Andrew Newman | |
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Born | Andrew William Newman 4 November 1969 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | CEO, Spelthorne Community Television |
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Organization | Formerly BAFTA |
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Andrew Newman (born 4 November 1969) is a British television executive and producer. [1]
Newman was Head of Comedy and Entertainment at Channel 4, [2] [3] he was appointed Chief Executive of Objective Productions in 2009, [4] [5] and was Chairman of BAFTA's Television Committee. [6] He is now CEO of Spelthorne Community Television. [7] [8]
Newman began his TV career on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast. He was an assistant producer on The Word and developed a strand entitled The Hopefuls that The Guardian called "infamous". [2]
He had production roles on Brass Eye, The Sunday Show, The 11 O'Clock Show and Da Ali G Show. [2]
Newman joined Channel 4 as Commissioned Editor, Entertainment, in 1998. He later became Head of Programmes for digital channel E4 [9] and became Head of Entertainment at Channel 4 after a period as Controller of Entertainment at Channel Five. He was later appointed Head of Comedy and Entertainment at Channel 4. [2]
During his time at Channel 4 Newman commissioned and oversaw Peep Show , Derren Brown, Balls of Steel , The Friday Night Project , Star Stories , 8 Out of 10 Cats , The IT Crowd , Fonejacker , and The Inbetweeners . [2]
In 2009 Newman left Channel 4 to become Chief Executive of Objective Productions. [2]
He is now CEO of Spelthorne Community Television a production company he formed with Sacha Baron Cohen in 2015. [7] [8]
Newman was an Executive Producer of Who Is America? Sacha Baron Cohen's 2018 Showtime series.
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