John Geraint - Creative Director 

 

Recipient of a Royal Television Society award for his outstanding contribution to television, John's credits for Green Bay include 'Do Not Go Gentle', nominated alongside blue-chip series 'Band of Brothers' and 'Blue Planet' at the 2002 Banff Rockies, one of the world's foremost media prizes; ‘Gêm y Ganrif' (Game of the Century) which scooped the top prize at the 2006 Celtic Film and Television Festival, the Gold Torc for Spirit of the Festival; and the drama series ‘Calon Gaeth' (Small Country) and feature-length documentaries ‘Fel Arall' (Otherwise), and ‘Carwyn' winners of BAFTA Cymru Awards. 

Dr. John Geraint was previously at the BBC where he had a distinguished 20-year career as a programme-maker and executive, leading a department of 430 programme-makers, and doubling network output from Wales to a record £17million p.a. with hits like family drama Magician's House, the Oscar-nominated Canterbury Tales and the global adventure series Extreme Lives.

John is a trustee of the Arts Council of Wales. From 2008-2011, he served as a member of  the Wales Employment and Skills Board advising Ministers on skills, training and business development across the whole range of the Welsh economy.

John is Chair of Zoom Cymru, a media development charity for young people which incorporates a major international festival of children's film. Based in the former South Wales coalfield, Zoom recently won a major Big Lottery grant to expand its activities across the nation.         

Phil George - Creative Director 

 Phil George

Phil, as Head of Arts, Music and Features, led the BBC's centre of excellence in classical music. He developed a landscape franchise with hit series Visions of Snowdonia and This Land. Phil made his reputation for producing intelligent television about major world issues with Michael Ignatieff's Blood and Belonging, an international co-production on resurgent nationalism. In the past two years, as well as executive producing series and singles for Green Bay, Phil has presented 50 half-hour Value Judgement interviews for BBC radio.
Phil George is the founding Chair of National Theatre Wales which completed its hugely successful launch year in 2011 with Michael Sheen's Passion in Port Talbot. In 2011, Phil was recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Glamorgan in recognition of his contribution to the cultural life of Wales.