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Derek Wax is a British television executive producer. His work includes The Rig, The Sixth Commandment, Sex Traffic, Occupation, The Hour, Troy: Fall of a City, Capital, Humans, Lip Service, Tsunami: The Aftermath and From There to Here. He was a producer at Granada TV from 2001 to 2005 and an Executive Producer at Kudos from 2005 to 2017.
- Managing Director of Wild Mercury Productions,TV producer and executive producer
Derek Wax heads up Wild Mercury Productions, which he launched in 2016 after 12 years as Executive Producer at Kudos. His many credits include the BAFTA winning mini-series Sex Traffic (C4) and Occupation (BBC1), the Emmy award winning The Hour (BBC2) and International Emmy winning Capital (BBC1), 3 series of hit show Humans (C4), and Troy, Fall of A City (BBC1/Netflix).
Wild Mercury was established in 2017 by Derek Wax, under Banijay Group, to develop and produce bold, irreverent, imaginative stories for UK and US broadcasters, in creative collaboration with the most original writers working in drama and comedy. Wild Mercury are drawn to writers with strong authorial voices and to dramas that take creative ...
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Executive Producer Derek Wax names a few historic works that most shaped his depiction of the era. "There's Apollodorus, and various other Greek ...
Feb 14, 2018 · Derek: Three of the most important people who came onto the team were Barney Reisz (producer), Owen Harris (director) and Rob Harris (production designer). We recced Croatia, Malta and Spain ...
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Derek Wax is a multi-award winning British television producer, and Managing Director of Wild Mercury Productions. Wild Mercury’s 6 part original eco-thriller THE RIG launched on Amazon Prime Video in January 2023, and became a global hit, receiving a series 2 recommission. The second series has just finished filming in Edinburgh. Derek was also ...
Nov 4, 2020 · Derek Wax, managing director of Wild Mercury said: "The Rig is a character-driven, epic thriller, full of heart-grabbing action and bold, original ideas, and we are delighted to be working with ...
