzzeebee and Vital Publishing.
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Creative-industries business consulting and mentoring, film-studio feasibility, and Virtual Production & AI strategy — for Creative UK, combined authorities and beyond.
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Consulting Executive Producer at KingBee Animation Studios, and co-founder of Buzzeebee AI — an AI-guided animated children's app built with BBC Education and Innovate UK support.
Co-founder and director of the Teesside company shining a light on fresh North East characters and worlds — factual, documentary, film and podcast.
Curating and leading the Learn to Fly summit and symposium — a regional vision for Virtual Production training, Gaussian Splats, NeRFs and AI-assisted workflows.
“A portfolio career some may see as failing, but I always see as learning — and ‘Failing Forwards’ is, for me, a far better way to develop both personally and professionally.” Marc de Launay · Acta Non Verba
Creative projects, consulting briefs, board and trustee roles — voluntary or paid. If you're building something worth building, let's talk.