Will Brenton

Will Brenton was born on November 11, 1962 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He is a creator, director, producer and screenwriter. Brenton's career began in the West End with the highly acclaimed 'Blood Brothers', opposite 'Kiki Dee'.  He moved into television with appearances in Inspector Morse, 'Flying Lady' and as a host on BBC’s ' Playdays Playdays is a British-English language television >> Read More... '. Brenton is co-creative director of Wish Films Ltd, along with his creative partner.

He then ventured into direction and directed over 100 episodes. Will has worked as a director for 'Hollyoaks', 'Eastenders' and 'Emmerdale'. His work includes producing both mainstream and children's TV contents. Will has created and produced huge iconic series for children such as 'The Tweenies' (BBC) and 'Jim Jam & Sunny' (ITV), which have been among UK’s best children’s shows of all time, and stunning book adaptations such as 'Florries Dragons' (Disney), 'Wibbly Pig' (BBC), and Sue Hendra's 'Wanda and the Alien' (NickJr and C5). He is also known for  'BB3B', 'Fun Song Factory', 'Melody '(2013) and 'Coronation Street'. He has been awarded the BAFTA and nominated six times for the same, a Royal Television Society Best Children's show award, a Broadcast Award and a host of others.

He is also a writer and works both on his own shows and that of others. Brenton is perhaps famous and unique within the UK since he is both a TV creator and producer; and a writer and director of theatre and large arena shows. He has written, co-written and directed over 40 live shows, including around 26 arena shows and critically acclaimed theatrical plays, a musical for youngsters with special needs titled The Tale of 'Mr Tumble' for the Manchester International Festival which was telecaste on Cbeebies. 'The Tale of Mr Tumble' has been listed in the Guardian's Top 10 Theatre Picks for 2015. In 2017, he put a band together with Andy Day named Andy and the 'Odd Socks'  - whose first gig was in Glastonbury. He has worked on a number of projects for family and adult audiences. He has worked with Sunrise Productions on their series 'Munki and Trunk', that receives over 100 million views per month in China, 'Tee and Mo' (Cbeebies), and 'Team Jay' for Sunrise and Juventus FC.

Will also wrote and directed the 'Dr Who! The Monsters are Coming!' arena tour starring Nigel Planer, which opened at Wembley to great acclaim. He devised and directed 'The Hairy Bikers Live' and directed ' Peter Pan Story soon >> Read More... ' at the Opera House The show is telecasted on Saturday Night. It has a >> Read More... , Manchester, starring 'David Hasslehoff'. Storytelling is at the core of everything Will does, and it is not determined as per the target audience's age range. He has written his first series of six books titled 'Revolution-The Dino Dimension' keeping in mind the reluctant readers. It is fast-paced, has short chapters and is action-packed.