Sebastian Thiel will be joining our Inspire YOUth careers and enterprise evening at Channel 4 on 9th July.
Sebastian Thiel is a rising Social Entrepreneur & Film Director in the UK with experience in Editing, Camera Operation, Writing and producing. In his late teens he created Its Upshot – an Entertainment Production & Online Broadcasting company that creates content with a real Take – Out value.
Thiel was recently put on the 1000 most influential people list in London for Evening Standard. His first short film ‘Illegal Activity’ was screened at the BAFTA, Google HQ, Warner Brothers & The Upshot TV channel is currently on 5.8 Million views. His hunger has already, quite literally paid off, being the recipient of the Mini Mogul Award, Big Challenge award has positioned him as one to watch amongst the who’s who of the media business world.
* Sundance London Short Film Finalist 2013
* Google Zeitgeist – Young Minds Winner
* Unltd Award Winner
* Mini Mogul Award Winner
* 30 Under 30 Square Mile Finalist – Social Enterprise
* Virgin Media Pioneer
* SSE Fellow