Jess Kedward & Kirsty Peart
Represented by: Jean Kitson
jean@kitsonpress.co.uk
Email Agent
Pre-School, 6+, 10+, Film, Head Writers, Series Developers
Collaborators since the Footlights at Cambridge, J&K have written on some of the world’s most loved animated TV shows, including Zodiak’s ‘Totally Spies‘, Disney’s ‘Kiya and the Kimoja Heroes‘, Disney’s ‘101 Dalmatian Street‘, ‘Casper’s Scare School‘, ‘Thomas the Tank Engine‘ and ‘Angelina Ballerina‘, moving more recently into YA comedy drama with BBC and Zodiak’s ‘Flatmates‘ (which held the No 1 spot on BBC iPlayer for 11-15 year olds summer 2019). They have one animated feature film, ‘The Hero of Color City‘, under their belts (voiced by Christina Ricci and Owen Wilson, directed by Shark Tale’s Frank Gladstone and distributed theatrically in the US by Magnolia) and two family feature films in development: ‘Grisella‘ (a book adaptation to screen) and ‘Cow on the Run‘ (supported by the Bavarian Film Fund and awarded the maximum development fund from MEDIA).
With a strong eye for action and comedy, and a passion for creating inspiring role models for girls, J&K are experienced content creators with an expanding slate of original ideas (they’ve worked on their own projects with Disney and Channel X). But they also thrive in the writers’ room, relish the challenge of adapting books to screen (and translating French to English and vice versa!), and their work on bibles and pilot scripts has helped take projects over the commissioning line with the likes of Cartoon Network and Netflix.
From 101 dotty dogs and cows on the run to teen hangovers and menstrual nightmares, they’ll tackle any situation no matter how furry or awkward…
Additionally, Kirsty is an experienced producer trained at UCLA in Los Angeles, Bristol University’s post-graduate Media School, the Eric Pommer Institute and MEDIA’S EAVE Programme. Her work includes comedy pilots for Working Title TV, live TV shows for HTV and United Artists Communications, festival-winning short films, branding commercials, theatre events (www.WordTheatre.com), and, through her independent production company Gritstone Entertainment, the development of feature films including ‘Subbuteo Man‘ with Hasbro.
Head writers for 26×22′ episodes of the next series for ages 8+
Episode writing for upcoming animated series
Development script
Development on new animated IP
Scriptwriting on upcoming animated series
Head writer of 26×22′ episode reboot of this major teen animation property. Broadcast on Gulli from June 2024 with global rollout in autumn 2024
Development work
Development work
Head writers/story editors on this 52×11′ episode animation series streaming on Disney+ and Disney Jr globally
2×11′ episodes on animation series broadcast in 2022
2×30′ episodes for this YA comedy drama live-action series which was the No. 1 show for 11-15 year olds on BBC iPlayer.
10×11′ episodes for this animation series for 6-11 year olds
3×11′ episodes of animated comedy currently screening on CITV
Animation bible and pilot script (22′) for series picked up by Netflix
Several episodes across Seasons 1 and 2
Producers: Frederic Peuch and Chris Parker
Creators of original YA live action series (30′) optioned by Channel X
Producers: Alan Marke and Jim Reid
Bible polish and script translation (French to English). Script (11′) for new animation series in development
Producer: Charlotte Charlotte Monserrat
Episode ‘Project Mirror’ (11′) for animation series
Producers: Ceri Barnes and Nigel Pickard
Pilot script (22′) for animated series in development
Development work on this animated TV series based on a best-selling Chinese comic
Writers of 4×11′ episodes for the second series of this animated TV show
Producers: Ceri Barnes and Jean Brune
Writers of the episode ‘Sodor Surprise Day’ for k=hit CGI animated children’s TV series
Producer: Sam Barlow
Development work for preschool series – pilot episode (11′)
Producer: Leanne Preston
Writers of 4×11′ episodes
Head Writers: Laura Beaumont, Paul Larson and Sharon Miller
Executive Producer: Karen Barnes
Creators and writers of original animated TV series taken into development with major US studio (NDA)
Live-action CGI mix family feature film in pre-production. Development funding from the Bavarian Film Fund and Media.
Director: Barry Cook (Mulan, Arthur Christmas, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D)
Animation Director: Marco Marenghi (I am Legend, Alice in Wonderland, 2012)
VFX Supervisor: Robin Saxen (Paddington, The Lord of the Rings)
Live-action CGI feature film adaptation of children’s classic book Grisella the Donkey by H M Denneborg. Script development funding awarded from German Cultural Fund and Italian/German co-production fund.
Director: Huseyin Tabak
Producers: Red Balloon Film GmbH, Philipp Kreuzer (Maze GmbH) and Torsten Poeck (Clou Partners)
Writer and producer of this live-action CGI feature film based on Hasbro’s toy Subbuteo. Early development supported by Bird Eye View and Warp Films.
