Belle Doyle has been running the Locations department at Scottish Screen, the national screen agency for Scotland, for three years.  Previously, Belle spent five years as Film Officer for Dumfries & Galloway Council in the south west of Scotland, running the local Screen Commission and managing a small art house cinema. Prior to this, she has worked as an administrator for an environmental lobbying group in London, and has also worked as a technician in the University of London. She gained a BA (Hons) in English Literature at the University of Sheffield in 1993, and later was awarded a PhD in Hollywood Film in 1998.