A Manchester based award winning Showrunner on popular Factual Entertainment Shows and factual formats for broadcasters and streamers in the UK and North America.BBC trained, his primetime track record there was complemented by an award winning stint in the UK Independent sector in London. working with the full range of broadcast partners includ...
Read MoreA Manchester based award winning Showrunner on popular Factual Entertainment Shows and factual formats for broadcasters and streamers in the UK and North America.BBC trained, his primetime track record there was complemented by an award winning stint in the UK Independent sector in London. working with the full range of broadcast partners including the BBC, Channel Four and SKY. In North America he co created and ran one of lifestyle TV’s biggest lifestyle brands alongside an impressive por[olio of other award winning series for networks like Discovery, The History Channel, HGTV and The Food Network. Calm and intelligent, he combines strong creative vision with robust fiscal and compliance skills, mature team and talent management approaches.
Proven skills:• Format creation and execution
• Team Creation and management
• finding, directing and nurturing compelling talent like The Property Brothers;
• building excellent rela9onships with commissioners;
• combining strong creative leadership with robust team and financial management; • Deep produc9on and craft skills, from pitch to edit
Gerard has been nominated for an Emmy for ‘Property Brothers’, and won a Rose D’or for ’Relentless’ plus two UK Royal Television Society Awards and several Canadian Screen Awards.
In his spare time, he renovates houses and builds his own furniture
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