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James Dean

Producer

  • An accomplished and in-demand Producer, who has worked on numerous high-profile primetime dramas with global appeal for over 15 years, including: ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL for C5/PBS, LIAR for ITV/AMC, BETTER for BBC1, LIVING THE DREAM for SKY/Britbox, and THE STOLEN GIRL for Disney+, which was Disney+’s #1 show in the UK for a full month after release.
  • Producer of two comedy feature films, DISCOVERDALE (2013) and APOCALYPSE CLOWN (2023). Both won major awards at festivals around the world. APOCALYPSE CLOWN also had a theatrical release in UK and Ireland and is currently on Netflix and Amazon Prime globally.
  • Launched Production Company, Welded Tandem Picture Company, with comedy series THIS IS JINSY for Sky TV, which ran for two seasons. With major talent involved, including Stephen Fry, David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Derek Jacobi, & Olivia Colman.
  • 10+ years of producing and directing some of the biggest factual/reality programmes in the UK and the US, with many becoming global formats: Come Dine with Me and Celebrity Come Dine with Me, Celebrity Fit Club, Airline USA, Ladette to Lady, Supersize vs Superskinny, and Eric Cantona: Looking for Manchester
  • Worked with Oscar and BAFTA-winning actors: Olivia Colman, David Tennant, Derek Jacobi, Miriam Margolyes, and Jim Broadbent.
  • Major supporter of short filmmakers and young talent in the UK, including 13 short films as Executive Producer in the last eight years. Award-winners including TREACLE (2019), DO THIS FOR ME (2022), MY NEIGHBOUR’S ASS (2024), and currently, the multi-award-winning A FRIEND OF DOROTHY (2025) starring Miriam Margolyes.
  • Highly involved at BAFTA ever since membership in 2001, including: BAFTA TV Committee Member (current), BAFTA Council Member, BAFTA Learning and New Talent, Breakthrough Brits, BAFTA Jury Member: Film Awards, Television Awards, Carl Foreman (Best Newcomer) Award, Short Film Award.
  • Early on-set production experience in Los Angeles (1989-1991), working on major Hollywood features including MISERY, BARTON FINK and THE DOCTOR.

Credits

TELEVISION
Production (role):
PROFESSOR T (Producer)
Company:
Eagle Eye / ITV
Project details:
6 x 60'

Starring Ben Miller

Filmed in Belgium
Production (role):
GOING DUTCH (Producer)
Company:
Fox Network
Project details:
Series 2

12 x 30'

Starring Denis Leary

Filmed at Ardmore Studios in Dublin
Production (role):
THE STOLEN GIRL (Producer)
Company:
Quay Street Productions / Brightstar / Disney +
Project details:
5 x 60'






Wr. Cat Moulton

Dir. Eva Husson

Cast: Denise Gough, Holliday Grainger, Jim Sturgess, Ambika Mod and Xavier Samuel.
Production (role):
BETTER (Producer)
Company:
Sister Pictures / BBC 1
Project details:
6 x 60'

Wrs. Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent

Dirs. Jonathan Brough and Pier Wilkie

Starring Leila Farzad and Andrew Buchan
Production (role):
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL (Producer)
Company:
Playground / Channel 5
Project details:
Series 2

7 x 60'

Wr. Ben Vanstone

Dirs. Brian Percival, Sasha Ransome and Andy Hay

Starring Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Callum Woodhouse, Nicholas Ralph and Patricia Hodge

Winner of the Christopher Spirit Award, 2021
Production (role):
LIAR (Producer)
Company:
Two Brothers Pictures / ITV1
Project details:
Series 2

6 x 60'

Wrs. Jack and Harry Williams

Dirs. James Strong and Chris Sweeney

Starring Joanne Froggatt, Ioan Gruffudd and Katherine Kelly
Production (role):
LIVING THE DREAM (Producer)
Company:
Big Talk Productions / Sky1
Project details:
2 series of 6 x 60'

Written by Mick Ford

Starring Phil Glenister and Lesley Sharp

Directed by Saul Metzstein, Philippa Langdale and Anthony Philipson
Production (role):
MARLEY’S GHOSTS (Producer)
Company:
Objective Fiction / Gold
Project details:
6 x 30'

Wr. Daniel Peacock

Dir. Jonathan Gershfield

Starring Sarah Alexander and John Hannah
Production (role):
TRIPPED (Producer)
Company:
Mammoth Screen / Channel 4 / E4
Project details:
4 x 60'

Starring Blake Harrison and Georgina Campbell

Wrs. Harry & Jack Williams

Dir. Jamie Stone
Production (role):
LIVES OF THE INFAMOUS (Producer)
Company:
Big Talk / Channel 4
Project details:
2 x 6' Comedy Blaps

Written by and starring Jim Howick, Oliver Maltman and David Crow, with Jim Broadbent

Dir. George Kane
Production (role):
THE MIDNIGHT BEAST (Producer)
Company:
Warp Films / E4
Project details:
6 x 30' Comedy

Dir. Al Campbell
Production (role):
THIS IS JINSY (Producer)
Company:
Sky Atlantic
Project details:
Series 1 and 2

2 series of 8 x 30'

Guest stars include David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Harry Hill, Stephen Fry, Derek Jacobi, Olivia Colman, Rob Brydon

Nominated, Best Sketch Show, British Comedy Awards
Rose D’Or Nominated (pilot)
FEATURE FILM
FILM
Production (role):
A FRIEND OF DOROTHY (Producer)
Company:
Filthy Gorgeous Productions
Project details:
Short film comedy

Starring Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Fry

Written and directed by Lee Knight

Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying, and winner of multiple awards including Hollyshorts (Best Director), and Audience Award (Odense and Indyshorts)
Production (role):
APOCALYPSE CLOWN (Producer)
Company:
Fastnet Films / Screen Ireland
Project details:
Feature-length comedy film.

