Producers/Production Companies

Susan Breen

Head of Development 

TBA

Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock

Producer (Mugabe & The White African) 

Ed Wethered

Development Executive

Jack Arbuthnott

Development Editor

Kenton Allen

CEO/Executive Producer

Kenton is a multi-award winning programme maker with Producer credits including the multi BAFTA winning sitcom The Royle Family and the Oscar award winning short film Six Shooter.

He was Creative Head of BBC Comedy and BBC Comedy North between 2003 and 2008 where he Executive Produced a diverse range of comedy programming including the BAFTA award winning sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look (BBC2), the BAFTA nominated drama series Funland (BBC3) along with numerous other projects including The Omid Djalili Show (BBC1) After You've Gone (BBC1), Freezing (BBC2), The Visit (BBC1 and BBC3), Massive (BBC3) and four series of Ideal (BBC2 and BBC3).

Luke Alkin

Executive Producer, Drama

Luke Alkin joined Big Talk from Channel 4 where he was Acting Head of Drama. During his time there, Paula Milne's Endgame, Peter Flannery's The Devil's Whore and Tony Grisoni's adaptation of The Red Riding books were all greenlit. He also oversaw production of The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall directed by Rowan Joffe, Fallout adapted by Roy Williams from his acclaimed play and Ben Ross' Poppy Shakespeare. Prior to this, Luke worked at BBC Films as a development executive. During this time, his credits included The Gathering Storm, Out Of Control, Tomorrow La Scala! and Bulletboy. Luke also developed the up-coming Men Who Stare At Goats.

Tamzin Cary

Development Executive
Tamzin Cary began her film career as assistant to Vadim Jean and Bharat Nalluri at The Mob Film Company before moving on to assist Ruth Caleb at BBC Films. During her time with Ruth, she worked as Production Secretary on four BAFTA winning features and singles including the Michael Powell winning film Last Resort as well as managing a slate of 17 projects. Tamzin then moved over to be BBC Films in-house script reader, before leaving to take up the post of Head of Development at indie production company, The Producers Films. She continued to work in a freelance capacity for BBC Films, Fox Phillips and Mission Pictures. Following a short stint working with Film4, Tamzin took over as Development Executive at Big Talk Productions

George Faber

Managing Director

George Faber joined the BBC as a production trainee in 1984 and worked as a script editor, producer and executive producer in the Drama Department before becoming Head of Single Drama from 1993 to 1997. Over a four year period in the early 1990s Faber was Executive Producer of Screenplay, an annual season of 12 original films for the BBC. During his tenure, the Screenplay productions garnered more than 25 awards at UK and international TV and film festivals. They also helped launch the careers of many of Britain's leading writers and directors, including Danny Boyle, Beeban Kidron, Gillies MacKinnon, Michael Winterbottom and Lucy Gannon. In 1998 he set up Company Pictures with Charles Pattinson where he has been executive producer on all TV output and producer on the feature films Titanic Town, A Room for Romeo Brass and Morvern Callar.

TBA

Keith Potter

Head of Talent

With more than eight years experience in the film industry, Keith Potter joined the Film Agency for Wales in September 2007 as 'Head of Talent'. He has responsibility for identifying and nurturing Welsh filmmaking talent.  Keith was previously responsible for a slate of projects intended for cinema release at Dan Films including 'Blonde', a horror movie written by Wales' own writer-director Caradog James. He also developed the latest Christopher Smith project 'Triangle' and Tom Rob Smith's 'Put Together', whose first novel has since been optioned by Ridley Scott to direct. He has also worked closely with novelist Jeff Noon on adapting his story 'Creeping Zero'.

Derek Wax

Executive Producer

Derek joined Kudos as Executive Producer in 2005. With Jane Featherstone he was co-executive producer on Abi Morgan's Tsunami: The Aftermath (BBC2/HBO). He has developed and been Executive Producer on West 10 LDN (BBC 3), on comedy series Plus One (C4) and Peter Bowker's highly acclaimed Iraq drama Occupation, (BBC1). He is currently making a new series, Harriet Braun's Lip Service for BBC 3.

Prior to joining Kudos, Derek produced for Manchester-based 'Red Productions' ('Flesh and Blood' and Sally Wainwright's 'Sparkhouse' BBC2) and Granada (Abi Morgan's multi- award-winning Sex Traffic for Channel 4 and also Kevin Elyot's Death on the Nile and Five Little Pigs, and the Emmy-nominated third series of Hornblower, all for ITV1)

Kevin Loader

Producer Kevin Loader spent fourteen years at the BBC, producing and directing arts documentaries and television drama. His BBC productions included "Clarissa", and the award-winning "The Buddha of Suburbia" (directed by Roger Michell). Loader also executive produced a number of award-winning programmes including Bryan Elsley's adaptation of "The Crow Road", Tony Marchant's epic serial, "Holding On" and Peter Flannery's "Our Friends in the North". His his first feature film was "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", which he brought to Working Title Films, in 2001. He has a company, Free Range Films, with Roger Michell, which has produced the films "The Mother", "Enduring Love" and "Venus". Loader's other film credits include Mike Barker's "To Kill a King" and Paul Morrison's "Wondrous Oblivion". His other forthcoming films include "The History Boys" and Dan Reed's "Straightheads" and Armando Iannucci's "In the Loop".

