Film commissions: friends in hired places

What is a film commissioner' 'On one end of the spectrum, they can be basically not much more than civil servants allocated film as part of their portfolio but they can also be people who have worked in the industry and know how we think and what we need. The range is very wide indeed,' says UK producer Iain Smith, whose credits include Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain and Alfonso Cuaron's Children Of Men (pictured).