Find your funding and keep your production rock-solid. Hire an expert short-term to help.

Some of our senior executive producers like to work as consultants on productions, which is a really cost-effective way for an indie to keep the project on track. It's especially useful with a new format, an overtasked exec producer or a less experienced production team. One of our execs even specialises in finding your production funding and building the best fiscal structures. 

Dominique Walker
Dominique was a C4 commissioning editor for 7 years, and the senior creative on a wide range of high-profile factual series - now she’s a production enabler and troubleshooter. She works collaboratively with indies to successfully deliver challenging productions - engaging at the development stage, in the heat of the shoot, or through the edit. She is there to advise and guide the whole team, including helping manage the often-tricky relationship with the commissioner, to ensure your production achieves its creative potential and stays on schedule and on budget.  This is usually done by booking a limited number of days of Dominique’s work across the schedule, rather than solid weeks.

Dale Templar
Dale is an adventure and wildlife specialist who guides the creative, logistical, safety and budgetary aspects of setting up complex shoots in hostile environments. She runs her own company and helps others with navigating production deals and troubleshooting productions.

David Pounds
David can find your production funding. His advisory work includes financing raising for both content and corporate purposes, advising on management and production team structuring, restructuring and exit strategies, all for both large and small companies. He is a highly experienced, award winning co-production specialist, having initiated over 400 hours across all production phases, developing, pitching, finance raising, production and distribution. David has extensive experience of the complex US and UK content markets, where he has established working relationships with broadcasters, VOD streamers, financiers and distributors.

And then there are the 'under the counter’ specialists…
Aside from the consultant executive producers that you can see on our website, we also have some people who don’t choose to publicise their advisory work as the optics may clash with their work running successful indies. It is always worth calling Stern & Wild for a confidential discussion about what your needs are at any time, and let us suggest someone who could help you.

Top directors add their Creative Vision for your Pitching
Production companies are now using our senior directors on a short term basis to add their ‘director’s vision’ to a pitch or sizzle, strengthening the development team’s proposal and adding clarity for the commissioner. This is inexpensive for the production company, and a welcome extension to the director’s portfolio of work. In practice this can range from a couple of days’ commitment to weeks, depending on your development’s needs. The role is warmly welcomed by many of our directors.