Christian Baute

Co-Managing Director
Bio

Originally from Germany, Christian has spent over 25 years in film and TV production. Before joining Headline Pictures, he was Senior Vice President of Productions and Acquisitions for Celluloid Dreams making SON OF RAMBOW and the Michael Haneke US remake FUNNY GAMES. Christian has fronted his own company, Movimento Productions and worked with the National Film Board of Canada. Christian’s Producer credits at Headline Pictures include THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, THE INVISIBLE WOMAN, QUARTET, the International EMMY-winning PETER & WENDY, KIN and TEN PERCENT. He has served as Vice President at the Independent Producer’s Alliance of France.

Tom Sherry

Co-Managing Director
Bio

Tom was previously Head of Drama North and Scotland BBC Studios Drama. Prior to that he was Executive Producer at Red Productions, Head of Drama at Wall To Wall and Producer for Tiger Aspect. For over 20 years Tom has Produced and Executive Produced more than 200 hours of award-winning prime time drama for BBC, ITV, Ch4, RTE and NETFLIX, including MURPHY’S LAW, NEW TRICKS, SCOTT AND BAILEY, ORDINARY LIES, PREY and the BAFTA winning TIME.

Shahenaz Jivani

Development Editor
Bio

Shahenaz was Development Co-ordinator and Script Editor for BBC Studios Drama North and Scotland before joining Headline Pictures. She worked on SMOTHER Series 1-3 (RTE), BAFTA winning TIME Series 1 (BBC One) and in development for TIME Series 2 (BBC One) and KIDNAPPED (BBC Three). She is a Script Reader for the Royal Exchange theatre, Manchester. Her previous roles include Researching and Producing lifestyle programmes for Granada Television and her first job as a TV and film Casting Assistant where she cast for the Beatles video, FREE AS A BIRD.