Writers: Kirsty Peart and Daniel Tatarsky
Producers: Gritstone Entertainment, Philipp Kreuzer (Maze GmbH) and The Manipulators
Inspired by the true story of the last woman to be tried for – and found guilty of – witchcraft… in 1944.
Writer: Alice D Cooper
Producer: Kirsty Peart
Executive Producer: Margaret Matheson
Selected for Moonstone and MEDIA’s EAVE Programme
Adapted from the award-winning Edinburgh Fringe Festival play. Led the recce and research in Afghanistan in 2005.
Writer: Henry Naylor (three-time Fringe First-winner Naylor is a leading writer on the international Fringe circuit, his plays having won or been nominated for over 35 global awards)
Producers: Kirsty Peart (Gritstone) and Christopher Figg
The story of Pushkin’s great grandfather, the Moor of Peter the Great. Optioned by World Productions.
Writers: Colin Heber Percy and Lyall Watson
Producer and Co-Creator: Kirsty Peart
Writers on this animated pre-school feature film
Director: Frank Gladstone
Producers: John Eraklis and Max Howard
Voices: Christina Ricci, Rosie Perez, Wayne Brady, Craig Ferguson and Owen Wilson
Feature script analysis, breakdown and report
Director: Reinis Kalnaellis
Writers and co-producers for this web show, scripted and starring Kedward and Peart as female hosts
Director: Xavier Fernandez
Producers: Daniel Paul (Laurel Canyon) and Bill Fisher (HBO)
HD on this 15′ short film funded by the Jewish Film Festival, starring Maureen Lipman, Ray Panthaki and David Horovitch, shot in London
Writer and Director: Dan Susman
Producers: Kirsty Peart (Gritstone), Jane McGee and Taimoor Sobhan
Festivals: Raindance, Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, Tirana, Rushes Newcomer Selection, Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival
Pears Short Film Fund Winner 2007
HD on this 15′ short film, starring Kulvinder Ghir and Dave Lamb, shot on location in Morocco and London
Writer and Director: Henry Naylor
Producers: Kirsty Peart (Gritstone) and Jane McGee
WINNER of Best Short Film at the Los Angeles International Mockumentary Film Festival 2007
Clients include: Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority; Construct; Four IV; Eurostar; Shock Absorber; Zilwa (Seychelles/South Africa); including Abu Dhabi Pro Golf Tournament spots on ADTA/CNN
Producer on the 30′ pilot episode
Director: Sean Grundy
Producer: Adrian Sturges
Executive Producer: Simon Wright
| Current | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Totally Spies S8 | Banijay | Head writers for 26×22′ episodes of the next series for ages 8+ |
| Magicampers | Mikros Animation/Disney+ | Episode writing for upcoming animated series |
| Title TBA | Wish Films | Development script |
| Title TBA | Gigglebug | Development on new animated IP |
| Title TBA | Nickelodeon | Scriptwriting on upcoming animated series |
| Television | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Totally Spies S7 | Banijay | Head writer of 26×22′ episode reboot of this major teen animation property. Broadcast on Gulli from June 2024 with global rollout in autumn 2024 |
| Title TBA (2023) | Skymagic Media | Development work |
| Title TBA (2023) | Snipple Animation | Development work |
| Kiya and the Kimoja Heroes (2021-2023) | Triggerfish/eOne/Frogbox | Head writers/story editors on this 52×11′ episode animation series streaming on Disney+ and Disney Jr globally |
| Petronix Defenders (2021) | ON Kids+ Family/Gulli/Super RTL | 2×11′ episodes on animation series broadcast in 2022 |
| Flatmates (2019-2020) | Zodiak/CBBC | 2×30′ episodes for this YA comedy drama live-action series which was the No. 1 show for 11-15 year olds on BBC iPlayer. |
| 101 Dalmatian Street (2019) | Passion Pictures/Disney | 10×11′ episodes for this animation series for 6-11 year olds |
| The Rubbish World of Dave Spud (2020) | Illuminated Films/CITV | 3×11′ episodes of animated comedy currently screening on CITV |
| Mama K's Super 4 (2017-2018) | CAKE Entertainment/Triggerfish | Animation bible and pilot script (22′) for series picked up by Netflix |
| Superbuilders S1/2 (2016-2019) | Something Big (France)/Mr Cartoon (China) | Several episodes across Seasons 1 and 2 Producers: Frederic Peuch and Chris Parker |
| Animal Academy (2017) | Channel X | Creators of original YA live action series (30′) optioned by Channel X Producers: Alan Marke and Jim Reid |
| OHM (2017) | Caribara Productions | Bible polish and script translation (French to English). Script (11′) for new animation series in development Producer: Charlotte Charlotte Monserrat |
| Floogals (2016) | Sprout (Universal Kids)/The Foundation/Zodiak Kids | Episode ‘Project Mirror’ (11′) for animation series Producers: Ceri Barnes and Nigel Pickard |
