Juliet Blake
American film and television producer
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| Intro | American film and television producer | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Film producer | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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Biography
Juliet Blake is a British-American film, television and web producer. She is a content producer and member of the Media Team for TED Talks.
Career
Blake began her career developing successful TV franchises for a variety of networks and production companies in the US and the UK, including the BBC1 series Beast.
In 2000, Blake was promoted to executive vice-president and co-head of Jim Henson Television, where she was responsible for all aspects of the company's worldwide television operations, including global oversight of the Muppet franchise. She developed and produced the Muppets' first TV-movie It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie.
While working for Henson, Blake oversaw the science-fiction series Farscape, a top-rated show which ran from 1999 to 2003 on the Sci Fi network, joining the show as executive producer in season 3 and working on its final 33 episodes.
Blake became senior vice-president of production at the National Geographic Channel in 2006, overseeing the development and production of National Geographic Television, the channel's in-house production company. During her tenure at National Geographic, she oversaw a budget of over $40 million and was responsible for the production of numerous series, including the NGC's multi-Emmy award winning program Explorer, the longest-running documentary series on cable TV, and Border Wars, a critically acclaimed series on illegal immigration that ran for five seasons.
Blake produced TED Talks Education (hosted by John Legend) for TED and PBS. She produced The Hundred Foot Journey, a film starring Helen Mirren and Om Puri, shot in France and India, and directed by Lasse Hallstrom with producing partners Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey.
Blake also developed feature films for Arnie Messer and Mike Medavoy's Phoenix Pictures, including the thriller Blood Relatives.
Personal life
Blake is married to organic gardener and cook Mark Shepherd. They have two daughters: Sophie, a web designer for Happy Cog in Austin, Texas, and Lily, a recent graduate in film & design from Savannah College of Art & Design.