Beth Willis

Joint Managing Director

At The Forge, Beth Willis is the executive producer on two seasons of, ’The Buccaneers’ with Christina Hendricks and Kristine Froseth for Apple TV + and is currently in production on a third season. She is also in production on ‘A Woman of Substance’ for Channel 4 starring Brenda Blethyn and Jess Reynolds. Prior to these she executive produced Emmy, RTS and BAFTA winning “Help,” from writer Jack Thorne, starring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham. Willis executive produced “Marriage,” a four-part drama from two-time BAFTA-winning writer and director Stefan Golaszewski, starring Sean Bean and Nicola Walker. Prior to joining The Forge, Willis was Head of Drama at Channel 4. During her time there she commissioned the BAFTA-nominated “The End Of The F***Ing World,” BAFTA-winning “National Treasure,” “Kiri,” “The State,” RTS-winning “No Offence,” and “Humans.”
Prior to joining Channel 4, Willis worked at the BBC where she co-executive produced the re-launch of “Doctor Who” with Matt Smith, and co-executive produced BAFTA-winning “Eric And Ernie” with Victoria Wood. She also worked at Kudos Film and TV where she produced the first two seasons of “Ashes To Ashes.”