Laura Marshall

Member since 2011

Laura Marshall is the Chief Executive Officer of Icon Films, founded in 1990, an award-winning production company that has delivered factual content for the UK and international market over three decades. Throughout our journey, Icon Films has committed itself to creating advocacy films for important causes—often pro bono or not-for-profit. Sustainability has always been at the heart of the business, with careful attention paid to measuring, reducing, and mitigating our environmental impact. The identification, development and retention of talent at the company was a priority to me, and Icon Films became an anchor in the city’s creative landscape with a reputation for integrity in their filmmaking and a nurturing environment for their people
In 2023 Icon Films wound down active production.
Laura is vocal about Bristol as a centre of creativity, commerce, innovation and cooperation and contributes to many of the city conversations, panels and working groups that bring the different sectors together. In 2015 Laura was made an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Bristol.
In 2019 she was named as the Chair of the board of Wildscreen, the Bristol based charity which strives to amplify authentic voices raising awareness of the chief issues facing fragile ecosystems, endangered species and indigenous communities across the globe – bringing together filmmakers, conservationists and scientists to tell stories to inspire us to repair and protect our world.
For three years Laura was the Chair of Bristol Old Vic and remains involved in various capacities.
She was a Governor of Merchants’ Academy and a Past President of the Dolphin Society, one of Bristol’s oldest philanthropic organisations which supports older adults to live independently. She sits on the Linbury Trust, a grant giving body that focuses on social impact, the arts and the environment.
Laura lives in Bristol. She has three daughters.