Starring David Earl and Natalie Palamides

Directed by George Kane

Winner, Best Irish Film at Galway Fleadh and currently on Netflix UK
Production (role):
DISCOVERDALE (Producer)
Project details:
Feature-length mockumentary

Directed by George Kane

20 festivals, and 10 awards, including Best International Film at Galway Fleadh, and Best of the Fest at LA Comedy Festival
Production (role):
SHRINK (Producer)
Project details:
Writer / Producer / Director

Multi-award winning short about an impotent man in therapy, with 21 festival screenings everywhere from London, Berlin, LA and St Petersburg

TCM Shorts Prize
FACTUAL TELEVISION
Production (role):
ERIC CANTONA: LOOKING FOR MANCHESTER (Producer / Director)
Company:
ITV1 / Canal +
Project details:
1 x 60'

The iconic Frenchman explores the history of football in Manchester
Production (role):
CELEBRITY COME DINE WITH ME (Producer / Director)
Company:
ITV / Channel 4
Project details:
2 x 60'

Primetime version of popular dining show with Biggins, Peter Stringfellow et al.
Production (role):
COME DINE WITH ME (Producer / Director)
Company:
ITV / Channel 4
Project details:
2 x 60'

Primetime version of popular C4 show in Luton and Aberdeen.
Production (role):
LADETTE TO LADY (Series Director)
Company:
RDF / ITV 1
Project details:
Series 3

5 x 60'

ITV’s hit show about eight Eliza Doolittles
Production (role):
FOUND (Series Producer / Director)
Company:
Leopard Films / BBC 1
Project details:
5 x 45'

Kate Adie follows the stories of 10 Foundlings in the UK
Production (role):
AIRLINE USA (Series Producer / Director)
Company:
Granada / A&E (USA)
Project details:
70 x 30' and Thanksgiving Special

People’s Choice nominated reality show about Southwest Airlines
Production (role):
CELEBRITY FIT CLUB (Producer/ Director)
Company:
LWT
Project details:
10 x 30' as shooting Director (PD150)
Production (role):
TOP TEN: GUITAR HEROES (Producer / Director)
Company:
Channel 4 / Chrysalis Television
Project details:
90-minute programme
Production (role):
THE OLYMPIC SERIES
Company:
TWI
Project details:
10 x 30 minutes series on the greatest moments of the Olympics
THEATRE
Production (role):
BECOMING NANCY
Project details:
Investor in new musical directed by Tony award-winner Jerry Mitchell
Production (role):
BACKSTAIRS BILLY
Project details:
Investor in new play by Marcelo dos Santos about the Queen Mother and her butler, starring Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans.
Production (role):
YOU ME BUM BUM TRAIN (Cast/ Crew)
Project details:
Cast member (Tibetan Monk, Pall Bearer) in production and participant in creation of sets.

Credits

  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): PROFESSOR T (Producer)
    Company: Eagle Eye / ITV
    Project details: 6 x 60'

    Starring Ben Miller

    Filmed in Belgium
  • Production (role): GOING DUTCH (Producer)
    Company: Fox Network
    Project details: Series 2

    12 x 30'

    Starring Denis Leary

    Filmed at Ardmore Studios in Dublin
  • Production (role): THE STOLEN GIRL (Producer)
    Company: Quay Street Productions / Brightstar / Disney +
    Project details: 5 x 60'






    Wr. Cat Moulton

    Dir. Eva Husson

    Cast: Denise Gough, Holliday Grainger, Jim Sturgess, Ambika Mod and Xavier Samuel.
  • Production (role): BETTER (Producer)
    Company: Sister Pictures / BBC 1
    Project details: 6 x 60'

    Wrs. Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent

    Dirs. Jonathan Brough and Pier Wilkie

    Starring Leila Farzad and Andrew Buchan
  • Production (role): ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL (Producer)
    Company: Playground / Channel 5
    Project details: Series 2

    7 x 60'

    Wr. Ben Vanstone

    Dirs. Brian Percival, Sasha Ransome and Andy Hay

    Starring Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Callum Woodhouse, Nicholas Ralph and Patricia Hodge

    Winner of the Christopher Spirit Award, 2021
  • Production (role): LIAR (Producer)
    Company: Two Brothers Pictures / ITV1
    Project details: Series 2

    6 x 60'

