Woodcut ups Gordon to Head of Contemporary Factual

Woodcut Media has promoted Matthew Gordon from Senior Executive Producer to the newly created role of Head of Contemporary Factual.

In this new position, Gordon is tasked with developing and expanding the company’s factual output, and will continue to report to Kate Beal, Woodcut’s Founder & CEO.

Since joining Woodcut in 2018, he has executive produced a wide range of commissions such as Murder in the Red Light (3 x 45’) and Becoming Ian Brady (3 x 45’) for Prime Video UK/Ireland, World’s Most Dangerous Prisoners (10 x 1 hrs) for Channel 5 (UK) and FilmRise (US), and The Suitcase Murders (8 x 1 hrs) for Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland, to name a few.

Prior to Woodcut, he worked across a broad range of factual, features and documentary programming; from science and history through to drama-docs and consumer journalism. Credits included Comic Relief does Car Booty (BBC1), Four in a Bed(Channel 4), Can’t Pay We’ll Take It Away and Murdered by my Fiancé (Channel 5).

Woodcut Media has also hired Jason Tomkins, who joins as Post Production Manager, responsible for shepherding and growing the company’s in-house facility.

Kate Beal, Founder and CEO, Woodcut Media said: “Matthew has been instrumental in creating our true crime slate and consolidating our reputation within the genre. This promotion recognises his contribution to Woodcut’s growth and is richly deserved. We are also delighted to welcome Jason to our team.”

Matthew Gordon commented: “Woodcut is always looking to find fresh approaches to storytelling, and this is at the heart of our contemporary factual productions. As we approach 2024, I very much look forward to building on this as we continue to expand our output.”