{"id":5477,"date":"2016-01-19T10:01:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T15:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/former-kudos-chief-executive-launches-drama-production-outfit\/"},"modified":"2016-01-19T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T20:37:15","slug":"former-kudos-chief-executive-launches-drama-production-outfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/former-kudos-chief-executive-launches-drama-production-outfit\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Kudos Chief Executive Launches Drama Production Outfit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Sister Pictures is a brand-new independent production company launched by Jane Featherstone, former chief executive of Kudos, co-chairman of Shine UK and executive producer of dramas such as <em>Spooks<\/em>, <em>Humans<\/em>, <em>River<\/em> and <em>Broadchurch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Featherstone, who left Kudos in spring 2015 after 15 years with the company, has been responsible for producing many award-winning dramas for U.K., U.S. and international outlets. She was the executive producer of <em>Hustle<\/em> and <em>Life on Mars<\/em>\/<em>Ashes to Ashes<\/em> and, more recently, <em>Utopia<\/em>, <em>The Hour<\/em>, <em>The Tunnel<\/em> and <em>Broadchurch<\/em>. She will continue as executive producer of <em>Broadchurch<\/em>, soon to begin production on its third season for ITV, as Sister Pictures becomes a co-producer of the series alongside Kudos and writer Chris Chibnall\u2019s company, Imaginary Friends.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Carpenter joins the company as head of development from Kudos, where she was a development executive.<\/p>\n<p>Sister Pictures will produce drama for both U.K. and international buyers and has a number of projects in development. Among the initial slate of projects is a new drama series based on the world of divorce lawyers, <em>The Split<\/em>, from Abi Morgan, creator of TV series <em>The Hour<\/em> and <em>River<\/em> and writer of films such as <em>The Iron Lady<\/em> and <em>Suffragette<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Featherstone commented, \u201cThis is a great time to be starting again, with such a range of global opportunities in scripted. My passion is working with writers and I am relishing the prospect of establishing Sister Pictures as an independent home where I can continue to collaborate with some of the big names in drama as well as having the opportunity to support the next raft of authors in making some brilliant television.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Sister Pictures is a brand-new independent production company launched by Jane Featherstone, former chief executive of Kudos, co-chairman of Shine UK and executive producer of dramas such as Spooks, Humans, River and Broadchurch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[146,147],"class_list":["post-5477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-jane-featherstone","tag-sister-pictures","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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