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Tom Porter

Brite Spark Films

Tom works across BriteSpark’s slate and notable credits as Exec Producer include ‘The Prince and The Paedophile’(C4), ‘The Man With a Penis on His Arm ‘(C4), ‘World’s Most Scenic Railways’ (C5), ‘The Billionaires Who made our World ‘(C4) plus various Dispatches for C4 and a Panorama for BBC1. Before joining BriteSpark in 2019 he spent six years at Channel 4 as Commissioning Editor based in both Specialist Factual and News and Current Affairs, with commissions ranging from Guy Martin series to BAFTA-winning current affairs.

During that time he served as Acting Editor and Dispatches and key commissions included the BAFTA/ RTS News/ Grierson/ Emmy-winning ‘Syria Across the Lines’; Grierson-winning ‘Hunted’, ‘The World’s Most Expensive…’; ‘Dogs: Their Secret Lives’; the BAFTA-nominated ‘North Korea – Life Inside the Secret State’;, and had joint responsibility for the high profile Michael Jackson doc ‘Leaving Neverland’.

Previously Tom worked as an Executive Producer at Blakeway where he managed the Dispatches slate for four years, and before that as a freelance Producer/Director, making films for Channel 4, BBC, ITV, Sky One and NHK at companies including Quicksilver, Brook Lapping and October films.