Dan Jones (born 10 October 1979) is a British creative director, digital producer and television producer.

Personal life

Jones was educated at the

Royal Latin School The Royal Latin School (RLS) is a co-educational grammar school in Buckingham, England. It has continually existed for almost six hundred years; receiving a Royal Charter in this time and moving premises three times. In September 2011 the scho ...

in Buckingham, the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

and the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

. In 2009 he was named University of Birmingham Alumnus of the Year. He lives in Hackney, London.

Career

Jones joined television production company

Maverick Television Maverick Television is a television and media production company. Notable Maverick programmes include the health brand ''Embarrassing Bodies'', the make-over shows '' 10 Years Younger'' and ''How to Look Good Naked'', and the documentary seri ...

in 2002. In 2005, he established a multiplatform arm to Maverick Television and became Head of Multiplatform. In 2005, he received a BAFTA New Talent award and 2006 he received a Broadcast Hotshot award. In 2007, Maverick Television was bought by independent production and distribution company

All3Media All3Media Limited is a British worldwide independent television, film and digital production and distribution company based in London, England. The All3Media group comprises more than 40 production and distribution companies from across the U ...

. Dan Jones became Digital Creative Director at Maverick Television in 2012 and joined the board of Maverick Television. In 2013 Dan Jones was named a Future Leader by the

Royal Television Society The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...

. In 2014 All3Media was bought by

Discovery Communications Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate based in New York City. Established in 1985, the company operated a group of factual and lifestyle television brands, such as the namesake Discovery Chann ...

and

Liberty Global Liberty Global plc is a British-Dutch-American multinational telecommunications company with headquarters in London, Amsterdam and Denver. Its respective legal names are Liberty Global Plc, Liberty Global B.V. and Liberty Global, Inc., with ...

. In July 2015 Jones joined Little Dot Studios as Director of Content.

Notable Productions

Embarrassing Bodies ''Embarrassing Bodies'' (formerly ''Embarrassing Illnesses'') is a British BAFTA Award-winning medical reality television programme broadcast by Channel 4 and made by Maverick Television since 2007. In 2011, an hour-long live show was introduc ...

and Live from the Clinic * Was it Something I Said? * YouGen aka

The You Generation ''The You Generation'' is an online video-sharing competition launched by Simon Cowell in partnership with YouTube. It comprises a series of themed competitions where contestants can upload videos to win prizes. A new contest runs every two weeks ...

*Daily Mix *

Reverse the Odds Maverick Television is a television and media production company. Notable Maverick programmes include the health brand ''Embarrassing Bodies'', the make-over shows '' 10 Years Younger'' and ''How to Look Good Naked'', and the documentary seri ...

* Fresh Meat *Rolling Stock Film Festival *The Model Agency

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Dan Emmy Award winners Channel 4 people English television people British television producers BAFTA winners (people) People educated at the Royal Latin School Alumni of the University of Birmingham British digital artists 1979 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people)