Michelle Buck

Joint Managing Director/ Exec Producer

Before establishing Mammoth Screen with Damien Timmer in 2007, Michele was Controller of Drama at ITV Productions for 6 years, with credits including WILLIAM & MARY, HOUSEWIFE 49, LEWIS, Agatha Christie's MARPLE and POIROT, WALK AWAY AND I STUMBLE, THE LAST DETECTIVE, THE HISTORY OF MR POLLY, FAMILY and NIGHT AND DAY for ITV, the multi award winning SEX TRAFFIC for Channel 4, and BALLET SHOES, DRACULA and CASANOVA (with Red Productions) for the BBC. Prior to this Controller of Drama at United Productions for 4 years, working on Alan Bleasdale's OLIVER TWIST, Emmy Winner and 3 times Emmy nominated HORNBLOWER with A&E Networks, WHERE THE HEART IS, WITHOUT MOTIVE, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, IN THE NAME OF LOVE, Peter Kosminsky's INNOCENTS for Channel 4 and HEARTS AND BONES for BBC 1.

Michele started at Thames Television, then moving to Euston Films and then Central Films where she produced BOON, GONE TO THE DOGS and PEAK PRACTICE.

Michele continues to executive produce LEWIS, MARPLE and POIROT for ITV STUDIOS, and Bill Gallagher's reinvention of THE PRISONER for AMC / ITV.

Dan McRae

Head of Development

Sam Taylor

Producer F.& M.E.

Sam Taylor is director and joint-owner of Film and Music Entertainment who merged her company Mass Productions Ltd into F&ME in January 2000. Her most recent credits are Deathwatch, Hilmar Oddson's Cold Light, Fridrik Thor Fridkriksson's films Niceland and Falcons, Anders Ronnow Klarlund's puppet epic Strings, Loving Glances, which was selected for competition in Venice 2003, and Peter Timm's My Brother is a Dog.

Guy X, White Lightnin', Before the Rain, Iron Sky
 

Huw Kennair Jones

Commissioning Editor, Drama

Sky1 announced it's commitment to making great home-grown drama in 2008 and, as Commissioning Editor for Drama, Huw is working at the forefront of this initiative.

He has already worked on one of Sky1's most successful adaptations - Terry Pratchett's The Colour Of Magic - which enjoyed huge ratings success when it aired at Easter 2008. Huw will play a key role in the development of Sky1 returning dramas, focusing on crime series as well as being an Executive Producer on Terry Pratchett's Going Postal - the next Sky1 Discworld adaptation.

Huw started his career as a Script Editor before becoming a Producer on programmes including Dream Team, Holby City and EastEnders. He joined Sky in 2007.

Arvind David

CEO and Producer

Arvind Ethan David is the CEO and a Producer at Slingshot, the next generation film company which he co-founded in 2005. Arvind leads both business and creative strategy for the company, and has served as a producer on all of the company's films to date - SUGARHOUSE, FAINTHEART, FRENCH FILM, TORMENTED and currently, THE INFIDEL.

Prior to Slingshot, Arvind served as Commercial Advisor to Headline Pictures, the production company set up by Stewart Mackinnon, Kevin Hood and the late Mark Shivas. Between 2003 to 2004, Arvind was Interim Managing Director of Ruby Films, working for Oscar-nominated producer Alison Owen. In 1999, he founded hahabonk, one of the UK's early internet entertainment companies, which produced more than 100 short animated films and interactive games for cable television and broadband internet, as well as helped launch the careers of such comedians as Jimmy Carr, Mackenzie Crook and The Hollow Men.

Ollie Madden

Vice President of Production

Ollie Madden started his career at Graham Broadbent and Damian Jones' company, Dragon Pictures. He later became an Acquisitions Executive at Atom Films, the world's largest short film distribution company. In 2001 Madden moved on to be a Director of Production and Development at Miramax Films, where he worked for three years and was involved with such films as DIRTY PRETTY THINGS, BRIDE AND PREJUDICE and PROOF. In late 2004, Madden joined Intermedia Films as Head of UK Production and Development, where he worked on THE HUNTING PARTY, BASIC INSTINCT 2, and produced comedy MAGICIANS for Intermedia and Universal. In 2007 Madden joined Warner Bros. as their UK based VP of Production and is currently developing a slate of films for the studio. 

Robin Gutch

Joint Managing Director

Robin is Joint Managing Director of Warp X, a start-up digital ‘studio' that makes low budget feature films with funding from UK Film Council, FilmFour, EM Media and Screen Yorkshire. Between 2003 and 2005 he was Head of Film and Drama for Blast Films. Previously Robin was the founding Head of the FilmFour Lab which was established as FilmFour's main focus for new talent in film in 1999. Before joining FilmFour, Robin was Commissioning Editor for Independent Film and Video at Channel 4. He had joined Channel 4 in 1994 as a Deputy Commissioning Editor, having worked at the BBC as a Producer and Director for the previous ten years.

Amelia Granger

Development Executive 

Matt Wilkinson

Development Executive