Unscripted TV Skills Council

ScreenSkills' Unscripted TV Skills Council comprises senior TV industry figures who lead and advise us on our work in TV (excluding high-end TV and children's TV, which have their own skills councils).

Unscripted TV Skills Council
Image: Googlebox Celebrity Special © Channel 4 2017

Members

  • Andrew Eastel, Creative Director (Middlechild Productions)
  • Ben Zand, Founder, Zandland
  • Daniela Neumann (Council deputy chair), Creative consultant, production working group chair
  • Danny Rawling, Head of Development, Beezr Studios development working group chair
  • Donna Mulvey-Jones, Director of Post production, Banijay post production working group chair
  • Jannine Waddell, MD, Waddell Media industry and business skills working group chair
  • Katie Fazackerley, Head of Production, Boom Cymru craft and technical working group chair
  • Nicola Pinn (Council chair), COO Unscripted, BBC Studios
  • Sarah Eglin, MD, Optomen Birmingham
  • Stephen Leigh, Head of Content, Plum Pictures
  • Tom Porter, Creative Director, Britespark East

Steering group

  • Anne Davies, Director of Production (Hearst Networks EMEA)
  • Annie Beeharry, Production Executive (UKTV)
  • Claire Fone, Head of Production Operations (Sky)
  • Emily Samson, Business Partner, Unscripted (BBC Content)
  • Esther Johnson, SVP, International Production Management (Discovery UK)
  • Helen Killeen (Steering Group Chair), Director of Production Non Scripted UK (ITV Studios)
  • Kevin Blacoe, Head of Partnerships & Skills (Channel 4)
  • Lauren Bacon, Principal, Physical Production, UK Unscripted (Amazon)
  • Nicola Pinn (Council Chair), COO Unscripted (BBC Studios)
  • Seema Nabavi, Senior Director of Production (MTV Entertainment Brands International & BET UK)
  • Siwan Phillips, Head of Content Operations (S4C)
  • Tanya Williams, Production Executive (Netflix)

Read more about the Unscripted TV Skills Fund to know about contributing partners, benefits, targets and contributions.