Nickie Sault, who has produced many of Shane Meadows‘ titles, has branched out on her own and launched independent producer Class 5.
The BAFTA-nominated producer is launching her Sheffield-based company with a film adaptation of author Ben Myers‘ novel ‘Rare Singles‘ in development, in association with Warner Music Entertainment.
Sault is known for her work with director Meadows, which began back in 2005 with This is England when she was runner. Over the following decades, she produced various This is England films and shows, and produced Meadows’ BBC and A24 drama The Gallows Pole and The Virtues, which This is England co-writer Jack Thorne penned.
She was also a producer on Peter Bowker’s BBC war series World on Fire, which was cancelled earlier this year, and BBC/Prime Video comedy thriller The Outlaws.
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