Minnow Films’ Claire Goodlass joins Sky as commissioning editor for docs

UK pay TV operator Sky has appointed Claire Goodlass as commissioning editor for documentaries.

Claire Goodlass

Goodlass will join from Minnow Films, where she is currently exec producer, at the end of the year.

During her nine years at Minnow, she has worked across development and production. Her credits include Netflix’s Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart and Crime Stories: India Detectives.

She has also helped develop and secure commissions for Netflix’s Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera,  Action and  Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal.

Goodlass’s wider body of work includes Amazon Prime Video’s Dead in the Water; the Bafta- and Grierson-nominated Channel 4 series The Tribe; Grierson-winning 999: What’s Your Emergency; and Channel 4 hit SAS: Who Dares Wins.

Hayley Reynolds, head of documentary commissioning for Sky, said: “Claire is a hugely talented executive producer with exceptional creative and editorial judgement as well as a brilliant instinct for stories and an ability to nurture talent and ideas.

“We can’t wait to see the creative partnerships she builds and the exciting new ideas she helps bring for Sky as we continue to grow our slate of unmissable documentaries.”