| Astro Boy Reboot (2015) | CAKE Entertainment/Caribara | Pilot script (22′) for animated series in development |
| Stone Bone Rocks (2014) | Toonmax Media/Shanghai Media Group | Development work on this animated TV series based on a best-selling Chinese comic |
| Casper's Scare School S2 | Classic Media/Moonscoop (for TF1 and Cartoon Network) | Writers of 4×11′ episodes for the second series of this animated TV show Producers: Ceri Barnes and Jean Brune |
| Thomas the Tank Engine (2013) | HIT Entertainment/Thirteen WNET/Nickelodeon | Writers of the episode ‘Sodor Surprise Day’ for k=hit CGI animated children’s TV series Producer: Sam Barlow |
| Bradley & Bee (2013) | Red Kite Animation | Development work for preschool series – pilot episode (11′) Producer: Leanne Preston |
| Angelina Ballerina - The Next Steps (2010) | HIT Entertainment/Thirteen WNET/Nickelodeon | Writers of 4×11′ episodes Head Writers: Laura Beaumont, Paul Larson and Sharon Miller |
| Dumb Girls (2010) | Creators and writers of original animated TV series taken into development with major US studio (NDA) |
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| Feature Films in Development | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Cow on the Run | Gritstone Entertainment/The Manipulators/Bombay Copenhagen | Live-action CGI mix family feature film in pre-production. Development funding from the Bavarian Film Fund and Media. Director: Barry Cook (Mulan, Arthur Christmas, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D) |
| Grisella | Red Balloon/Maze/Clou Partners | Live-action CGI feature film adaptation of children’s classic book Grisella the Donkey by H M Denneborg. Script development funding awarded from German Cultural Fund and Italian/German co-production fund. Director: Huseyin Tabak |
| Subbuteo Man | Gritstone Entertainment/Hasbro Studios | Writer and producer of this live-action CGI feature film based on Hasbro’s toy Subbuteo. Early development supported by Bird Eye View and Warp Films. Writers: Kirsty Peart and Daniel Tatarsky |
| The Witchcraft Conspiracy | Gritstone Entertainment | Inspired by the true story of the last woman to be tried for – and found guilty of – witchcraft… in 1944. Writer: Alice D Cooper Selected for Moonstone and MEDIA’s EAVE Programme |
| Finding Bin Laden | Gritstone Entertainment | Adapted from the award-winning Edinburgh Fringe Festival play. Led the recce and research in Afghanistan in 2005. Writer: Henry Naylor (three-time Fringe First-winner Naylor is a leading writer on the international Fringe circuit, his plays having won or been nominated for over 35 global awards) |
| Blackamoor | Gritstone Entertainment | The story of Pushkin’s great grandfather, the Moor of Peter the Great. Optioned by World Productions. Writers: Colin Heber Percy and Lyall Watson |
| Feature Films | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Hero of Color City (2014) | Exodus Film Group/Magnolia Pictures | Writers on this animated pre-school feature film Director: Frank Gladstone |
| Other | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Apple Pie Lullaby (2017) | KMBO Films/Vladimir Kokh | Feature script analysis, breakdown and report Director: Reinis Kalnaellis |
| Morning Relief (2007) | Laurel Canyon Pictures/HBO | Writers and co-producers for this web show, scripted and starring Kedward and Peart as female hosts Director: Xavier Fernandez |
| Short Films | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Veils (2007) | Gritstone Entertainment | HD on this 15′ short film funded by the Jewish Film Festival, starring Maureen Lipman, Ray Panthaki and David Horovitch, shot in London Writer and Director: Dan Susman Festivals: Raindance, Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, Tirana, Rushes Newcomer Selection, Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival |
| Send in the Clowns (2006) | Gritstone Entertainment | HD on this 15′ short film, starring Kulvinder Ghir and Dave Lamb, shot on location in Morocco and London Writer and Director: Henry Naylor WINNER of Best Short Film at the Los Angeles International Mockumentary Film Festival 2007 |
| Producer: Kirsty Peart | ||
|---|---|---|
| Production | Company | Notes |
| Various Branding Films (2006-2009) | Clients include: Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority; Construct; Four IV; Eurostar; Shock Absorber; Zilwa (Seychelles/South Africa); including Abu Dhabi Pro Golf Tournament spots on ADTA/CNN |
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| Cul de Sac (2006) | Working Title TV/ Picture Farm | Producer on the 30′ pilot episode Director: Sean Grundy |