Nationality British Movies The Calcium Kid Role Film producer | Name Natascha Wharton Years active 1991 - present | |
Born 1965 (age 50–51) Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago Occupation Senior Production Executive, BFI Nominations Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film Organizations founded Working Title 2 Productions Similar People Tessa Ross, Greg Brenman, Nira Park, David M Thompson, Tim Bevan | ||
Natascha Wharton - Producer
Natascha Wharton (born 1965) is a British film producer and founder of WT2 Productions, an independent film production company, and subsidiary of Working Title Films.
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Biography
Wharton was born in Trinidad to a German mother and Trinidadian father.
Prior to joining Working Title Films, Wharton served as an assistant to producer Eric Fellner, who would later co-own the company. She joined Working Title in 1993, serving as an assistant to Fellner and Working Title co-founder Tim Bevan. Wharton later became a development executive for the company and, in 1999, established Working Title's subsidiary WT2 Productions as a production company that produced independent films. Films produced under the WT2 production banner include Shaun of the Dead, Billy Elliot, The Calcium Kid and Ali G Indahouse.
Wharton left Working Title in July 2009. She is currently the head of development and production executive for the British Film Institute's Film Fund.