Chorts 2020 Industry Judging Panel
Laura Marks is the Channel 4 Digital Content Commissioner. She commissions multi-genre original and branded entertainment series. Laura previously acted as the nations and regions executive for comedy, entertainment, digital and E4, which included commissioning the C4 Comedy Sparks.
Prior to joining Channel 4, Laura was commissioning editor at BBC Three, where she was responsible for the BBC Comedy Quickies and shows such as Sex Robots and Us, The Naked Truth, Too Fat For Love? Face the Consequences, Oi Leonardo, and Supercar Superfam. Before this, she was a comedy producer at BBC Studios, producing the Bafta-nominated Still Game Live for BBC One, 3 Kids on Three, short-form comedy strand Short Stuff, BBC Comedy Presents and Supernatural Square Go.
Joe Grace is a Senior Producer at Warner Bros. International Television.
He has written and directed sketches and shows for BBC Three, Channel 4 and CBBC, and was part of the BAFTA-winning team behind satire show ‘The Revolution Will Be Televised’.
He is currently producing comedy podcasts and developing new online comedy projects for Warner Bros.
Matt Campion is the co-founder and Creative Director of Spirit Media.
An experienced TV & digital exec, he is the creative powerhouse behind thousands of hours of live TV and creator of numerous original formats for the BBC, ITV, C4, iPlayer and All4.
He is Exec Producer and Director of ITV’s ‘The Stand Up Sketch Show‘, Dave’s ‘Comedy Against Living Miserably’, Channel 4’s reboot of the hidden-camera giant ‘Trigger Happy’, and the brand new comedy show ‘Bamous’ recently announced as coming soon on BBC3.
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