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Jane Root

Producer, Production Manager, Other Crew

Born May 18, 1957

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Jane Root is a leading creative executive with a reputation for innovation, determination and delivery. Her work was celebrated by Women in Film & TV when she was awarded the prestigious 2017 Business Award acknowledging her outstanding achievements in the industry both in the UK and abroad.

In 2008, Jane created Nutopia, a TV production company based in London and Washington committed to thinking big and focused on ambitious factual series of all types, as well as factually-inspired drama. Nutopia is dedicated to creating ground-breaking, specialist factual content on a global scale. Best known for pioneering a new genre of television - the 'megadoc' - by combining epic cinematography and action-driven drama with high-end documentary and A-list talent.

Recent credits include highly praised series 'The World According to Jeff Goldblum' (Disney+), award-winning earth science series 'One Strange Rock' (Nat Geo), critically acclaimed drama doc 'The Last Czars' (Netflix), and Grierson-nominated feature doc 'The Hunt for Jihadi John' (HBO/Channel 4). The company continues to development shows for the biggest broadcasters in the world, alongside some of the highest profile partners in the industry.

Jane was President of Discovery Channel US until 2007 where she re-positioned the channel giving it a fresh voice and leading to record ratings. During her time at Discovery, Jane commissioned international hits including Man vs Wild (Born Survivor), Deadliest Catch and Dirty Jobs, as well as turning Planet Earth into a worldwide phenomenon.

Before her US adventure, Jane was Controller of BBC2 for 5 years. During her tenure as 'one of the BBC's most successful channel controllers', she was responsible for hits including The Office, Top Gear, The Weakest Link, Great Britons and Who do You Think You Are. Under her mandate, BBC2 won the prestigious "Channel of the Year" award 2 years in a row at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, and the Broadcast Award for Best Channel in 2004.

Prior to this and for 10 years Jane co-founded and was joint Managing Director of Wall to Wall TV, shaping it into one of Britain's most respected and successful TV production companies. Jane has also worked as a journalist, writing the books Open the Box (Comedia, 1986) and Pictures of Women (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982) and worked for the British Film Institute and publications including The Guardian, Sight and Sound and Cosmopolitan.

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Happy Birthday BBC Two Poster

