Ashleigh has over 10 years experience of assisting within a range of industries including TV Broadcast, Finance and TV Production. As well as juggling diaries, securing meetings and making sure scripts have been read, Ash mostly enjoys watching Drama... on and off TV.
Ashleigh Batchelar
Executive Assistant to Hakan and Jamie
Billy Bowring
Executive Producer
Beata worked as a Runner/PA across non-scripted TV, Radio and Commercials for just over a year. She’s now very excited to start her journey into scripted TV. Her entire life is stored on Google Calendar and a few spreadsheets. When not at work, or working on passion projects, she will be dancing, reading, in theatre, or outdoors with friends.
Beata Jamroziak
Office Runner
Katie has spent a number of years at leading entertainment law firms and in-house legal teams specialising in all aspects of film and TV development, production and finance. In her spare time she enjoys surfing, dancing and riding her fixed gear bikes.
Katie FitzGerald Frazer
Head of Legal and Business Affairs
Assistant to Hakan and Jamie for too many years, Vicky enjoys expensive lunches, rosé in Cannes and binge watching TV. Vicky dislikes last minute cancellations and complicated travel itineraries.
Vicky Girandola
Executive Assistant to Hakan and Jamie
Missy has worked in telly for nearly a decade, across both development and production, on a range of shows from comedy to crime to period dramas. Her tastes are just as varied and she loves working with enthusiastic and creative people on entertaining shows.
Missy Howard
Development Producer
Gareth Jones
Finance Executive
Hakan Kousetta co-founded 60Forty Films with Jamie in February 2021. Hakan is relentlessly glass half-full and uses his optimism as a tool to drive each production he works on, supporting everyone involved to ensure they always deliver the highest quality work. Hakan is a leading voice in the production community and an advocate for inclusivity of under represented groups.
Hakan Kousetta
Co Founder
Beth started out in Production Finance before leaving spreadsheets behind to pursue her passion for development. Her love of TV is only rivalled by her addiction to Salsa dancing and pizza.
Beth Lamarra
Development Assistant
Jamie Laurenson co-founded 60Forty Films with Hakan in February 2021. Jamie has made his innate pessimism and catastrophizing work for him and finds worrying away can make things better, sometimes.
Jamie Laurenson
Co Founder
Karl is committed to creating possibilities and bringing about positive transformation. He’s always ready and willing to learn, teach, enrol and empower.
If you sliced him open integrity, laughter, cacao, fermented food, stretching, meditation and Prince would pour out. He believes the word ‘need’ is overused.
If you sliced him open integrity, laughter, cacao, fermented food, stretching, meditation and Prince would pour out. He believes the word ‘need’ is overused.
Karl Liegis
Head of Production
Alex has worked across the development and production of television for the UK and international markets. As development producer she is passionate about bringing fresh, ambitious, authored stories to the screen.
Alex MacEwan
Development Producer
Since entering the film & TV industry, Lindani has worked in Production as a PA, Secretary and Producer's Assistant before joining the team. When he's not watching films & TV shows, he loves stand-up comedy and pretending not to be competitive at pub quizzes and game nights.
Lindani Mhlongo
Development Assistant
Tom is an experienced producer who has worked on a broad range of projects in film and television. He loves working across a project from development to delivery, supporting talent to deliver the best version of their vision. He’s always been passionate about championing emerging talent, helping them navigate the industry and finding the right home to flourish.
Tom Nash
Executive Producer
As a self-proclaimed aficionado for all things film/tv, Callum has spent a number of years spinning his passion into purpose to support production companies with all their legal aspects across development and production. When he's not catching up on films and tv shows, he enjoys dabbling in overly ambitious hobbies such as running, football and whatever sport seems like a good idea at the time.
Callum Reed
Legal & Business Affairs Associate
A committed collaborator with over ten years' experience in scripted television, Kelsey loves working with writers and puts them at the heart of the creative process. As a strong advocate for regional creatives and under-represented narratives, she's excited to bring stories with a strong sense of place to a global audience, and will always champion the underdog.
Kelsey Richards
Development Producer
Euan is an experienced Production Coordinator who has worked on a wide range of HETV productions and independent films. He has a growing passion for data driven spreadsheets and has a love/hate relationship with the word granular. He believes that every situation is relatable to Seinfeld and outside of work he loves climbing, walking, running and is trying to bring back the YoYo.
Euan Roberts-Gilhooly
Production Coordinator
Mirjam used to be a Set PA looking after high profile talent and some of the best actors in the industry. However she has left the walkie-talkies and muddy backlots behind and is now assisting two of our Executive Producers. She loves organised cupboards, black coffee, raves and crime, blood and psychopaths - the last three only on a screen.
Mirjam Tjulkin
Executive assistant to Tom and Billy
Clemmie has experience working across literary estates, developing classic IP for modern TV & Film audiences. She has a passion for book-to-screen drama, finding modern twists on historical stories, and identifying up-and-coming writing talent. Clemmie's had square eyes since she was a toddler and some (her parents) have claimed she joined the industry purely to justify her television addiction.
Clemency Warner
Development Producer
Despite being a certified Freedom Passer, Ernie still manages to get in 60,000 steps a day. While Bernie’s busy attending the openings of every packets of crisps, Ern makes her bed his own. He’s a fan of skidding on the office floor and running down the various production office corridors. When he talks he sounds like Ted Lasso.
Ernie
Loyal Companion