Glasgow-based indie Firecrest Films has poached Mentorn execs Iain Scollay and Mark Roberts as joint creative directors following its investment from the C4 Growth Fund.
The pair have worked closely together for three years at the Tinopolis-owned indie, exec producing series including Channel 4’s The Jihadis Next Door.
Scollay and Roberts will be tasked with growing the Scottish indie and expanding into new genres with programming for a wider range of broadcasters.
Scollay, who was a co-founder of Scottish indie Matchlight, joined Mentorn in 2014 and has executive produced Saddam Goes to Hollywood for C4, Alan Johnson: The Post Office and Me for BBC4.
He also oversaw the re-launch of Traffic Cops for Channel 5.
Roberts was creative director of Mentorn Media and oversaw a portfolio of programmes including Free Speech for BBC3, Chicken Shop for C4, Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud for C5 and Angry, White and Proud for C4.
He established a short-form unit within Mentorn which was responsible for popular BBC3 shorts Things You’ve Always Wanted to Ask A Trans Person…But Probably Shouldn’t and Things People with Down’s Syndrome Are Tired of Hearing.
Prior to joining Mentorn, Roberts was head of factual at Dragonfly, where his credits included The Family, Terror at Sea; The Sinking of the Costa Concordia and Kill It, Cut It, Use It.
Firecrest Films, which was set up in 2008 by creative director Nicole Kleeman, has produced some of the highest rating Channel 4 Dispatches and BBC1 Panorama films including The Truth About Pills and Pregnancy and Secrets of Cadbury.
“Iain and Mark are two executives with formidable reputations both in terms of programme-making and in their creative vision. To have them directing the growth of Firecrest Films is a privilege and myself and the team here are looking forward to expanding into new territory,” she said.
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