Jamie started out as a runner before working with Patrick Holland and Charlotte Moore on Channel 4’s documentary strand The Other Side. He went on to make his first documentary Break In Make My Day (Century Films/Channel 4) about home security enthusiasts, receiving critical acclaim.

Moving to Indus Films, Jamie worked closely with founder and mentor Steve Robinson producing The Fisherman’s Apprentice, Grierson-nominated The London Markets: Inside Billingsgate and Hunters of the South Seas (all BBC).

As Commissioning Editor for Documentaries at the BBC his projects included the Bafta-nominated series Life and Death Row and Drugsland; the Bafta-nominated single Driven: The Billy Monger Story and feature documentaries Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon and George Best: All by Himself. Other projects included The Ganges with Sue Perkins, The Insider with Reggie Yates, Flatpack Empire: Inside IKEA, The Army: Behind the New Front Lines and Zoe Ball’s Hardest Road Home.

As a teenager, Jamie survived a surfing accident which claimed the lives of his brother and a friend. A subsequent BBC documentary about institutional coastguard failures helped improve nationwide life-saving practices and sowed the seed for a career in documentaries.

A keen outdoor swimmer, Jamie lives on Dartmoor with his partner, two daughters and a dog.

Frank Films was established in 2019.

Hannah began her television career as a runner in 2009, pounding the streets of Soho and finessing her coffee-making skills. With a natural instinct for making things happen, she soon began her journey in Production Management.

Since then Hannah has worked on a wide variety of Documentary, Factual-Entertainment, Drama-Documentary and Natural History programming for companies including Wall to Wall, Raw TV, Love Productions, Plimsoll Productions & Icon Films. Credits include The Great British Bake Off, Wild Dogs: Running with the Pack, Chasing Ocean Giants, Race for the Whitehouse and Bear Grylls: Escape from Hell.

Hannah lives in Bristol with her husband, Mark and her children, Louis and Kit, and enjoys live comedy & theatre.

Mark Raeburn has a career in media finance of more than 25 years having previously held the post of Head of Programme Finance at Channel 4 over a 7 year period and managing a c. £700m programme budget, as well as Ofcom and Deputy Chair of the Channel 4 Business Approval Board.

He has spent the last 10 years as a portfolio CFO and commercial lead, being MD of US/UK production company Renowned Films. Mark currently is CFO for a number of UK production companies including Frank Films, Minnow Films, Curious Films.

Alice is a Series Producer with over 10 years’ experience of working in documentaries. She joined Frank after a long stint at Keo Films, where she worked across a wide range of series for national and international broadcasters.

Alice has a particular interest in telling stories that explore societal and environmental issues, and her credits include The Great Climate Fight (Channel 4), Pandemic 2020 (BBC TWO/Frontline PBS), Inside Extinction Rebellion (Channel 5), Gathering Storm (National Geographic) and Hugh’s War on Waste (BBC ONE).

Will started out his television career as a trainee Camera Assistant on Footballers Wives: Extra Time. After four months of carrying lens caps and charging batterhttps://frank-films.co.uk/wp-admin/post.php?post=842&action=edit&kinsta-cache-cleared=true#ies he jumped across to Factual TV and found himself at DSP sitting next to Jamie Balment developing documentary ideas.

Since then he has directed anthropological and environmental films including Hunters of the South Seas (BBC2) and Mad Cow Disease (both Grierson-nominated) and numerous high-profile projects for Channel 4 and the BBC.

He joins Frank Films after three years as an Executive Producer and Head of Development at BBC Studios Documentary Unit, where he originated the multi-award winning Chris Packham: Inside the Autistic Mind (BBC2), The Rise of Bolsonaros, as well as Tommy Jessop Goes to Hollywood (BBC2) and the award-winning Great Rhino Robbery (Sky Documentaries), on both of which he served as executive producer.

Jessica is an award-winning producer with over 10 years’ experience in factual television.

Her credits include producing and directing the Bafta Cymru-winning Critical: Inside Intensive Care (BBC Wales) and Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch (BBC One). Jessica was the Series Producer on How to Live to 100 with Jon Snow (Channel 4).

Specialising in sensitive operational documentaries, Jessica has worked in many challenging environments such as hospital Accident and Emergency departments, Police Detective Units and Asian LGBT nightclubs.

Outside of work she is a keen cyclist and climber and enjoys spending time in the countryside of Wales and Somerset.