Adam J Merrifield established White Lantern Film after producing a range of documentaries, entertainment programmes, and shorts for local, regional and national television. As the company's Managing Director, Adam has grown White Lantern Film into a diverse business developing a range of creative work for television and theatrical release with a strong focus on drama and documentary.
Producer credits include the ITV period drama Me Reach, ITV documentary The Royal Pier and Burning Flame; and entertainment programmes including Clubbed Up and South Central. Current factual productions include The House Whisperer, A Tale of Two Mountains and The Secret Soya Story, whilst current feature films include Circumference, Doorman and YesterdaY.
Adam also manages the company’s energetic media education training programme encouraging the next generation of media talent. Working with the UK Film Council, First Light Movies, Screen South, South West Screen and various National Lottery distributors to produce and manage a range of productions including Millennium Song, Move It and Pier Pressure.
After graduating from Bournemouth University with a BA (Hons) in Television Production, Dan has gone on to work as a Production Manager on a number of prestigious corporate, educational and documentary projects.
In 2008 Dan produced the award winning ‘Our Pier’ documentary chronicling the history of Bournemouth pier for the National Lottery Heritage fund.
Having just finished working alongside the prolific BBC writer Jonathan Harvey on a new comedy series, Dan has now taken up the role of Production Accounts Manager for White Lantern Film’s growing corporate arm White Circle.
