ABOUT — Open Media

We’re proud to have been nominated by the Royal Television Society and the British Academy BAFTA for our productions, over 400 hours for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

Our celebrated series After Dark was described in the national press as “the most intelligent, thought-provoking and interesting programme ever to have been on television”.

Open Media was founded over 30 years ago - a pioneering company in the new era of independent television production in the UK – and has made entertainment, documentaries and factual specials which sell all over the world.

In 2020, Open Media’s £1.5m history of postwar Britain - made in partnership with the BBC, BFI and The National Archive - celebrated ten years online.

Today we license our archive footage and provide global problem-solving consultancy services.

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Open Media - Past & Present

CEO
Sebastian Cody

Digital Archive Manager
Laura Stratford

Archive Manager
Laura Cook

Remembering
Jerome Kuehl
Co-Founder of Open Media
1931 - 2018

Producer/Directors
Per-Eric Hawthorne, Jonathan Kaplan, Paul Pierrot, Jo Treharne

Directors
John Birkin, Dominic Brigstocke, Don Coutts, David G. Croft, Sally Dixon, Sebastian Harris, Simon Holder, Michael Houldey, Chris Kay, Alex Marengo, Pati Marr, Graham Moore, Leanne Pooley, Willy Smax, Vincent Stafford, Roger Thomas, Nick Vaughan-Barratt

Producers
Caroline Blackadder, David Britland, Richard Fabb, Frankie Glass, Elaine Hackett, Trevor Hyett, David Lancaster, Mary Newton, Jane O'Brien, David Paterson, Claire Powell, Justin Scroggie, Zvi Spielmann, Jim Steinmeyer, Graham Stuart, Steve Warr, Anne Whitehouse, Juliet Winstone

Research
David Akinsanya, Andy Banks Stewart, Emma Batha, Philip Berman, Dan Britten, Ian Brown, Nell Butler, Mary Carson, Louise Clover, Margaret Coen, Edmund Coulthard, Sue Davison, Kevin Dowling, Bob Duffield, Taylor Duvall, Neal Easthope, Pat Edlin, Rupert Edwards, Jane Fletcher, Alfie Fox, Ellis Freeman, Nick Fulton, Alex Gardiner, Jeremy Gordon, Mike Griffiths, Emily Humphries, Antonia Hurford-Jones, Nick Kenton, Saeeda Khanum, Fiona Law, Richard Life, Matthew Littleford, Chas Loft, Carrie Longton, Catherine Lucas, Eve Lucas, Brian Machin, Isabel MacIver, Dominick von Malaise, Phillip Marlow, Quentin McDermott, Alex Monsey, Simon Myers, Glen Noble, Selina O'Grady, Adrianne Philippou, Ian Pollard, Suzanna Rock, Martin Ross, Alice Sherwood, Jo Shinner, Rebecca Simor, Nadaav Soudry, Henry Stewart, Jane Thomas, Ed Venner, Claire Walding, Susan Walls, Shaun Whiteside, Emma Whitlock, Eileen Wise, Sarah Wynn Parry

Production
Nick Badham, Loyce Blackmur, John Graham, Daniel Hartley, Jenny Hay, Paul Kelly, Alice Kramers Pawsey (Open Media Managing Director from 1993), Keri Lewis, Kate Losowsky, Catherine Lovesey, Sil McIlveen, Caroline McManus, Gloria Morris, Karen Morton, Judy Owen, Paul Sandler, Jane Smith, Sarah Stinchcombe, Carole Townsend, Winnie Wishart, Pamela Wylde

Associates
Paolo Black, Kathy Ceaton, David Cox, Peter Moore, Gordon Thomas, Nicola Waddell, Cathy Wheatley