39/52 Cynthia Heyd

39/52 Cynthia Heyd

"As you get older in the business (film production), there’s a perception that you can’t keep up.
You need fresh ideas and new perspectives, but you also need experience to help guide. I think the most powerful teams you can put together have a combination of both.

Diversity and inclusion is a huge issue in all industries, and it’s a particularly big one in our industry. There are some great programs arising to help, whether that’s supporting the BIPOC community, females in leadership, the neurodiverse population, or the LGBTQ2S for example. But one group that doesn’t get the same crusade around it is Ageism. Given where I am in my career, I feel the ageism, but I don’t feel any older than I was 10 or 20 years ago!

For me, it’s about recognizing that there are voices coming from all these different places and every single one has merit and should be included."