Character-driven film and television for a global audience, from a multi-award-winning writer-producer team.
Founders
As an independent producer, Lucy developed and produced Martin Hynes’ The Go-Getter, starring Zooey Deschanel and Nick Offerman, That’s What She Said, by Carrie Preston, starring Alia Shawkat, Friends With Kids, starring Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Jon Hamm, Love is Blind, starring Chloë Sevigny and A Bag of Hammers starring Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Hall and Jason Ritter. Her HBO film Grey Gardens, written and directed by Michael Sucsy, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange, which she produced with Rachael Horovitz earned them each a Golden Globe, a Primetime Emmy and a PGA Award. Lucy began her career in independent film, in New York, at Miramax, on Oscar campaigns for Shakespeare in Love and Life is Beautiful and went on to work for John Lyons, as a development and production executive co-producing Oscar-nominated Pieces of April by Peter Hedges starring Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson and Oliver Platt. In 2014 she raised and deployed a multimillion dollar female-focused film fund, which co-financed Rebecca Miller’s Maggie’s Plan, starring Ethan Hawke, Greta Gerwig and Julianne Moore. Before founding Lucian Entertainment, Donnelly worked for Olivia Colman’s production company, in London.
Iain Weatherby is a writer and producer with a successful track record and relationships throughout the film and television industry in London. He co-created and wrote BAFTA-nominated Truelove (Channel 4, with Lindsay Duncan, Clarke Peters and Sue Johnston). He is a regular writer on Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen (Netflix, with Theo James, Kaya Scodelario and Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito) and Joan (ITV, with Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner). He created The Trap, a rural thriller, which has been commissioned by Channel Five. He wrote on Humans (AMC / Channel 4, with Gemma Chan) and on Safe Harbor for Mark Williams (Ozark), and has been in the writers’ room on Temple (Sky) and Kaos (Netflix, with Jeff Goldblum, Janet McTeer). In the wider world, Iain has worked in finance and advertising and serves on the board of the Charlie Waller Trust.