TEAM – Croydon Films

SUE PERKINS

Co Founder

Sue Perkins is an accomplished presenter, writer, actor, director, and comedian. Passionate about storytelling, Sue founded Croydon Films, alongside Debi Allen, to explore and produce a variety of different genres of television, bringing her creative vision to a wide range of entertaining and engaging projects.

DEBI ALLEN

Co Founder

Debi Allen started her career as an agent when she joined Billy Marsh Associates in 1993. She set up a talent agency, RDF Management, for the RDF Group, where she grew the talent division to a team of eight with over 100 clients. In 2009, she established DAA Management, bringing many of her colleagues and clients from RDF. She served as co-chair of the PMA from 2014 to 2018 and now remains on the council.

In May 2017, she joined Curtis Brown, and in 2021, she co-founded Croydon Films with Sue Perkins to explore and produce a variety of entertaining and enjoyable television projects.

AMBER HOWORTH

Head of Development/ Producer

Amber is a drama, comedy, and development producer working in both scripted and non-scripted.

Having produced multiple short films whilst working as a script reader for Amazon Studios, Amber went on to produce Urban Myth When Joan Kissed Barbara for Sky Arts in 2020. Shortly afterwards she joined Croydon Films as a freelance Producer, and is now freelance Head of Development there. For Croydon Films Amber was Executive Producer on travel documentary Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal – which aired on Netflix in October 2022 – and Executive Producer and Director for Sue Perkins: Lost in Alaska – which aired on Channel 5 in February 2024.

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