John is a producer with a strong track record on the business side of the industry as well as the creative. His recent credits include the Samuel L. Jackson thriller DAMAGED and the Amazon Studios series MAMMALS starring James Corden. Prior to founding Evolutionary, John was Head of Production at an established sales agency, structuring finance plans and overseeing multiple feature film shoots. He has also worked as a supervising producer at Raw TV, delivering several seasons of flagship programming to Discovery Channel. A former Commissioned Officer in the British Army, John started his film career on Steven Spielberg’s BAND OF BROTHERS. He then spent several years working as a military consultant on major studio projects including HART’S WAR, DOOM, THE GATHERING, JARHEAD, THE QUEEN and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS as well as BAFTA winning TV shows THE MARK OF CAIN and OCCUPATION and the long running BBC series EASTENDERS. John's other notable credits include line producing DEMONS NEVER DIE for Idris Elba; directing Dame Joan Collins in a sizzle reel for the BFI; CLEANSKIN starring Sean Bean and Charlotte Rampling for Warner Brothers; and creating, producing and co-writing (with TRAINSPOTTING author, Irvine Welsh) the cult British comedy THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN starring Sean Pertwee, Keith Allen, Josh O'Connor (in his first screen role) and Hollywood legend Robert Vaughn (in his last). John holds a degree in English from Royal Holloway, University of London and a distinction in Contract Law from the Open University.

Diane started out in the film and TV industry working for Stanley Kubrick and has established herself as highly capable producer and line producer across more than 30 film and television titles. Diane's notable credits include line producing on A TOWN CALLED MALICE for Sky Studios; MAMMALS starring James Corden and Sally Hawkins for Amazon Studios; POWDER ROOM for Damian Jones and Pinewood Films, which starred Sheridan Smith; MIRACLE LANDING ON THE HUDSON for National Geographic (now on Disney+) - a huge undertaking involving submerging a passenger jet in a water tank and the inspiration for the 2016 Tom Hanks movie SULLY; RUSSIAN YETI shot in the Ural Mountains for Discovery; the controversial 100 DAYS OF UKIP for Channel 4 Television; and CYBERBULLY starring Maisie Williams from GAME OF THRONES, for which Diane was nominated for a BAFTA award. Prior to launching Evolutionary, Diane worked in the development department of Raw TV across a number of projects simultaneously developing, budgeting, scheduling, casting and packaging episodic and one-off dramas and drama documentaries. She is highly capable of planning and managing multiple drama shoots on location and in the studio, and supporting the creative vision.

Ross is the epitome of knowing and understanding your product, which is extremely useful in his role that includes acquisitions for Evolutionary Films. In addition to his extensive experience working for an international sales agency on titles including the critically acclaimed MARGIN CALL (starring Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore and Stanley Tucci) and cult international hit IRON SKY, he is also an award winning genre filmmaker in his own right, whose films have been released all around the world and whose fan base continues to grow. Currently Ross has five features as director on wide release (including Evolutionary's own I AM VENGEANCE series featuring WWE Superstar Stu Bennett, Vinnie Jones, Keith Allen and Gary Daniels that is released through Saban Films and Lionsgate in North America) and a huge library of over 40 short films to his name including PURE VENGEANCE (starring Scott Adkins), which was selected by the film critic Jonathan Ross to be featured on his television series STOP! KUNG FU. Ross studied Media Production at the prestigious Bournemouth University and has an impressive and extensive knowledge of all things film, especially genre and action movies. He is well known on the film festival circuit and has strong relationships with international buyers.

A member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and an Incorporated Practitioner in Advertising, prior to joining Evolutionary, Alistair’s own boutique brand agency worked with diverse blue-chip and government clients in Singapore, London, Moscow, Dubai and Finland. Initially diversifying into the music and film sectors in 2009, Alistair achieved the first ever ‘Record of the Week’ accolade from BBC Radio 2 for an Eastern European artist, as well as brokering global major label record deals for UK and Eastern European artists. In 2012, Alistair co-produced the showpiece interval performance for EUROVISION in Baku, watched by a live television audience of over 300 million people. Since 2013, Alistair has advised the UK Government’s GREAT Britain campaign, which is the most ambitious inward investment and trade campaign ever devised by government, operating in 144 countries. Alistair’s work has focused on the luxury and creative sectors. In 2014, he incepted the ‘STAR WARS – Made GREAT in Britain’ campaign, and was key in brokering a joint venture between UK government and Disney. Subsequently, he wrote and produced seven key promotional films to celebrate the 40-year partnership between STAR WARS and Britain. In 2019, Alistair was appointed as an Ambassador for the GREAT Britain Campaign in recognition of his contribution to the campaign since 2013.

Mohammed's career in the entertainment business started in 2013, working with production companies to raise equity for independent film and television projects. He has experience across a range of finance and investment structures including regional funds, pre-sales models, bank discounting and private equity raises including accessing EIS and SEIS tax reliefs. Prior to moving into the finance sector of the film industry, Mo's background was in public facing sales, retail business and marketing. He is confident in any public speaking situation and his extensive experience dealing with customers is crucial in his role at Evolutionary, which includes managing shareholder relationships as well as overseeing the company's financial planning and communication strategy.

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After completing an MA in Producing at the NFTS, Emma joined Rainmark Films with Tracey Scoffield (SMALL AXE) and Frank Doelger (GAME OF THRONES) and worked on projects including MUHAMMAD ALI'S GREATEST FIGHT (Stephen Frears / Shawn Slovo). She then developed and produced a documentary for Channel 4, which won a Grierson and BAFTA Award. She joined The Fyzz Facilty in 2013 as their Head of Development, where she built a slate of film and TV projects including ALLEYCATS, the directorial debut from Ian Bonhôte and FINAL SCORE, starring Pierce Brosnan and written by The Lynch Brothers. Emma has spent the last few years working as a Head of Development or Development Consultant for clients including Odelay Films, Warner Music Group and Free Turn, where she Exec and Story Produced COLD TAPES, a format-first mystery podcast.

Steve began his entertainment industry career on the shop floor of his local HMV back in 1999. After seven years in various departments and stores he moved to HMV head office, where he spent five years creating and managing catalogue promotions for the website and 250+ store portfolio. Negotiating high profile deals with the studios and indie distributors gave Steve his first direct connection with the film industry. In 2011 Steve joined fledgling distributor 101 Films as Head of Acquisitions. The first few years were spent building the label up with mainly genre content, then in 2014 the label received significeant financing, which meant the size and scale of acquisitions grew to cast-led content and high-profile festival features. Steve's notable acquisitions for the company included Christopher Nolan’s MEMENTO and BRAVEN starring Jason Momoa. By the time Steve left 101 Films for a new challenge in 2022, the label had a library of over 3,000 titles and was one of the biggest indie distributors in the UK.