Layla Snell is an Archive Footage and Stills Producer with over 6 years experience in the industry. With a history BA Hons, she is truly passionate about archive content and understands the invaluable way it can help to shape and tell stories unlike any other medium. After graduating, Layla gained a place as one of sixteen on a highly competitive and sought after media archive traineeship, organised by Creative Skillset in partnership with Film London. Layla then went onto work in archive houses such as the Associated Press Archive, BBC Archive and Kinolibrary; a boutique film archive agency based in London. Working within archive houses has given Layla an excellent wealth of knowledge of content copyright, footage and stills licensing, archival research and handling and she has amassed a huge network of contacts within the media archive industry. After three years working her way up to 'Head of Research' at Kinolibrary, Layla felt confident that, with the skills she had acquired, she could successfully make the leap to become a freelance archive researcher. Layla has since worked on a variety of feature films, documentaries and TV series.
Selected credits
Documentaries
| Date | Prod Co | Title | Type | Director | Producer | Role | Vimeo / Youtube Link |
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2025 - Feb |
Flock |
Pitch film |
Pitch film |
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Footage Researcher |
N/A |
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2024 - Jun |
Two Happy Producers |
JADE - Angel of my Dreams |
Music Video |
Luke Tierney |
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Archive Producer |
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2024 - Jun |
Iris |
Pitch film |
Campaign |
Grant Hunter |
Lauren Tyson |
Archive Producer / Researcher |
N/A |
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2024 - Jun |
Prodigious |
EE Euros |
Campaign |
William Boehm & Benjamin Rutherford |
Helen Tucker-Lalloo |
Archive Producer / Researcher |
N/A |
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2024 - May |
BBDO |
BUPA BLUA |
Campaign |
David Boa |
Tarik Haksever |
Archive Producer |
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2024 - Jan |
Docsville Studios |
Klitschko: More Than a Fight |
Feature Documentary |
Kevin Macdonald |
Monica Mwangi |
Archive Producer |
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2024 - Feb |
Misfits Entertainment |
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story |
Feature Documentary |
Peter Ettedgui & Ian Bonhote |
Robert Ford |
Archive Producer |
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2024 - Jan |
FCB |
Haleon PIA Thai Advert |
Campaign |
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Felicity Cruickshank |
Footage Researcher |
N/A |
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2023 - Mar |
Saatchi x IELTS |
Let's Do London |
Campaign |
|
Ihsan Kemal |
Footage Researcher |
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2023 - Feb |
Earthling |
Force In Nature |
Documentary Short |
Ross Bolidai |
Matt Diegan |
Footage Researcher |
N/A |
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2022 - Oct |
HLA X Accomplice |
Nothing Beats Being There |
Campaign |
Simon Ratigan |
Tim Nunn |
UGC Footage Researcher |
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2202 - Nov |
BBC Studios |
Fight The Power! |
Feature Doc |
Yemi Bamiro |
Shianne Brown |
Archive Producer |
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2022 - Apr |
Sky TV |
This England |
Docu Drama series |
Michael Winterbottom |
Antony Green |
Archive Researcher |
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2022 - Mar |
Passion Pictures |
Animals In Therapy |
Online Campaign |
Tim Hope |
Clare Lucas |
Archive Producer |
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2022 - Jan |
Road 2 Productions |
The Road 2 Tokyo |
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Matt Whitecross |
Fiona Neilson |
Archive Researcher |
N/A |
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2022 - Jan |
Nutopia |
The '80s: Top Ten |
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Sara Brailsford |
Matt Edmonds |
Archive Assistant Producer |
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2021 - Jan |
Roband Productions |
The Kings |
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Mat Whitecross |
Fiona Neilson |
Archive Researcher |
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2021 - Jan |
Nutopia |
The World According to Jeff Goldblum |
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Karen McGann |
Dudley Cruse |
Archive Researcher |
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2020 - Jan |
Passion Pictures |
The Real Charlie Chaplin |
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Peter Middleton & James Spinney |
Jo Jo Ellison |
Archive Researcher |
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2020 - Jan |
Nutopia |
A World of Calm |
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Ben Devlin |
Fiona Caldwell & Sara Brailsford |
Archive Research |
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2019 - Jan |
Passion Pictures |
Rising Phoenix |
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Ian Bonhôte & Peter Ettedgui |
John Battsek |
Archive Researcher |
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2019 - Jan |
Salon Pictures |
Audrey |
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Helena Coan |
Annabel Wigoder |
Archive Researcher |
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Education
- BA (Hons.) History - Upper Class 2.1
Genres Worked in
- Feature films
- feature documentaries
- tv series
- dramas
- advertising
Technical Skills
- Final Cut Pro - Intermediate
- AVID - Basic
- Premier Pro - Intermediate
- After Effects - Basic
- Photoshop - Intermediate
- InDesign - Intermediate
