Tom Gutteridge

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tom Gutteridge
Occupation	Television Director
Date Of Birth	Feb 2, 1952(1952-02-02)
Age	72
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Tom Gutteridge Biography

Tom Gutteridge is one of the most popular and richest Television Director who was born on February 2, 1952 in London, England, United Kingdom. Gutteridge was born in London in 1952. He was the son an engineer in the field of food technology and relocated to Tyneside when he was five. He attended Priory School Tynemouth, Newcastle Royal Grammar School and the University of York, where he was a student of English along with Philosophy.

In 1984, he was granted a time off of the BBC to direct and create the film for his Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Song & Dance,.

In December 1985 he directed the ITV documentary Sixty Tiny Fingers about the Walton sextuplets.

On 21 October 1985 he directed Blue Suede Shoes, a Rockabilly Special with Carl Perkins, which starred Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, Dave Edmunds, Rosanne Cash, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom.

In the year 1980, Gutteridge transferred to the Music & Arts department as Executive Producer. He was in charge of the weekly Russell Harty talk shows. The year 1982 was the time he created and directed the comedic sketch show A Kick Up the Eighties which showcased the talent of Rik Mayall (as Kevin Turvey) and Tracey Ullman. The show was awarded the Scottish BAFTA. Between 1983 and 1984 He produced and directed BBC1 dance program The Hot Shoe Show, with Wayne Sleep and Bonnie Langford The show was nominated for the BAFTA in the category of Best Light Entertainment Series.

Tom Gutteridge Net Worth

Tom Gutteridge is one of the richest Television Director from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tom Gutteridge 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Thomas Michael Gillan “Tom” Gutteridge (born 2 February 1952) is a British television producer, director and executive. He was previously Director at FremantleMedia NA, having previously was the Chief Executive and founder of Mentorn from 1985 until 2001. In 2016, he was named executive producer of the TV show BattleBots which, after 2 seasons with ABC in 2018, was transferred into The Discovery and Science Channels. He began his career as an BBC journalist.

Gutteridge began his career at the BBC as an News Trainee. He initially was employed by Radio Derby, and in the Newcastle newsroom. Later, he was director and producer of Nationwide, Tonight and Panorama. On April 11, 1978 he was the director of his first Budget Special programme to use live audio of the House of Commons. In 1979, he was appointed director of weekly Tonight in Town, hosted by Valerie Singleton and Michael Billington. In 1983, he received a secondment by the BBC’s Music & Arts department to manage coverage of the broadcaster’s General Election coverage.

In 1985 Gutteridge founded the production company Mentorn (originally called Mentorn Films), and his early productions included the BBC1 documentary The Golden Gong (1987). In 1988 he produced and directed the ITV documentary about the animator Richard Williams, I Drew Roger Rabbit, which won an International Emmy nomination for Best Arts Documentary in 1989.

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From 1989 to 1995 Mentorn produced and directed the entertainment series Challenge Anneka for BBC1, with Anneka Rice, which won the Bronze Rose at Montreux in 1991. The first series was broadcast from 8 September 1989 on Friday evenings on BBC1, and in 1990 the series moved to Saturday nights and ratings rose to 10 million viewers and was the second most popular show on BBC1. In 2001 Gutteridge produced and directed a US version of the show for ABC called Challenge America, starring Erin Brockovitch.

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Tom Ranked on the list of most popular Television Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Tom Gutteridge celebrates birthday on February 2 of every year.

In 1991 Mentorn teamed up with Polygram, Working Title and Palace Pictures to form a consortium, London Independent Broadcasting, to bid against LWT for the London weekend ITV franchise. The bid was unsuccessful.