Charlotte Wontner

Charlotte Wontner has worked extensively across drama and documentary in film and television as a producer and in development. She has immense experience of running a budget and organising large productions and has had success selling and promoting her films at festivals and markets worldwide. Recently, Charlotte has produced the feature film The Carer starring Brian Cox, Emilia Fox and Anna Chancellor (Cinefile UK/Corinth USA) which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival. It won 'best of the fest' at both festivals and was nominated for the Scottish BAFTA's and the Hungarian Film Awards. Her other features include Island starring Colin Morgan, Janet McTeer and Natalie Press (Soda UK/Anderson USA), the $4million horror The Sick House starring Gina Philips (Arclight/Warners) and the Indian co-productions 16mm comedy Straight and the 3D horror Fired. In 2004 Charlotte produced Clio Barnard's film/art installation about Gypsy life: Road Race, which was commissioned by Film London. Since setting up Hopscotch Films with Clara Glynn, she has also produced the shorts It's Not You, It's Me which was short-listed for BAFTA and nominated for the Turner Classic Movie Awards 2001; the 35mm shorts Shrink and A Fairy Story which was selected for "Critics Week" at the Cannes Film Festival, runner up at the Kodak Short Film Showcase Awards 2002 and short-listed for the Academy Awards. As an Associate Producer and Production Manager Charlotte has worked with the Smithson Film Company on Last Year's Tories a CH4 Cutting Edge. For the Oxford Television Company her credits included The History of the Tory Party/BBC2, Dancing Through Darkness/BBC1 Omnibus: The story of last ten years of the life of Rudolf Nureyev, The Patners/BBC2 Modern Times, God Only Knows/CH4 Equinox and Naked News/CH4 Docs & A&E (USA): A four part series focusing on the American media. In the early years Charlotte worked for corporate and commercial productions companies Grosvenor Television, Roymark and Spots Films and her first assistant director role was on the Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson feature Next of Kin in Chicago, USA.