Oxygen Films are a non-profit, community-interest, volunteer-led film production company based in Leeds, UK. We create compelling and powerful fiction film on a host of topics: masculinity, abuse of power, sexuality, sex and mental health.

Our previous films have earned awards and critical acclaim across the world – however, we do not make any profit from the work we do, and the majority of the films we make are entirely self-funded. The reason is because most of the time, receiving money allows big companies, organisations or funders to dictate the direction of the film, cut things out that we want to keep and remove storylines that we find important because they may be sensitive, challenging or explicit.

We love the things we make, and we want to keep making things that are challenging, disruptive and powerful. The reason why we create this content is for you: our audience. By supporting us, you become a champion of the underrepresented, and allow us to continue creating what you want to see in future productions.

Joining the Executive Producers team means joining and working alongside some powerhouse professionals. They are:

Jim Kierstead (Associate Producer)
Jim Kierstead is a Grammy-nominated, Emmy, Olivier, and six-time Tony Award-winning producer of the Broadway, touring, Toronto, and London productions of Kinky Boots, the revival of Pippin,  Waitress, The Inheritance, The Lehman Trilogy, and Company. He is currently represented on Broadway as a co-producer of Sweeney Todd and Hadestown. He also produced the sensational Vanya (starring Andrew Scott).

Film/TV projects include the Emmy winning TV series The Bay, queer comedy Indoor Boys, and Wakefield (starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner).

Jim Head (Executive Producer)
Jim Head launched his independent production company, Head First Productions, in 2004, specialising in television movies and mini/limited series. Since starting his company, Jim has developed and produced projects for Netflix, HBO, NBC, CBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame, History Channel, A&E, CW, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, USA, TNT, TBS, Freeform, Oxygen, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Great American Family, and Nickelodeon. He has executive produced and/or written sixty-five movies, series and mini-series in the last twenty years.

Recently, Jim produced Brokeback Mountain in the West End (starring Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist), as well as Romeo + Juliet on Broadway (starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler), Othello on Broadway (starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington) and the revival of Cabaret (starring Eddie Redmayne).

Ron Weston (Executive Producer)
Ron Weston is a retired engineer and a champion of alternative and unique filmmaking. His support for Nosebleed also reflects a commitment to minority voices in contemporary storytelling.

The York Theatre Company
We are so proud to be associated with The York Theatre Company, who for more than 50 years has had a unique place in New York’s Off-Broadway theatre scene.  Founded in 1969, The York provides an intimate, creative setting for emerging artists and legendary musical theatre creators alike.  The York is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, and is our partner for Executive Producers based in the US who wish to benefit from the tax deductions available. EIN #: 13-3550290