{{Short description|English television producer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Jane Featherstone | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = Founder & Chief Executive, Sister Pictures | occupation = Television producer | website = {{url|https://www.sister.net}} }} '''Jane Elizabeth Featherstone''' is an English television producer. She founded production company Sister Pictures in 2016, which was in 2019 absorbed into a new venture called Sister, a global TV and film production and development company co-founded by her along with Elisabeth Murdoch and Stacey Snider. {{as of|September 2025}}, she is CCO of Sister. Prior to that, she was the chief executive of Kudos and co-chairman of Shine UK, now part of Endemol Shine Group.
==Early life and education== Jane Elizabeth Featherstone{{cn|date=September 2025}} was educated at Old Palace School and the University of Leeds.{{cn|date=September 2025}}
==Career== Prior to joining Kudos, Featherstone produced the first two series of ''Touching Evil'' and the BBC2 film ''Sex 'n' Death''.{{cn|date=September 2025}} While employed Hat Trick Productions, she worked on ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'', ''Have I Got News For You'', and ''Drop The Dead Donkey''.<ref name="Revenant"/>
Featherstone joined Kudos in 2000 as head of drama. She became creative director in 2008 and the company's chief executive in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Campbell |first=Lisa |url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/features/jane-featherstone-kudos/5052430.article |title=Jane Featherstone, Kudos | In-depth | Broadcast |publisher=Broadcastnow.co.uk |date=2013-02-28 |accessdate=2017-06-27}}</ref> Whilst at Kudos, she executive produced ''Spooks'', ''Life on Mars'', ''Ashes to Ashes'', ''Utopia'', ''The Tunnel'', and ''The Smoke''. Most recently she has executive produced ''River'' by Abi Morgan for BBC1/Netflix, ''Humans'', and the Spooks movie ''The Greater Good''.<ref name="Revenant">{{cite web|title=Meet the Crew of AMC's HUMANS|url=http://revenantmedia.com/2015/07/27/meet-the-crew-of-amcs-humans|publisher=Revenant Media|accessdate=27 June 2017|date=27 July 2015}}</ref> She left Kudos following the formation of Endemol Shine Group in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kudos CEO exits Endemol, Shine |url=https://www.c21media.net/news/kudos-ceo-exits-endemol-shine/ |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=C21media |language=en-us}}</ref>
Featherstone founded the TV and film production and development company Sister Pictures in 2016, with a minority investment from Elisabeth Murdoch (the daughter of Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=2016-01-18 |title=Former Kudos Chief Jane Featherstone Launches Sister Pictures |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/global/former-kudos-chief-jane-featherstone-launches-sister-pictures-1201682160/ |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=mcclintock2019/> Sister Pictures was a co-producer of ''Broadchurch'' for ITV in 2017,<ref>{{cite web|last=Mozafari |first=Laurence |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/broadchurch/news/a822303/broadchurch-series-3-opens-with-itvs-biggest-drama-ratings-since-2015/ |title=Broadchurch series 3 opens with ITV's biggest drama ratings since 2015 |publisher=Digitalspy.com |date=2017-02-28 |accessdate=2017-06-27}}</ref> Its first major project was the highly successful historical drama miniseries ''Chernobyl'', for HBO and Sky, aired in 2019.<ref name=ravindran2023/> Featherstone's other credits with the company included ''Mayday'' (BBC1) and series 1 and 2 of ''The Hour'' (BBC2), ''Hustle'' (BBC1), ''The Fixer'' (ITV1), and ''Tsunami: The Aftermath'' for HBO and BBC2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/chernobyl-sister-pictures-jane-featherstone-interview-1202607872/|title = 'Chernobyl' Exec Producer Jane Featherstone on 'Vast' & 'Compelling' HBO Drama Plus Opportunities & Challenges of British Drama|date = 6 May 2019}}</ref>
On 1 October 2019,<ref name=mcclintock2019>{{cite web | last=McClintock | first=Pamela | title=Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider Launch Content Venture With Jane Featherstone | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=1 October 2019 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/elisabeth-murdoch-stacey-snider-launch-content-venture-1114250/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324160322/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/elisabeth-murdoch-stacey-snider-launch-content-venture-1114250/ | archive-date=24 March 2024 | url-status=live | access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref> the company expanded into a global studio, rebadged as simply "Sister", with co-founders Elisabeth Murdoch and Stacey Snider.<ref name=ravindran2023>{{cite web | last=Ravindran | first=Manori | title=How Sister's Jane Featherstone, Elisabeth Murdoch and Stacey Snider Are Building Their Media Empire | website=Variety | date=14 April 2023 | url=https://variety.com/2023/biz/focus/elisabeth-murdoch-jane-featherstone-stacey-snider-sister-empire-1235582620/ | access-date=18 September 2025| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324160322/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/elisabeth-murdoch-stacey-snider-launch-content-venture-1114250/| archive-date= 24 March 2024| url-status=live}}</ref> The new company, mostly financed by Murdoch, absorbed Sister Pictures, incorporating existing team members.<ref name=mcclintock2019/> Its productions include ''The Split'' season 2 (BBC One, 2020)<ref name=mcclintock2019/> ''The Power'' (2023); ''Kaos'' (Netflix, 2024); and ''Eric'' (Netflix, 2024)<ref name=ravindran2023/>
Featherstone served as an executive producer for the 2022 BBC medical comedy drama series ''This Is Going to Hurt''.<ref name=chortle1>{{cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2021/06/24/48698/dame_harriet_walter_to_play_adam_kays_mum|title=Dame Harriet Walter to play Adam Kay's mum|website=Chortle|date=June 24, 2021|access-date=June 24, 2021}}</ref>
{{as of|September 2025}}, she is CCO of Sister.<ref name=about>{{cite web | title=About Us | website=SISTER | date=31 July 2025 | url=https://www.sister.net/about | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250918011307/https://www.sister.net/about | archive-date=18 September 2025 | url-status=live | access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref>
==Awards== * Fellow of the Royal Television Society (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/rts-fellows |title=RTS Fellows | Royal Television Society |publisher=Rts.org.uk |accessdate=2017-06-27}}</ref> * Best Contribution to the Medium Award, Women in Film and TV awards (2007)<ref name="Revenant"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=nm0269957}} * [http://guru.bafta.org/jane-featherstone-2017-television-lecture BAFTA Guru – Jane Featherstone's 2017 Television Lecture] (recorded 30 October 2017)
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