A career built across production, policy, infrastructure, and international storytelling.
Stephen Strachan is a producer, writer, film commissioner, and creative-industry executive working across the Gulf, Africa, the UK, and international screen markets.
Stephen’s value sits in the space between creative ambition and the operating systems that make production possible.
Foundation
UK foundation
Public bios trace Stephen’s earlier career through UK film and media companies including organisations such as the BFI, Pulse, Ealing Studios, Channel 4, Bedlam, Daybreak Pictures, Celtic Films, and Riverchild Films. This period formed a broad foundation across development, production support, and independent film culture rather than a single headline credit.
2011–2015
Doha & regional transition
From 2011 to 2015, Stephen worked with Doha Film Institute on training programmes and festival-related initiatives, including work aligned with Qumra and Ajyal activity referenced in public Abu Dhabi Film Commission biographical material. This period deepened his engagement with Gulf and MENA screen ecosystems and with emerging filmmakers from across the region.
Solutions
Producing with Film Solutions
Stephen’s producing work with Film Solutions includes Scales, Shahad Ameen’s debut feature, which became one of the most visible Saudi feature films of its period with notable festival and Oscar-submission visibility, and How I Got There, a Gulf action-crime feature recognised at the Red Sea International Film Festival. Public sources credit him in producer / executive producer capacities on these titles; final detailed credit wording should be confirmed before publication.
RCU Period
Film AlUla & production infrastructure
As Film Commissioner at the Royal Commission for AlUla, Stephen helped establish Film AlUla and build the practical systems required to attract and support international production: incentives, permitting, location access, accommodation, production support, and studio infrastructure.
Public bios credit him with work across cashback rebate systems, incentive packages, film-specific housing, and studio-complex launch infrastructure during his Film AlUla period. The emphasis is on helping to build the infrastructure around production — not claiming credit for the broader Saudi film industry.
Films
EK 782 Films
EK 782 Films is Stephen’s producer platform with a focus on UAE/Nigeria and Middle East/Africa-oriented work. Public materials frame the company around stories and talent that sit between regions, with Stephen’s experience in production, locations, and regional ecosystems shaping how projects are developed and executed.
Present
Globa 3 today
Today, Stephen is Co-Founder & COO of Globa 3, a strategic media company connecting Hollywood, governments, capital, and emerging creative economies across the Gulf, Africa, and beyond. Within Globa 3 he brings production, infrastructure, and regional execution depth into a platform that spans film, media, advisory, finance, and creative-economy development.