"What impresses me most about James Rowat is his storytelling - he can spot a story where others might see nothing but a sequence of events. He brings out the hidden humanity thanks to a combination of production experience, journalistic skill and (most crucially) inherent empathy. He’s a keen observer of what makes us tick, with strong work ethics and ethics in general. I’ve worked with him for half a decade, and seen him diligently craft many shows.
And it helps that he’s nice." - DANNY WALLACE - Broadcaster and Author.
Cloud Forest Films is an independent production company, built to make great TV, radio and film.
It’s headed up by energetic, reliable and award nominated Producer and Director James Rowat, a passionate storyteller with two decades of multi-genre programming experience.
Between 2014 and 2019, James led the Christmas prime-time family favourite, World’s Strongest Man – a ratings record-breaker for the brand on Channel 5.
Over the past four years, James has worked across an array of sporting events including Producer roles across two FIM Speedway Grand Prix seasons, Producer & Director of four series of Giants Live shown on Channel 5, hired as Edit-Producer on the ATP tennis tour for the past four seasons, was part of the FIFA Infotainment team at the 2022 World Cup and also the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, was one of the Producers for ITV's Goodwood broadcast and also two Goodwoof! broadcasts that were also shown on ITV, and was the Series Producer of a six-part documentary series for Aurora Media Worldwide titled 'The Academy', that was nominated at the Realscreen Awards in the US, and picked up silver at the 43rd Telly Awards.
James is currently Directing and Producing a feature length documentary film provisionally titled 'Beyond The Horizon' with a planned release in 2024.
James has produced innovative content shown in over 100 territories for broadcasters as diverse as BBC One, Channel 4, Channel 5, Dave (UKTV), Sky Sports, Sky One, Discovery Channel, Netflix, CBS, SVT, Sky Mexico, CCTV, TF1, RAI, Universal NBC, ESPN Latin America, Supersport, SBS, SABC, TVRI, Astro Arena, NHK, beIN Sports, BBC Worldwide and many more. If you would like to discuss collaborating on a documentary or format proposal, or to hire James for your project, get in touch. www.cloudforestfilms.com
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