Janet Chute

TV Producer

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BAFTA Elevate Producer 2022 – 24

I am a dynamic, determined, and creative Senior Producer – production, casting & development, self-shooting Producer/Director, and legally trained Journalist. I have extensive experience in developing and producing award-winning and critically acclaimed factual/fact-ent series, documentaries, studio programmes, scripted shorts, commercials, and branded content for the UK, US, and international markets.

My expertise includes casting and producing contributors and high-profile talent, gaining and maintaining access to a vast range of organisations, developing ideas, securing commissions, writing decks and scripts, location scouting, negotiating fees, organising filming permits, research and investigations, story producing, setting up shoots in the UK and internationally, directing and self-shooting, conducting interviews, working with fixers and crew remotely, producing on location, recruiting and managing large teams, and bringing productions in on budget.

My ambition for the coming year is to transition to the next stage of my career so I am particularly interested in producing and directing roles – unscripted, scripted, commercial, and branded content - where I can develop and learn new skills.

Selected credits

Work History

Date(s)	Company	Role
2007-Present	Various - TV & online	Freelance Producer
2003-06	Various - Radio & TV	Freelance Researcher & Reporter

TV

Date(s)	Prod Co	Title	Type	Director	Producer	Role
2022-07	Fulwell 73	Disney+'s The Kardashians	Reality series	Various	Various	Field Producer
2022-04	Fulwell 73	Disney+ series about a global Indian family (NDA signed)	Docusoap series	Various	Various	Senior Casting Producer - UK
2021-06	Viacom Studios UK	MTV's Catfish UK	Reality based documentary series	Various	Various	Series Casting Producer
2020-09	Viacom Studios UK	MTV's Catfish UK	Reality based documentary series	Dave Skinner	Various	Senior Producer
2019-06	Emporium Productions	Channel 5's Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday	Fact-ent series	Various	Various	Series Casting Producer
2016-12	Minnow Films	Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins	Reality quasi-military training series	Various	Various	Producer (Pre-Production)
2016-09	October Films	Discovery+'s Passport to Love	Reality series	Various	Various	Casting Producer
2014-04	Objective Productions	Sky 1's King of the Nerds	Reality competition series	Various	Various	Casting Producer
2011-05	360 Production	BBC's The One Show - history & archeology films	Magazine series	Various	Janet Chute	Producer
2011-04	Endemol	Channel 4's SuperScrimpers: Waste Not Want Not	Factual series	Various	Various	Assistant Producer (self-shooting)
2010-08	Endemol	Channel 4's The Sex Education Show	Factual series	Various	Various	Development Producer
2010-08	Endemol	Channel 4’s Mary’s Bottom Line	Factual series	Various	Various	Development Producer
2008-06	Twofour Group	Channel 5's 7 Deadly Sins	Factual series	Various	Various	Assistant Producer
2007-11	Fever Media	Channel 5's Britain's Bravest	Factual series	Various	Various	Associate Producer (self-shooting)
2006-09	Objective Productions	More4's Starkey's Last Word	Political debate series	Various	Various	Researcher
2006-04	Samphire Productions	GMTV's The Sunday Programme	Political series	Various	Various	Researcher
2005-10	TWI Factual	Various development projects	Factual series & documentaries	N/A	Various	Development Researcher

Live TV

Date(s)	Prod Co	Title	Director	Producer	Role
2019-01	ITV	Good Morning Britain	Various	Various	News Producer (Freelance)
2014-01	BlackRook Media	Arise News	Various	Various	News Producer
2010-04	Olga TV	Channel 4's The 5 O'clock Show	Various	Various	Assistant Producer
2008-03	Princess Productions	Channel 5's The Wright Stuff	Various	Various	Assistant Producer
2007-01	Cactus Television	Channel 4's Richard & Judy	Various	Various	Assistant Producer - news desk
2006-09	ITV	GMTV	Various	Various	Researcher - news desk

Features & TV Drama

Date(s)	Prod Co	Title	Type	Director	Producer	Role
2013-06	Mad Dog Casting	Casting SAs for various feature films	Features	Various	Various	Film Project Manager

