‘Tinder Swindler’ firm Raw recruits Netflix’s Jonny Taylor as creative director

Jonny Taylor (Source: Raw)

Raw, the UK factual production company behind The Tinder Swindler and Three Identical Strangers has hired Netflix’s Jonny Taylor as creative director.

Taylor will take up his new role in December, joining the senior leadership team, and working alongside Raw founders Dimitri Doganis and Bart Layton, as well as creative director Liesel Evans and EVP of US factual programming, Sam Maynard.

He joins the All3Media-backed Raw after five years as director of original documentaries at global streamer Netflix, where he worked with the production company on factual titles including Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer, The Tinder Swindler, The Puppet Master: Hunting The Ultimate Conman, The Ripper and Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi.

During his time at the streamer, Taylor also brought factual titles such as Tiger King, American Murder: The Family Next Door and Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story to the screen.

London-based Raw is also the production company behind the shows Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy and  Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico, as well as Get Gotti, Parole and Gold Rush.

“It’s been an incredibly exciting couple of years at Raw, with substantial growth and the delivery of some hugely ambitious content, and our desire to continue exploring and evolving as programme makers in this ever-changing market is stronger than ever.

“We have absolutely loved working with Jonny at Netflix: we share a passion for great story telling and a desire to be innovative and bold in what we do,” said Raw CEO Joely Fether.