Jonathan Sothcott
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Jonathan Sothcott (born 26 April 1980)[1] is an independent film and television producer based in London, England.
Formerly an entertainment journalist, he wrote the reference book 'The Cult Films of Christopher Lee', which was published in 2000 and boasted a foreword by 007 actor Roger Moore. In this robustly opinionated book, the young Sothcott extravagantly claimed that Moore was a better actor than Sean Connery, which lead to him being regarded as a rather lightweight film journalist.
More successful was Sothcott's contribution to the popular reference book 'Ten Years of Terror' - a guidebook to 1970s British horror films, which he co-wrote with Harvey Fenton, Kim Newman and others.
Sothcott then produced a number of special edition DVDs between 2000 and 2004 including The Wild Geese (1978)and The Man Who Haunted Himself both involving Moore, and 'Jack The Ripper' (1988).
In 2004 he was announced as the Head of Programming for The Horror Channel, the world's first television network dedicated to that popular genre.[2] Six months later he resigned, citing dissatisfaction at the low acquisitions budget.
After this he worked as a consultant for David Wickes Television and Carnaby Media, as well as running a film sales and licensing company.
Sothcott made his independent film debut as Executive Producer on 'Wishbaby'- the first black British horror film - starring Carry On icon Fenella Fielding and EastEnders actress Tiana Benjamin. Directed by composer Stephen W Parsons and produced by Simon Sprackling the film boasts special effects by Neil Gorton and is due for release in 2008.
In 2007 Sothcott founded the independent production company Black & Blue Films with Martin Kemp. In Summer 2007 they made the film Karma Magnet starring Gary Kemp, Adele Silva and Catherine Siggins, which Martin Kemp directed.
In Spring 2008 Sothcott is producing a comedy film called Mixed Up starring Adele Silva, Zara Dawson, Lee Otway and Billy Murray.