TV Commercials / Branded Content

Date	Prod Co / Agency	Brand / Title	Type	Producer	Role	Vimeo / Youtube Link
2024 - May	The Ideas Studio	'The M Word' - Astellas Pharma Europe	Branded Content	Janet Chute	Producer/Director
2023 - Dec	Toad	How To Be My Ally - Channel 4	Branded content	Janet Chute	Producer/Director
2023 - Jul	The Ideas Studio	'On My Terms' - birth control films for Gedeon Richter	Branded content	Janet Chute	Producer/Director
2017 - Oct	Celia Hammond Animal Trust	Social media films & short documentary	Branded content	Janet Chute	Producer/Director (self-shooting)
2015 - Jul	Chilled in a Field festival	Social media films	Branded content	Janet Chute	Producer/Director (self-shooting)
2014 - Oct	Rogue Films	Apple iPad Air 2 ‘Change Is in the Air’	TVC	Various	Casting Producer
2013 - Oct	Endemol	Butlin’s I Can Cook	Promo to sell live show format	Janet Chute	Producer/Director (self-shooting)	N/A
2013 - Sep	Endemol	Bliss World Prematurity Day	Branded content	Janet Chute	Producer/Director (self-shooting)
2009 - Jul	Greenacre Communications	Various health industry films	Branded content	Various	Assistant Producer	N/A

Experiential / Live events

Date	Prod Co / Agency	Brand / Title	Director	Producer	Role
2009 - Jul	Hackney Building Schools for the Future	September Fair & school openings	N/A	Various	Communications Consultant
2005 - Jul	Harper's Bazaar	White Party			Event Coordinator
2004 - Jun	Yorkshire International Business Convention	Yorkshire International Business Convention			Press Coordinator

Documentaries

Date	Prod Co	Title	Type	Director	Producer	Role
2024 - Sep	Electric Robin	Dare to Defy - major SVOD	Series	Various	Janet Chute	Producer
2022 - Sep	Brinkworth Productions	A+E's Accused: Guilty or Innocent?	Series	Various	Various	Story Producer
2020 - Apr	Crackit Productions	Channel 5's When 5 Star Holidays Go Horribly Wrong	Feature	Simon Gilchrist	Simon Gilchrist	Casting Producer
2020 - Apr	Crackit Productions	Channel 5's When All-Inclusive Holidays Go Horribly Wrong	Feature	Simon Gilchrist	Simon Gilchrist	Casting Producer
2019 - Oct	Crackit Productions	Channel 5's When All-Inclusive Holidays Go Horribly Wrong	60 min single	Janet Chute	Janet Chute	Producer
2018 - Nov	Raw Cut	Channel 4 - shutdown due to Covid-19	60 min single	Janet Chute	Janet Chute	Producer/Director (self-shooting)
2018 - Mar	Barcroft Productions	Discovery's Body Bizarre	Series	Various	Janet Chute	Producer
2017 - May	Popkorn Productions	Channel 5’s Violent Child, Desperate Parents	Factual series	Various	Various	Casting Producer
2017 - Mar	RAW	Abortion on Trial	60 min single	Cathy Durbin	Various	Producer
2016 - Feb	FIlms of Record	Channel 4's The Billion Pound Flower Market	60 min single	Ken Kirby	Janet Chute	Producer
2014 - Nov	Films of Record	More 4 & Smithsonian Channel's Charlie Hebdo: 3 Days That Shook Paris	60 min single	Ursula Macfarlane	Various	Senior Development Producer
2014 - Nov	Films of Record	Sky Art's Passions: Mick Ronson by Gary Kemp	60 min single	Paul Bernays	Paul Bernays	Senior Development Producer
2014 - Nov	Films of Record	Channel 5's Your Child In Their Hands: Kids' Hospital	Factual series	Various	Various	Senior Development Producer
2014 - Feb	The Conneted Set	Channel 4’s How to Be a Young Billionaire	60 min single	Michael Ogden	Various	Casting Producer
2013 - Dec	Red House Television	Channel 5's The 12 Year Old Shopaholic, and Other Big Spending Kids	60 min single	Sarah Burton	Various	Casting Producer
2012 - May	Endemol	BBC Two's The House That £100k Built	Series	Various	Various	Casting Producer
2012 - May	CMJ Productions	Investigation Discovery Channel's Til Death Do Us Part	Series	Various	Various	UK Producer
2009 - Nov	BBC	BBC Three's Geordie Finishing School for Girls	Factual series	Various	Various	Development Assistant Producer
2009 - Sep	BBC	BBC Three's Peckham Finishing School	Series	Various	Various	Assistant Producer
2009 - Aug	Twofour Group	Virgin 1's Seaside Rescue	Factual series	Various	Various	Director
2008 - Sep	Flame Television	BBC Panorama's Kids Behaving Badly	30 min single	Terry Tyldesley	Various	Assistant Producer

