Jonathan Sothcott
Jonathan Sothcott (born 26 April 1980)[1] is an independent film and television producer based in London, England.
Formerly an entertainment journalist, he wrote the reference book 'The Cult Films of Christopher Lee', which was published in 2000 and boasted a foreword by 007 actor Roger Moore. In this robustly opinionated book, the young Sothcott extravagantly claimed that Moore was a better actor than Sean Connery, which lead to him being regarded as a rather lightweight film journalist. Sothcott's championing of Moore's Bond performances lead detractors to note that if Sothcott did not exist, Steve Coogan would have had to invent him.
Sothcott then produced a number of special edition DVDs between 2000 and 2004 including The Wild Geese (1978)and The Man Who Haunted Himself both involving Moore, and 'Jack The Ripper' (1988). In the case of The Wild Geese, a featurette on producer Euan Lloyd, entitled 'The Last Of The Gentleman Producers' and produced by Sothcott, glossed over the fact that the movie was made in South Africa at the time of apartheid, and that the black cast members allegedly weren't allowed to attend their own premiere. The documentary was screened at the Bradford Film Festival in 2004.
In 2004 he was announced as the Head of Programming for The Horror Channel, the world's first television network dedicated to that popular genre.[2] Six months later he resigned, citing disatisfaction at the low acquisitions budget.
Since then he has worked at David Wickes Television and Carnaby Media.
In Summer 2006, the press reported that Sothcott was producing a remake of the cult horror movie 'The House On Straw Hill' starring Patrick Bergin, Jane March, Victoria Silvstedt and Sothcott's friend Martin Kemp. Unfortunately, the script was deemed unsatisfactory and the project was shelved indefinitely. Online listings referring to the film being made under the title 'Rogue' are innacurate.
Since then Sothcott produced 'Wishbaby'- an independent British horror film starring Carry On icon Fenella Fielding and Eastenders actress Tiana Benjamin and is now, according to IMDB, developing a Jack The Ripper project, again with Kemp.
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