Olga Fitzroy is a German-born British Labour Party politician who has represented St Martin's ward on Lambeth London Borough Council since 2022. She is also a sound engineer at Associated Independent Recording (AIR) studios and a noted campaigner for shared parental leave and fair pay.[2][3][4][1]
Olga FitzRoy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 or 1982 (age 42–43) |
| Education | Madras College |
| Alma mater | University of Surrey[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Tonmeister Audio engineer Record producer Politician |
| Employer(s) | Associated Independent Recording Music Producers Guild |
| Known for | Activism |
| Awards | Recording Engineer of the Year (2016) |
| Website | www |
Early life
editFitzroy was born in Berlin, Germany.[5] and educated at Madras College[6] in St Andrews, Scotland.[3] She initially wanted to be a drummer in a punk rock band,[7] but completed a Tonmeister degree at the University of Surrey which included a placement as a runner at AIR studios.[1]
Career
editFitzroy works for Associated Independent Recording (AIR) studios[8] in Hampstead, London.[3] She has worked with George Michael,[3] Paul McCartney on the Love album, Chris Martin from Coldplay, Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, Matt Bellamy from Muse, and Hans Zimmer.[9][10] She has mixed music for the London 2012 Olympics.[5][9][3][11] As of 2023 her recent projects include The Crown season 5, Live In Buenos Aires by Coldplay, and Doctor Who season 13.[5][8][9] She formerly served as a member of the Music Producers Guild (MPG) board of directors [12][13]
Campaigning and politics
editFitzroy unsuccessfully stood as parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party in Croydon South[14] in the 2019 General Election against the winning Conservative incumbent Chris Philp. She is the founder of Parental Pay Equality[15] and worked closely with Tracy Brabin on the Selfieleave Bill to give shared parental leave to the self-employed in 2018.[16]
During Covid she worked pro-bono for the charity Pregnant Then Screwed, leading their work on a judicial review against the chancellor for discrimination in the SEISS scheme.[17]
She was elected as a councillor for St Martin's ward in Lambeth in the May 2022 local elections.
She stood to be the Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for the new constituency of Croydon East at the 2024 general election.[18] She lost the nomination to Natasha Irons.
Awards and honours
editFitzroy was named recording engineer of the year at the Music Producers Guild (MPG) awards in 2016.[19] She was recognised by the BBC on Woman's Hour power list in 2018[20] for her successful campaign for shared parental leave and maternity allowance for self-employed and freelance staff. In 2019 she was awarded the Ivors Academy Gold Badge Award[21] and also the 2019 campaigner of the year award at Music Week's women in music awards.,[22] which was presented by Tom Watson.
References
edit- ^ a b c "About ← Olga FitzRoy". olgafitzroy.com.
- ^ "Labour's Croydon South candidate wins campaigner award". insidecroydon.com. 9 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Anon (2019). "Does My Music Suck?, Olga Fitzroy (Recording and Mix Engineer)". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Olga FitzRoy on Twitter
- ^ a b c Olga FitzRoy discography at Discogs
- ^ Alexander, Michael (2017). "St Andrews-raised music engineer Olga launches national campaign for shared parental pay". thecourier.co.uk. Dundee: The Courier. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020.
- ^ "The UPload: Recording Engineer, Olga Fitzroy". youtube.com. YouTube. 8 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Olga FitzRoy". AIR Studios. 11 July 2019.
- ^ a b c Olga FitzRoy at IMDb
- ^ Sherwin, Adam (2019). "Labour candidate Olga FitzRoy swapping Coldplay's studio for Croydon South". inews.co.uk. i newspaper.
- ^ Homewood, Ben (2019). "'The gender pay gaps are shameful': Olga FitzRoy calls for action at Women In Music 2019 | Labels". musicweek.com. Music Week. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ https://mpg.org.uk/ [bare URL]
- ^ Reddington, Helen (2021), She’s at the Controls: Sound Engineering, Production and Gender Ventriloquism in the 21st Century. Equinox Publishing, Paperback, ISBN 9781781796511
- ^ Fitzroy, Olga (2019). "Olga FitzRoy". olga4croydonsouth.com.
- ^ "Olga, Author at Campaign for Parental Pay Equality". parentalpayequality.org.uk. 25 June 2019.
- ^ Ramsey, Colby (23 February 2018). "Supporters of Olga FitzRoy's Parental Pay Equality campaign gathered outside Parliament". Audio Media International. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "SEISS grants did discriminate against new mothers – the government must do better". The Independent. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Olga FitzRoy – Fighting for Croydon's Future". Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Music Producers Guild Announces its 2016 Award Winners!". mpg.org.uk. 4 February 2016.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour - Power List 2018: Top 40". bbc.co.uk. BBC.
- ^ "The Ivors Academy Gold Badge 2019 Recipients Announced". The Jazz Man. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ Paine, Andre (2019). "'You're an inspiration': All the winners and tributes at the Music Week Women In Music Awards 2019". musicweek.com.
