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22/10/2013

Windfall Films Appoints Two Executive Producers

Award-winning indie, Windfall Films has announced the appointment of two new Executive Producers: Jamie Lochhead and Peter Oxley.
They will look after an expanding slate of factual projects that include major events and new series.
Jamie Lochhead has been with Windfall for 10 years. Most recently he series produced and directed The Wonder of Dogs – a major three part series for BBC 2 – that was turned round in three months. He directed several episodes of the BAFTA award-winning series Inside Nature’s Giants and produced the multi-platform prime-time live events, Easter Eggs Live and Foxes Live: Wild In The City for Channel 4.
Peter Oxley was the series producer on Windfall's six-part observational documentary series, World's Biggest Ship, for Discovery Channels International and also worked on Big, Bigger, Biggest. Before joining the staff at Windfall he was a freelance producer for BBC Science, where he made Rise of the Continents presented by Iain Stewart and Horizon – The Death of the Oceans? with David Attenborough. He also series produced Lion Television’s The Link for Nat Geo.
David Dugan, Chairman of Windfall Films, said: "Windfall prides itself on developing home-grown talent. Jamie has pioneered our award-winning multi-platform natural history events and he continues to generate exciting ideas in this area. Peter's impressed us with his great editorial judgement and his passion for bringing big engineering projects to life. Together they will help us build Windfall’s reputation for producing ambitious, radical television."
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