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Production Finance

Production Finance are part of Channel 4’s Commercial Affairs Department.  Commercial Affairs brings together Channel 4's professional support services covering Production Finance, Legal & Business Affairs, Rights and Corporate Legal. 

Production Finance manage commissioned content spend on an individual production basis seeking optimal value for money for Channel 4’s investments across Non-Scripted, Scripted, and Film4 content.  Many of the team have a background in TV or film production, or years of experience in Production Finance, allowing them to apply working knowledge of how budgets and schedules are put together, and production cost considerations.

Each Scripted and Non-Scripted Commissioning genre has a dedicated Production Finance Manager and Coordinator working with them, who work closely with their counterparts in Legal & Business Affairs in negotiating the best commercial deal for each project.  The Film4 Production Finance team manage not only the production finance of the films but also the physical production, and comprise of a Head of Production, Senior Production Executive and Production Manager.  The final component of the department are a Data and Reporting Analyst and Invoicing Assistants, who play essential roles in supporting the whole team.

  • Martin Baker, Chief Commercial Affairs Officer (Assistant: Sue Birch, SBirch@Channel4.co.uk)
  • Clare Brown, Controller of Production Finance, CEBrown@Channel4.co.uk

Production Finance team contact details:

 

For invoice queries email ProductionFinanceHelpdesk@Channel4.co.uk