Jesse Cleverly Email & Phone Number

Jesse is currently working as Creative Director at Wildseed Studios in the UK. Jesse co-founded Wildseed with Managing Director Miles Bullough and together they steered the company towards a majority acquisition by Mediawan in 2022.Wildseed Studios is built around a digital scripted IP and new talent incubator. Over the course of the companiy’s history we have produced over 50 digital pilots in both live action and animation, around 50% of which have been picked up by third parties in… Show more Jesse is currently working as Creative Director at Wildseed Studios in the UK. Jesse co-founded Wildseed with Managing Director Miles Bullough and together they steered the company towards a majority acquisition by Mediawan in 2022.Wildseed Studios is built around a digital scripted IP and new talent incubator. Over the course of the companiy’s history we have produced over 50 digital pilots in both live action and animation, around 50% of which have been picked up by third parties in one form or another. From a direct pilot investment of a round £500,000 we have generated over £60 million of production.Notable successes generated by the incubator include the multi award-winning feature film Hungerford by (then 18yrs) director Drew Casson, Counterfeit Cat for Disney, Dodo for Sky, The Last Bus for Netflix, Prank Me for Fullscreen , Tales of the Serengeti for BBC Three, BAFTA award-winning Good as Goaled and the soon to be produced Tuff Pom for France Televisions/as yet unannounced international partners.Wildseed Studios finds itself perfectly positioned to move into the next digital media era when incubation will become essential practice for media producers looking to work with audiences and optimise their IP in order to ensure powerful launches across multiple platforms and audience touch points. Show less

Jesse Cleverly was Creative Director at his own company Connective Media, a solutions company dedicated to the development and creation of transitional and next generation fiction brands for adults and children. Connective developed a number of transmedia brands with various leading companies and channels, as well as working with a list of world class clients to help transform their existing content and development strategies to exploit the possibilities of the emerging media spaces. Clients… Show more Jesse Cleverly was Creative Director at his own company Connective Media, a solutions company dedicated to the development and creation of transitional and next generation fiction brands for adults and children. Connective developed a number of transmedia brands with various leading companies and channels, as well as working with a list of world class clients to help transform their existing content and development strategies to exploit the possibilities of the emerging media spaces. Clients included Teletoon in Canada, the ABC in Australia, Aardman Animation in Bristol, Disney EMEA, Lupus Films, DQ Entertainment, Method Films, Shaftesbury Films in Canada, the ACTF in Australia, Studio 100 in Belgium, JamMedia Ireland, Darral Macqueen in London, Samka Production in France, Working Partners in London. While running Connective Jesse created a sold a number of his own interactive television concepts to Teletoon Canada, Kudos Film and TV in London, and a film adaptation of the novel The People’s Act of Love by James Meek to Warner Brothers on behalf of a Johnny Depp's film company Infinitum Nihil. Show less

Responsible for identifying possible international co-production and investment opportunities, as well as identifying and buying all CBBC’s acquired live action and animated content, responsible for a budget of £6million and a diverse team. Responsible for the overall Executive Production/oversight of all acquired projects for older kids and teens on the behalf of BBC Childrens.

Responsible for the development and executive production of live action projects for the audience 6-14. Productions include Kidnapped, a 3 x 50’ Sunday serial for BBC1 with Iain Glen, Paul McGann, Adrian Dunbar and Gregor Fisher (later picked up by WGBH Boston for Masterpiece Theatre, and the ABC in Australia for prime time Tx) ;Desperados, a 10 part comedy drama series about a wheelchair basketball team, (winner Prix Jeunesse 2008); Powers a 13 x 30’ children’s mystery series for CBBC1 which… Show more Responsible for the development and executive production of live action projects for the audience 6-14. Productions include Kidnapped, a 3 x 50’ Sunday serial for BBC1 with Iain Glen, Paul McGann, Adrian Dunbar and Gregor Fisher (later picked up by WGBH Boston for Masterpiece Theatre, and the ABC in Australia for prime time Tx) ;Desperados, a 10 part comedy drama series about a wheelchair basketball team, (winner Prix Jeunesse 2008); Powers a 13 x 30’ children’s mystery series for CBBC1 which regularly attracted between 28%-30% of available audience and regularly appeared in the Top 10 Children’s Programes in Broadcast; three series of UGetMe, 100 x 8.5’, and 36 x 15’ cross platform interactive drama series. Show less

Brought in to help establish new department. Specific brief to investigate the creative opportunities for storytelling on the BBC in a post linear/digital world. Developed groundbreaking drama using new formats, new technology, and new platforms. Produced 4 films by new writers as well as managing expansion of the department from 5 to 60 members of staff. A number of credits in development and production including Thunder Road, the world's first broadband drama and ARG (also BBC2), and The… Show more Brought in to help establish new department. Specific brief to investigate the creative opportunities for storytelling on the BBC in a post linear/digital world. Developed groundbreaking drama using new formats, new technology, and new platforms. Produced 4 films by new writers as well as managing expansion of the department from 5 to 60 members of staff. A number of credits in development and production including Thunder Road, the world's first broadband drama and ARG (also BBC2), and The Scandlalous Success of Salvador Dali (launch film for BBC4 on BBC2), and Mentors (BBC4) a strand of 4 x 30 minute films by new writers. Show less

London Area, United Kingdom

Trained and worked as a Script Editor for BBC Films. A number of feature film and television credits in development and production including Eastern Promises the film which went on to open the LFF 2007 directed by David Cronenberg, with Naomi Watts and Vigo Mortensen (conceived of subject and developped scripts for), and the 2 part period mystery special The Wyvern Mystery (BBC2) starring Derek Jacobi.

Brought in by Stephen Daldry to oversee the theatre’s re-branding and move to the West End. Enjoyed great success at the Royal Court where we presented over 60 new plays including work Mojo by Jez Butterworth, The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, The Weir by Conor McPherson, Shopping and Fucking by Mark Ravenhill, as well as work by Caryl Churchill and Harold Pinter. Was in charge of the re-branding of The Royal Court and the companies successful expansion and relocation to the West… Show more Brought in by Stephen Daldry to oversee the theatre’s re-branding and move to the West End. Enjoyed great success at the Royal Court where we presented over 60 new plays including work Mojo by Jez Butterworth, The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, The Weir by Conor McPherson, Shopping and Fucking by Mark Ravenhill, as well as work by Caryl Churchill and Harold Pinter. Was in charge of the re-branding of The Royal Court and the companies successful expansion and relocation to the West End. Show less

In charge of promoting all new writing in The Pit Theatre and selected productions in the Barbican Theatre.

Involved in launching of a studio theatre dedicated to producing new plays under the direction of Hettie Macdonald.

Ba Hons, English Literature And Language

Education record