Happy Birthday BBC Two Documentary2004Self

Comedy Connections Poster

Comedy Connections TV Series2003Self

Arena TV Series1975Self

Producer

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Type

Year

Pole to Pole with Will Smith Poster

Pole to Pole with Will Smith TV Series2026

The White House Poster

The White House TV Series2026

World War II with Tom Hanks Poster

World War II with Tom Hanks TV Series2026

Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember Poster

Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember Feature Film2025

Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny Poster

Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny TV Series2025

Jesus: Crown of Thorns Poster

Jesus: Crown of Thorns TV Series2024

7 Toughest Days Poster

7 Toughest Days TV Series2023

African Queens: Njinga Poster

African Queens: Njinga Mini-Series2023

Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife Poster

Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife Mini-Series2023

Blood, Sex & Royalty Poster

Blood, Sex & Royalty TV Series2022

Limitless Poster

Limitless TV Series2022

The '80s: Top Ten Poster

The '80s: Top Ten TV Series2022

The Royal Mob Poster

The Royal Mob TV Series2022

Shark Beach with Chris Hemsworth Poster

Shark Beach with Chris Hemsworth TV Special2021

Vendetta: Truth, Lies and the Mafia Poster

Vendetta: Truth, Lies and the Mafia Mini-Series2021

Welcome to Earth Poster

Welcome to Earth TV Series2021

A World of Calm Poster

A World of Calm TV Series2020

Jesus: His Life Poster

Jesus: His Life TV Series2019

The Last Czars Poster

The Last Czars Mini-Series2019

The World According to Jeff Goldblum Poster

The World According to Jeff Goldblum TV Series2019

Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a Terrorist Poster

Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a Terrorist Documentary2019

Civilizations Poster

Civilizations Mini-Series2018

Detroit: Comeback City Poster

Detroit: Comeback City Documentary2018

One Strange Rock Poster

One Strange Rock Mini-Series2018

The '80s Greatest Poster

The '80s Greatest TV Series2018

The '90s Greatest Poster

The '90s Greatest Mini-Series2018

The Great American Read Poster

The Great American Read Mini-Series2018

Africa's Great Civilizations Poster

Africa's Great Civilizations Mini-Series2017

America: Promised Land Poster

America: Promised Land TV Series2017

Beyond Reasonable Doubt Poster

Beyond Reasonable Doubt TV Series2017

Beyond Reasonable Doubt Poster

Beyond Reasonable Doubt TV Series2017

Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery. Poster

Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery. TV Series2015

Metropolis Poster

Metropolis Mini-Series2015

How We Got to Now Poster

How We Got to Now Mini-Series2014

The '90s: The Last Great Decade? Poster

The '90s: The Last Great Decade? Mini-Series2014

Held Hostage: The in Amenas Ordeal Poster

Held Hostage: The in Amenas Ordeal Documentary2013

Mankind Decoded Poster

Mankind Decoded TV Series2013

The '80s: The Decade That Made Us Poster

The '80s: The Decade That Made Us Mini-Series2013

Mankind the Story of All of Us Poster

Mankind the Story of All of Us Mini-Series2012

The British Poster

The British TV Series2012

The Nazi Gospels Poster

The Nazi Gospels Documentary2012

Targeting Bin Laden Poster

Targeting Bin Laden Documentary2011

9/11 State of Emergency Poster

9/11 State of Emergency Documentary2010

America: The Story of the US Poster

America: The Story of the US Mini-Series2010

In the Shadow of the Moon Poster

In the Shadow of the Moon Documentary2007

Saving Ronald Reagan Poster

Saving Ronald Reagan Documentary2006

All Mod Cons Poster

All Mod Cons TV Series1997

Plotlands Poster

Plotlands Mini-Series1997

Wired World TV Series1996

A Mutter of Voices TV Short1994

The Alternative Christmas Message Documentary1994

New Nightmares Poster

New Nightmares Mini-Series1993

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave Documentary1992

The Making of 'A Brief History of Time' Documentary1992

Without Walls Poster

Without Walls TV Series1990

Shark Week Poster

Shark Week TV Series1988

The Media Show Poster

The Media Show TV Series1987

Arena TV Series1975

Lincoln Mini-Series

Production Manager

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Year

Encounters at the End of the World Poster

Encounters at the End of the World Documentary2007

Life or Death Poster

Life or Death TV Series2007

Apollo 13: The Inside Story Poster

Apollo 13: The Inside Story Documentary2006

Man vs. Wild Poster

Man vs. Wild TV Series2006

Dirty Jobs Poster

Dirty Jobs TV Series2005

Grizzly Man Poster

Grizzly Man Documentary2005

I Shouldn't Be Alive Poster

I Shouldn't Be Alive TV Series2005

Living with Wolves Poster

Living with Wolves Documentary2005

American Hot Rod Poster

American Hot Rod TV Series2004

Pompeii: The Last Day Poster

Pompeii: The Last Day TV Movie2003

Shark Week Poster

Shark Week TV Series1988

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True Heroes Poster

True Heroes TV Series2008

Life or Death Poster

Life or Death TV Series2007

U-864: Hitler's Last Deadly Secret Poster

U-864: Hitler's Last Deadly Secret Documentary2007

Day After D-Day Documentary2006

Perfect Disaster Poster

Perfect Disaster TV Series2006

The Mystery Dinosaur Poster

The Mystery Dinosaur Documentary2006

Deadliest Catch Poster

Deadliest Catch TV Series2005

Dirty Jobs Poster

Dirty Jobs TV Series2005

Unsolved History Poster

Unsolved History TV Series2002

Open the Box TV Series1986

Editorial Department

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The Media Show Poster

The Media Show TV Series1987

Writer

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Vendetta: Truth, Lies and the Mafia Poster

Vendetta: Truth, Lies and the Mafia Mini-Series2021

Editor

1

The Media Show Poster

The Media Show TV Series1987

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Motherboard Poster

Motherboard Feature Film2024

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