Biography
Jane Fairbairn Root (born 18 May 1957) is a creative executive in the media industry, who has run major television networks on both sides of the Atlantic. As Controller of BBC Two (1999 to 2004), she was the first woman to be a channel controller for the BBC, and was later President of Discovery Networks in the United States.
Root studied Media Studies at London College of Communication, before moving on to Sussex University to study International Relations. Later awarded an honorary doctorate from the university in 2002, she worked for several years as a freelance journalist, writing for publications such as Honey, The Guardian, and Cosmopolitan. She also worked as a journalist with the British Film Institute and with the Cinema of Women film collective.
Moving into television production, Root worked as a researcher and a producer on a range of projects including working with Michael Jackson (television executive) on the Channel 4 series Open The Box. Root also wrote the accompanying book Open the Box: About Television (1986) as well as the accompanying book to the series Pictures of Women titled Pictures of Women: Sexuality (1984).
Filmography
all 18
Producer 17
TV Shows 13
Movies 5
African Queens: Njinga (2023)
7 Toughest Days (2023)
Limitless with Chris Hemsworth (2022)
The '80s: Top Ten (2022)
Welcome to Earth (2021)
A World of Calm (2020)
Babies (2020)
The World According to Jeff Goldblum (2019)
Unmasking Jihadi John: Anatomy of a Terrorist (2019)
The Hunt for Jihadi John (2019)
The '80s Greatest (2018)
One Strange Rock (2018)
How We Invented The World (2012)
Saving Ronald Reagan (2006)
All Mod Cons (1997)
A Night in with the Girls (1997)
Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992)
Pole to Pole
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GenderFemale
Birthday1957-05-18 (66 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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