Team
Television
Michele Buck
Chief Executive OfficerMichele Buck is the CEO of Company Pictures. Former joint Managing Director of Mammoth Screen, the independent production company. Mammoth in that time gained a reputation for producing quality award winning drama including Parade’s End for BBC Two, Christopher and His Kind for BBC2, Endeavour for ITV1 and Agatha Raisin for SKY.
Prior to Mammoth, Michele held the role of Controller of Drama, United Productions and ITV from 1998 to 2007 where she was responsible for BAFTA & Prix Italia winning Sex Traffic for Channel 4. Responsible for Emmy winner, twice Emmy nominated and four times BAFTA nominated Hornblower, Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Agatha Christie’s Marple (both Emmy nominated), the Peter Kosminsky film Innocents for Channel 4, three times BANFF winner, BAFTA winner and nominated Othello, Lewis for ITV1, BAFTA winner Housewife 49 and Alan Bleasdale’s Oliver Twist.
Lucy Raffety
Director of DevelopmentLucy has been Series Producer of BBC1’s flagship medical drama Casualty for the past two years during which time the show has risen to new heights – receiving critical acclaim, a BAFTA, countless other award nominations, and extremely healthy viewing figures.
Prior to that she has been a Producer, Story Producer and Script Editor on many dramas such as The Musketeers, Waterloo Road, The Bill and Bad Girls.
Abi Arthur
Development ProducerAbi graduated from Loughborough University in 2011 with a degree in English Literature and Film.
She then joined Company in 2012 as a receptionist before becoming a Script Editor in 2015. In this role, Abi has worked on productions such as The White Princess and Midsomer Murders, before becoming our Senior Script Editor in late 2017. She is currently working as the Script Editor on the 21st series of Midsomer Murders.
James Wooldridge
Development ExecutiveJames was an actor for over sixteen years, working all over the UK and Europe in theatre and TV. He went back to university to study a Masters degree in television scriptwriting and graduated with Distinction in 2018.
Since then he has been writing, working with writers and providing script coverage for various production companies. He joined the development team at Company Pictures in February 2019.
Ana Turé
Script EditorAna first joined Company Pictures back in 2017 as an office runner and started as a Junior Script editor in October 2019.
Tom Kenelm
Development AssistantTom began his television career as a post-production runner in 2018, shortly after graduating from the University of Glasgow with a degree in English Literature and History. Joined Little Island Productions in 2019 as a production runner, before moving into a development role at the company the following year.
He joined the development team at Company Pictures in July 2022.
Ian Strachan
Head of Production–
Max Roberts
Office RunnerGraduating from the University of Gloucestershire in 2023 with a degree in film production.
Max joined Company Pictures in September 2023.
Finance
Babita Tailor
Head of FinanceBabita joined Company Pictures in 2014.
Jade Gauci
Accounts AssistantJade previously worked as an accounts assistant for an engineering company where she completed her Level 2 and Level 3 AAT and is now putting herself through Level 4
Business Affairs
Clare Nicholson
Business Affairs ExecutiveClare joined Company from All3Media in 2006 where she was also Business Affairs Executive.
Clare previously worked in the legal team for Chrysalis TV Group and prior to that in the legal teams at the Millennium Dome and English Heritage.