Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street Productions has appointed executive producer Richard Fee to the role of Head of Drama.
In addition to executive producing across a number of projects, the title expansion to include Head of Drama “recognises Richard’s role within Quay Street Productions since he joined in 2021.” Fee has worked with Quay Street Productions founder and producer Nicola Shindler for the past fifteen years on over 23 series for a variety of broadcasters and streaming services.
Together with Shindler, Fee has been a close collaborator with bestselling US novelist Harlan Coben, working as executive producer on hit dramas Fool Me Once, Stay Close, The Stranger and Safe for Netflix as well as the story producer on The Five for Sky. He has also worked closely with Danny Brocklehurst on these titles, as well as on ITV mini-series, No Return, starring Sheridan Smith, and with Mick Ford on a number of series, most recently After the Flood for ITV.
Working as Head of Drama, Fee will continue to work closely with Shindler and Davina Earl (Head of Development and executive producer), as he further develops his slate of drama productions in addition to executive producing across multiple projects, including the upcoming Harlan Coben’s Missing You for Netflix, the team’s sixth collaboration with the novelist. The series follows the global success of Fool Me Once, which reached number six on Netflix’s top ten list of their most-popular shows of all time and became the global most-watched series of 2024 with a total of 107,500,000 views.
Richard Fee said: “I’m thrilled to be stepping into the role of Head of Drama at Quay Street Productions and look forward to making more great television with Nicola and our incredibly talented team.”
Nicola Shindler added: “Richard’s passion for storytelling and proven track record in the industry make him the perfect leader to further elevate our projects and add his unique perspective to help shape the future of our drama slate”.
Richard Fee is currently working on new Harlan Coben thriller Lazarus for Amazon Prime Video starring Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy and has also executive produced mystery thriller After The Flood for ITV and fantasy epic Anansi Boys for Amazon Prime Video. Fee was the script executive on BAFTA-nominated ITV mini-series, Prey, starring John Simm, and has script edited series written by Mick Ford, Bill Gallagher, Sue Perkins and Tony Marchant.
Jon Creamer
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