Louise is a multi-award-winning documentary maker, specialising in redefining and retelling complex biographies including GRIERSON/BAFTA Scotland/Rose d’Or nominated BECOMING FRIDA KAHLO; and PARALLEL WORLDS, PARALLEL LIVES with E from US rock band Eels won Grierson/ BAFTA Scotland/BAFTA Craft/RTS/Celtic Media awards and was nominated for BAFTA best single documentary. She also won multiple awards, including a RTS Craft for her cinematography on the observational series FAIR ISLE: LIVING ON THE EDGE. Louise has been making television documentaries for over 20 years, BEL is her first feature documentary for cinematic release. 

“I never knew Bel but Leah, her sister, is my friend. We live in the same village outside Glasgow, our children go to school together and I witnessed the impact Bel’s death had on her family and friends. When she died Bel was still relatively unknown, I want to help Leah change that. The talent was and still is there - hopefully this film will help give Bel a platform to share it from.” Louise Lockwood

Producer / Director Sarah Howitt is an award-winning documentary-maker who has built a career telling important human stories, particularly those of Scottish communities, women and minorities. Credits include Mhairi Black: Being Me Again [Broadcast Digital Awards / Celtic Media / RTS nominated]; Being Jewish in Scotland [RTS nominated]; The Trial of Alex Salmond [BAFTA Scotland & RTS nominated] and The Bridge Winner BAFTA Scotland best single documentary.

Audrey McColligan is a multi-award-winning editor, who is extremely versatile and has worked across many genres, but her particular skill lies in constructing beautifully paced observational films dealing with deeply sensitive subjects. She takes complex narratives to produce visual, powerful storytelling with emotion and warmth. 

Her work on the series MURDER TRIAL, MURDER CASE and single film YOUNG, BRITISH AND ANTI-ABORTION have won multiple BAFTA and RTS awards. BEL is her first feature documentary for cinematic release.

John Archer produces global feature documentaries from Scotland. This year The Story of Documentary Film premiered in Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Sheffield and Karlovy Vary. Other premieres in the last five years include Cannes, Story of Film New Generation, TIFF, Women Make Film, Telluride, My Name is Alfred Hitchcock, Sundance, My Old School and The Story of Documentary Film, Venice, Bill Douglas My Best Friend, and Locarno, Bogancloch. Awards include BAFTA, Peabody, European Film Award for Innovation in Storytelling, RTS and Bafta Scotland 

Nancy Bornat is a double BAFTA award winning doc maker. Notable credits include: BAFTA winning series The Yorkshire Ripper Files and Uprising co-directed by Academy Award Winner Steve McQueen. The Windermere Children (BBC/PBS), a drama about child survivors of the Holocaust, chosen for a UN special screening. And Becoming Frida Kahlo (BBC), a series as rich, complex and genre-breaking as the artist herself.

Jackie Kay is an award winning Scottish poet, novelist, playwright. She is best known for her award-winning works Trumpet and Red Dust Road. From 2016 to 2021 she held the honorific ‘Makar’ - Scotland’s poet laureate. 

Jackie writes extensively for stage screen and for children. Her drama The Lamplighter is an exploration of the Atlantic slave trade. She is currently Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University.

Jackie’s work, constantly exploring questions of personal, racial and sexual identity, is not merely autobiographical, but considers wider applications of multiculturalism and gender confusion. Born in Edinburgh to a Scottish mother and Nigerian father, she was adopted by a white Glasgow couple, an experience that heavily influenced her work, particularly her debut collection, The Adoption Papers. 

Joe has worked professionally as a musician since 2009, playing bass in Scottish band Admiral Fallow and as a session musician and collaborator with many other artists. He has recently started creating music for theatre and film and works as Venue Programmer at St Luke’s in Glasgow. 

Joe adapted and arranged Beldina Odenyo's music for this film’s soundtrack from hours of stems, samples, and recovered songs from Bel’s harddrive. Joe also appears in the film, as he was friends with Bel and also worked with her professionally.