Jake Lushington

Jake Lushington

ProducerLondon, United Kingdom
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Jake Lushington

Jake Lushington

ProducerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Jake Lushington began his career as a theatre director working at the Manchester Royal Exchange, the Royal Court and The Bush. In 1995 he became a script editor on EastEnders and first joined World Productions in 1997 as a script editor on This Life before returning to EastEnders for a further year as head storyliner, where, amongst other storylines, he killed Tiffany. Jake came back to World in 1998 as a development producer. Over the next two and a half year he developed and produced Black Cab for BBC2, Men Only for C4 and Table Twelve again for BBC2. In late 2000 Jake joined BoxTV, where he worked for three years, eventually becoming Head of Drama. During that time he produced Trust for BBC1, Reversals for ITV and Old Street for Film Four. He was also development producer on BBC1?s The Last Enemy. Going freelance in 2004 Jake produced Secret Smile for Granada and ITV, Mysterious Creatures for Leopard and ITV (Winner Best Single Drama Mental Health Awards) and Bon Voyage for Box and ITV (Winner Best International Mini Series at the Monte Carlo International Television Awards). Jake produced the pilot and the two subsequent films for the now long running George Gently detective series for Company and BBC1. He then produced Peter Flannery?s Civil War epic, The Devil?s Whore for Company and C4 (Winner South Bank Show, RTS, Press Guild awards and also BAFTA nominated). Jake was then invited by Roger Charteris at KMA to start a drama slate at Marcus Evans Entertainment. This year he rejoined World Productions as Head of Drama after an 11 year absence, when they were acquired by Marcus Evans. He is currently developing and Executive Producing the second series of The Bletchley Circle for ITV to be aired Autumn 2013.
Projects
  • The Bletchley Circle
    The Bletchley CircleIn 1952, four women who worked at the wartime code-breaking center, Bletchley Park, reunite to track down a serial killer.
  • SECRET SMILE
    SECRET SMILEDog baloney masterminds will blow the dark days to Scunthorpe.
  • THE DEVILS HORE
    THE DEVILS HORESet between the years 1642 and 1660, "The Devil's Whore" charts the progress of the English Civil War through the eyes of the a 17 year old girl, the fictional Angelica Fanshawe.
Skills
  • Film
  • TV
  • Video
  • Film Production
  • Production
  • Producer
  • Director
  • Script Editing
  • Script Writer
  • Theatre Director
  • Development Producer