High tea and polo? Not for Kinvara Balfour. The film-maker talks about her documentary, The Visionaries, and her keen sense for the latest trends.
Royalty and nobility have always evoked a sense of awe and mystique for the general public, their private lives often fodder for tabloids. While most blue bloods would run from the media, Lady Kinvara Balfour relishes in it—riding the digital wave and carving a name for herself, armed with just her Macbook and iPhone.
Daughter of Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour, fifth Earl of Balfour and Lady Tessa Mary Isabel Fitzalan-Howard, the eldest daughter of the late 17th Duke of Norfolk, Kinvara has quite the prodigious background, but she insists that is all it is—a background.
Kinvara neither lives in a castle nor globetrots on diplomatic missions. Instead, she lives in a flat at Earl’s Court in West London, and devotes her time to directing, writing, producing, and speaking at conferences around the world, all while maintaining an online presence.
Her latest project is The Visionaries, a series of short documentary films that feature intimate conversations with game changers and thought leaders of the world, including luminaries like shoe designer Manolo Blahnik; artist and entrepreneur Charles March, the Duke of Richmond; social media king Josh Ostrovsky (The Fat Jewish), and more. The documentary was launched on her Youtube channel last week, and will air twice a month.