Curious Dreamers' strength lies in the diverse backgrounds of its founders - Sacha Kyle, a renowned television and theatre director, and creative producer, brings over twenty years of experience across animation, live-action, comedy, and drama. Her work is deeply informed by her expertise in Play and Developmental science, an insight that has been instrumental in creating content that resonates with audiences of all ages. Giles Lamb, an experienced composer and sound designer, brings his rich background in film, television, games, and installations to the table. His work, characterised by the innovative merging of acoustic, synthesised, and found sounds, has garnered critical acclaim, adding a unique sonic depth to Curious Dreamers' projects.
Together, Kyle and Lamb have created a company that is not only dedicated to producing world-class content but also committed to pioneering the development of new forms of storytelling through music.
Sacha Kyle
sacha@curiousdreamers.com
Sacha Kyle is an Award winning Television and Theatre Director and Creative Producer of original content. Her animated CBeebies BBC series ‘Hushabye Lullabye’ is the recipient of two prestigious awards from the Royal Television Society - ‘Best Children's television programme’ and ‘Best Animation’ and available to watch worldwide on YOUKU China, NRK Norway, YLE Finland, Daekyo kids South Korea and Hop Israel & TVO Canada. The first book from the Hushabye Lullabye series 'Goodnight Dreams' is published by Little Door Books.
Sacha has over twenty years experience working in television and theatre across all genres in animation, live action, comedy and drama and has recently been selected for the highly respected WFTV NETFLIX programme and is a Jacobs Foundation/New America LSX International Children’s fellow in recognition of her work in children’s media and Early Years Developmental Science.
As an industry consultant and development producer Sacha is passionate about working with high-end broadcasters and companies to develop inspiring and creative original content, education, books and formats from the earliest stages of creative development, dramaturgy and script editing through to final production.
Sacha is also currently working as a mentor and coach for the Children's Media Association (New York and International) and Manipulate Visual Arts and Animation Festival (UK) working with creative industry talent.
Giles Lamb
giles@curiousdreamers.com
Giles Lamb is a highly experienced composer and sound designer with 25 years of professional experience designing sound, recording and composing scores in many settings, from Television, film, Games, installations, and museums. As an experience film composer as well as sound designer.
Notable examples of his work include the sound design on Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2009 feature film ‘Valhalla Rising’ with an innovative use of improvising ensemble recordings which were then manipulated to create the unique and evocative soundworld of this brutal and surreal film. The soundtrack won countless awards and is still recognized today.
Giles has composed music for countless documentaries (Slow trains with Girff Ryhs Jones, Empires of Silver, Holy Hell), Game CInematics (Including the award winning Cannes Golden Lion winning Dead Island), Animations and commercials. He has 10 studio albums with his work at the intersections of modern classical and ambient soundtracks, very often merging acoustic, synthesized and found sounds.