Stern & Wild expands its talent base with raft of new clients

We are delighted to announce that a dozen extraordinarily talented filmmakers have joined Stern & Wild in the past two months to be represented by Camilla Chiverton, who became part of the team in December as an Agent for Premium Unscripted Creative Talent. We look forward to a long and successful partnership with each of these brilliant talents:

Mark Bates

Mark is a Director and Senior Edit Producer specialising in presenter-led and premium retrospective documentaries. He has delivered major series for all the leading UK channels (BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Sky, etc) and many global broadcasters including CNN, Disney+ and PBS. His recent projects include The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty for CNN, In Vogue: The 90s for Disney+ and Africa’s Great Civilizations for PBS.

Jamie Batten

Jamie is a Director and Producer specialising in access documentaries, retrospective documentaries and talent-led series. An Emmy-nominated and RTS award-winning filmmaker, Jamie’s recent projects include Police, Camera, Murder for ITV, Inside the Heist for Discovery+ and all three seasons of Tour de France Unchained for Netflix.

Steven Clarke

Steven is a Director, Producer and Showrunner specialising in history, arts, science and travel. Over two decades he has made more than 30 documentaries, drama-docs and full dramas for both UK and international broadcasters. His recent projects include Britain by Beach for Channel 4, Drain the Oceans for National Geographic and Union with David Olusoga for BBC Two.

Nick Hardie

Nick is a Director, Cinematographer and Producer specialising in character-led observational feature documentaries and premium factual series for leading platforms, networks and brands, from Netflix, Apple, the BBC and Channel 4 to Adidas. A multi-award-winning filmmaker, Nick’s recent projects include Formula One: Drive to Survive for Netflix, All or Nothing – Brazil for Amazon and The Wall: Climb for Gold for Netflix. He is currently directing a feature documentary with Oscar-winning Underdog Films (My Octopus Teacher), about the controversial biogenetics company Colossal.

Chris Holt

Chris is a Director and Executive Producer working in both scripted and unscripted formats. He is a multi-award-winning filmmaker first known as the Writer and Director of the BBC’s Wonders of the Solar System and Lead Director and Producer of Wonders of the Universe. He was awarded the Peabody Award for Documentary Excellence in 2011. His recent projects include The Devil on Trial for Netflix, If I Can't Have You: The Jodi Arias Story for Discovery+ and Jeffrey Dahmer: Mind of a Monster also for Discovery+.

Gareth Johnson

Gareth is a Director, Producer and Editor with an extensive history of creating features and series for global streamers and broadcasters in the UK and US, including the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, CNN, National Geographic, Netflix and Sky Documentaries. He is a multi-award-winning filmmaker. His 2024 three-part series The Body Next Door for Sky is the channel's most watched documentary ever; it was nominated for the 2024 RTS Best Editing award and is currently on the longlist for a BAFTA. Other recent projects include Stanley Tucci - Searching for Italy for CNN, Coleen: The Real Wagatha Story for Disney+ and Drive to Survive for Netflix.

Tim Lawton

Tim is a Director and Edit Producer who has worked on some of the UK’s most popular factual and reality series such as 24 Hours in Police Custody (Channel 4), Hospital (BBC Two) and Hunted (Channel 4). A BAFTA nominee, Tim’s recent projects include In the Face of Terror for BBC Two, One Shot: The Football Factory for Sky Documentaries and an upcoming series on the 7/7 London terror attacks also for Sky Documentaries. 

Kira Phillips

Kira is a Director and Executive Producer with 30 years’ experience helming provocative and impactful documentary series and single films. Her expertise spans all aspects of production - from legal considerations and budgeting to complex compliance issues and working with extremely vulnerable contributors. Her recent projects include Jeremy Kyle: Death on Daytime for Channel 4, Linford for BBC One and The Incredibly Talented Lucy for Channel 4.  

Jamie Seal

Jamie is a Director and Series Editor with 20 years’ experience creating observational documentaries, specialist factual films and presenter-led shows for prime-time terrestrial television and streamers. He is a Grierson, RTS & Broadcast Award nominee, and in 2018 won a BAFTA Cymru Award for Surgeons: At the Edge of Life (BBC Two). His recent projects include Sprint (Seasons 1 & 2) for Netflix, Six Nations: Full Contact for Netflix and Night Coppers for Channel 4.

Tanya Stephan

Tanya is a Director specialising in high-end series and feature-length documentaries for premium streamers, Sky, and prime time BBC, Channel 4 and ITV.  In 2022, she won a BAFTA, a Grierson and an RTS Journalism Award for her feature doc The Missing Children (ITVX). Other recent projects include Sheridan Smith: Becoming Mum for ITV, Ukraine's War Diaries for BBC One, and a soon-to-be-announced premium retrospective true crime series for Sky Documentaries.

Storm Theunissen

Storm is a Director and Series Producer with over 20 years’ experience in the production of premium documentary and current affairs films across a range of genres. Her work frequently attracts international media attention and her latest documentary about products using forced labour in China, Blood on the Shelves: A Million Detained (BBC), led to an emergency session in the UK parliament. Other recent projects include Porn King: The Rise and Fall of Ron Jeremy for Channel 4, The Missing Cryptoqueen: Dead or Alive? for BBC One and Downfall of the Crypto King also for BBC One.

Marc Tiley

Marc is a Director and Producer with a 30-year history of working in factual film and television for a range of leading broadcasters and streaming platforms including the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, National Geographic, Netflix and PBS. His list of credits include recurring series and single films on a range of subjects from crime, social history and hard science to music and the arts. His most recent projects include Drug Lords: Jamaica’s Narco Prince for Netflix, Drain the Oceans for National Geographic and Ancient Apocalypse (2 seasons) for Netflix.