Amelia Maher

Legal & Business Affairs Executive

Amelia is a Legal & Business Affairs Executive at Big Talk where she reports to Christina Angeloudes and works alongside Nikki Collier to provide legal support across the company’s development and production slates.

Prior to joining Big Talk, Amelia gained experience working across a range of industries within the media and entertainment space. She started her career in the music industry where she freelanced as a music journalist, started a record label and then went on to work for Sony Music UK and [PIAS]. She briefly pivoted into advertising and worked for Apple’s bespoke advertising agency, Media Arts Lab, before finally finding her way into the world of film and TV. 

She completed her formal legal training in-house at the award-winning animation studio Aardman where she worked on key productions such as Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Shaun the Sheep: A Flight Before Christmas and Lloyd of the Flies

Upon qualifying as a solicitor, she joined leading media law firm Sheridans where her clients included a wide range of production companies, animation studios, as well as digital and fashion agencies. She then joined the team at Big Talk towers in October 2024.

Amelia lives with her two cats, several electric guitars, two violins, and half a trumpet (don’t ask).