Claudine Sturdy

Head of Production

Claudine’s production career has spanned 25 years, working with some of the industry’s key high end drama talent. Starting as Production Assistant on Mike Leigh’s Naked, alongside Producer, Simon Channing-Williams she moved on to Line Produce productions in the UK, South Africa, Lithuania, Romania, Cambodia, Russia, Mallorca, France and the Czech Republic. Production credits include the final series of Prime Suspect, Pierrepoint, Strikeback, Mad Dogs and Hugo Blick’s, The Shadowline, amongst others. In 2016, Claudine started co-producing projects, working on Hooten and The Lady, The Last Post (for the Forge) and the multi award-winning Patrick Melrose for West Fourth Films. Since joining The Forge in 2018, Claudine has been responsible for overseeing The Forge’s productions which have spanned an array of broadcasters including Channel 4, BBC1, Starz and Apple+.