EXCLUSIVE: Jane Root’s Nutopia has hired Matt Edmonds, a former executive at Sacha Baron Cohen’s production company Spelthorne Community TV, as it ramps up its move to broaden its factual programmi…
Current Head of Development Simon Willgoss has been promoted to Executive Producer and Executive VP of Development. He will continue to oversee the company’s development slate and has been tasked with managing its relationships with companies such as Westbrook.
Sam Fernandes has also been promoted to Deputy Head of Development. In this role Fernandes will help oversee the day-to-day running of the development slate across all genres. Joining Nutopia as a development researcher in 2015, Fernandes has worked across titles such asfor National Geographic. She also was a producer on the feature documentaryLimitless“It’s an honor to join Jane and the incredible team at Nutopia.
Nutopia CEO Jane Root added, “Both Simon and Sam have been crucial to Nutopia’s success over the past few years. Simon is an outstanding executive and Sam has become a key part of our development team. We are delighted to have them and our talented new hire Matt to continue our push into popular factual.”
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