Music Videos

Date	Prod Co	Artist / Title	Director	Producer	Role	Vimeo / Youtube Link
2015 - Aug	N/A	The Memepunks	Paul Winkler & Janet Chute	Janet Chute	Producer/Director/DoP

Shorts & Personal Projects

Date	Prod Co	Title	Type	Director	Producer	Role
2023 - Mar	Sugar & Water Films	Aurora	Scripted short	Rita Osei	Rita Osei	Co-producer/ Line Producer

Countries Worked in

France

Ireland

Netherlands

Directors Worked with

Cathy Durbin

Dave Skinner

Rita Osei

Sarah Burton

Simon Gilchrist

Terry Tyldesley

Various including Ursula Macfarlane

Languages

French - basic

Irish - basic

Education

MA in Bi-Media Journalism (radio & TV) - Trinity and All Saints College - University of Leeds (BJTC approved) -Merit
BA (Hon) in Journalism & Media Communications - Griffith College Dublin - Honours 2.1

Production Companies Worked with

360 Production

Barcroft Productions

BlackRook Media

Brinkworth Productions

CMJ - Canada

Cactus Television

Crackit Productions

Elephant House Productions

Emporium Productions

Endemol

Fever Media

Films of Record (Zinc Media)

Flame Television (Avalon)

Fulwell 73 - USA

GMTV

Greenacre Communications

Mad Dog Casting

Minnow Films

News Talk radio - Ireland

Objective Productions

October Films

Olga TV

Pioneer Productions

Princess Productions

Raw Cut

Red House Television (RDF)

Rogue Films

Samphire Productions

Sugar & Water Films

TWI Factual

The Connect Set

The Ideas Studio

Tiger Aspect

Twofour Productions

Viacom Studios UK

Celebrities Worked with

Various including Cillian Murphy

Louis Walsh

Busy Philipps

Oobah Butler

Nella Rose

Julie Adenuga

Drenge

Jo Jonas

Dan Snow

David Starkey

Peter Andre

Fern Britton

Richard Madeley

Judy Finnigan

Vernon Kay

Jo Brand

Dermot Murnaghan

Matthew Wright

Matt Baker

Technical Skills

Final Cut Pro - Intermediate
AVID - Intermediate
Premier Pro - Intermediate
Photoshop - Basic
InDesign - Basic
Word - advanced
Excel - intermediate
PowerPoint - advanced
Access - advanced
Outlook - advanced
Exchange - advanced
SharePoint - advanced
G Drive - advanced
photo editing - intermediate
Facebook
Twitter
TweetDeck
Instagram
YouTube
WordPress
Trello
sales software
content management systems
customer relationship management software

Additional Skills

Valid 1st AID certificate until 24/07/2024
Valid driving license
Car owner
Qualified broadcast & print Journalist
News producing
Qualified Agile Project Manager
Story producing
Casting and Associate Producer
access
Development Producer
organising shoots - UK and internationally
directing and P/D
Self-shooter
Sound mixing
Edit Producer
Field Producer
Series Producer
Archive Researcher
Writing Treatments & Scripts
Recruiting & managing large teams
Securing contracts & commissions
Hosting meetings
Organising events
Stakeholder relations
Creating online & social media content
Press Liaison
Media law
GDPR
Public relations
Digital marketing
Target and deadline driven
Negotiation
Scheduling
Risk Management
Implementing change
Leadership
Quality control
Passed 1st Option Managing Covid-19 Risks

Awards

Double BAFTA nominated - Charlie Hebdo: 3 Days That Shook Paris
Broadcast Digital Award for Best Popular Factual Programme - Charlie Hebdo: 3 Days That Shook Paris
Broadcast Digital Award nomination for Best Popular Factual Programme - Catfish UK