    Wrs. Jack and Harry Williams

    Dirs. James Strong and Chris Sweeney

    Starring Joanne Froggatt, Ioan Gruffudd and Katherine Kelly
  • Production (role): LIVING THE DREAM (Producer)
    Company: Big Talk Productions / Sky1
    Project details: 2 series of 6 x 60'

    Written by Mick Ford

    Starring Phil Glenister and Lesley Sharp

    Directed by Saul Metzstein, Philippa Langdale and Anthony Philipson
  • Production (role): MARLEY’S GHOSTS (Producer)
    Company: Objective Fiction / Gold
    Project details: 6 x 30'

    Wr. Daniel Peacock

    Dir. Jonathan Gershfield

    Starring Sarah Alexander and John Hannah
  • Production (role): TRIPPED (Producer)
    Company: Mammoth Screen / Channel 4 / E4
    Project details: 4 x 60'

    Starring Blake Harrison and Georgina Campbell

    Wrs. Harry & Jack Williams

    Dir. Jamie Stone
  • Production (role): LIVES OF THE INFAMOUS (Producer)
    Company: Big Talk / Channel 4
    Project details: 2 x 6' Comedy Blaps

    Written by and starring Jim Howick, Oliver Maltman and David Crow, with Jim Broadbent

    Dir. George Kane
  • Production (role): THE MIDNIGHT BEAST (Producer)
    Company: Warp Films / E4
    Project details: 6 x 30' Comedy

    Dir. Al Campbell
  • Production (role): THIS IS JINSY (Producer)
    Company: Sky Atlantic
    Project details: Series 1 and 2

    2 series of 8 x 30'

    Guest stars include David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Harry Hill, Stephen Fry, Derek Jacobi, Olivia Colman, Rob Brydon

    Nominated, Best Sketch Show, British Comedy Awards
    Rose D’Or Nominated (pilot)
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): A FRIEND OF DOROTHY (Producer)
    Company: Filthy Gorgeous Productions
    Project details: Short film comedy

    Starring Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Fry

    Written and directed by Lee Knight

    Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying, and winner of multiple awards including Hollyshorts (Best Director), and Audience Award (Odense and Indyshorts)
  • Production (role): APOCALYPSE CLOWN (Producer)
    Company: Fastnet Films / Screen Ireland
    Project details: Feature-length comedy film.

    Starring David Earl and Natalie Palamides

    Directed by George Kane

    Winner, Best Irish Film at Galway Fleadh and currently on Netflix UK
  • Production (role): DISCOVERDALE (Producer)
    Company:
    Project details: Feature-length mockumentary

    Directed by George Kane

    20 festivals, and 10 awards, including Best International Film at Galway Fleadh, and Best of the Fest at LA Comedy Festival
  • Production (role): SHRINK (Producer)
    Company:
    Project details: Writer / Producer / Director

    Multi-award winning short about an impotent man in therapy, with 21 festival screenings everywhere from London, Berlin, LA and St Petersburg

    TCM Shorts Prize
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): ERIC CANTONA: LOOKING FOR MANCHESTER (Producer / Director)
    Company: ITV1 / Canal +
    Project details: 1 x 60'

    The iconic Frenchman explores the history of football in Manchester
  • Production (role): CELEBRITY COME DINE WITH ME (Producer / Director)
    Company: ITV / Channel 4
    Project details: 2 x 60'

    Primetime version of popular dining show with Biggins, Peter Stringfellow et al.
  • Production (role): COME DINE WITH ME (Producer / Director)
    Company: ITV / Channel 4
    Project details: 2 x 60'

    Primetime version of popular C4 show in Luton and Aberdeen.
  • Production (role): LADETTE TO LADY (Series Director)
    Company: RDF / ITV 1
    Project details: Series 3

    5 x 60'

    ITV’s hit show about eight Eliza Doolittles
  • Production (role): FOUND (Series Producer / Director)
    Company: Leopard Films / BBC 1
    Project details: 5 x 45'

    Kate Adie follows the stories of 10 Foundlings in the UK
  • Production (role): AIRLINE USA (Series Producer / Director)
    Company: Granada / A&E (USA)
    Project details: 70 x 30' and Thanksgiving Special

    People’s Choice nominated reality show about Southwest Airlines
  • Production (role): CELEBRITY FIT CLUB (Producer/ Director)
    Company: LWT
    Project details: 10 x 30' as shooting Director (PD150)
  • Production (role): TOP TEN: GUITAR HEROES (Producer / Director)
    Company: Channel 4 / Chrysalis Television
    Project details: 90-minute programme
  • Production (role): THE OLYMPIC SERIES
    Company: TWI
    Project details: 10 x 30 minutes series on the greatest moments of the Olympics
  • Production (role)
    Project details
  • Production (role): BECOMING NANCY
    Project details: Investor in new musical directed by Tony award-winner Jerry Mitchell
  • Production (role): BACKSTAIRS BILLY
    Project details: Investor in new play by Marcelo dos Santos about the Queen Mother and her butler, starring Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans.
  • Production (role): YOU ME BUM BUM TRAIN (Cast/ Crew)
    Project details: Cast member (Tibetan Monk, Pall Bearer) in production and participant in creation of sets.
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