Jane Chard

Jayne is an award-winning producer working in TV and film. She has produced TV for SKY Studios and the BBC. Currently producing SILENT WITNESS for BBC 1.

Feature film producing: TWO HEADS CREEK (2020) shot in Australia and the UK, directed by Jesse O’Brien; B&B (2017), starring Tom Bateman (“Murder On The Orient Express”), Sean Teale (“Gifted”) and Paul McGann, (Dr Who”), written and directed by Joe Ahearne. (“Trance”, “The Replacement”), won ten awards including Best LGBT Thriller at the London Independent Film Festival (2017); DARTMOOR KILLING (2015) which won Best Thriller at the 2016 National Film Awards and also Best Premier (Under 99 screens) at the 2016 Screen Awards. 

Before working in drama Jayne produced and directed documentaries for BBC, ITV and Channel Four.

As a director Jayne’s drama directing credits include HOLLYOAKS, GRANGE HILL, BROOKSIDE and single dramas THE BENCH and THE ANORAK. Jayne started her professional career as a theatre director and after winning the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Buzz Goodbody Award and went on to direct at the Royal Court, Soho Poly and Riverside Studios.

Jayne is represented by Georgina Carrigan at United Agents.