Jane Nicholson.
Head of Production, Factual
Jane joined Expectation’s Factual department in early 2019. She came from Century Films, where she had been since 2001 and had become their Head of Production a couple of years later, managing their financial and business affairs, as well as overseeing all the factual and drama output of the company for a broad range of broadcasters and media companies. This included the award-winning documentaries Feltham Sings, Mumbai High: the Musical, and the series ‘The Secret History of our Streets’ amongst many others – including labour of love The Life After. She worked on a number of theatrical documentaries, including ‘Climate of Change’ for Participant Media, and for Film4/BFI ‘The Confessions of Thomas Quick’ which she also co-produced.
During her time at Century, she line-produced their dramas and docu-dramas, including ‘Falling Apart’ and ‘Consent’, which respectively won BAFTA and Grierson awards.
Prior to that, she spent several years producing TV commercials and non-broadcast documentary and drama, till she switched to working in television production in the mid-90s.