Barbara Slade

Barbara Slade is an American born T.V. writer, creator, and exec. producer. Now based in England, she travels extensively, writing and developing shows for the international market.

Barbara began her screenwriting career in London when her first show “Brown Bear’s Wedding” starring Helena Bonham Carter, Joss Ackland and Hugh Laurie aired on ITV, Christmas day. It sold to most major territories and was nominated for five Emmy awards including ‘Best Writer’. Barbara returned to America, where she continued her career, writing and developing series for Nickelodeon, Disney, ABC, Fox and many other networks worldwide. She has written features for Working Title and Disney and has received numerous awards including a ‘Humanitas’ for one of her episodes of the much-loved series ‘Rugrats’.

Barbara is a Bafta member, has worked as a development executive for the Disney Channel U.K. and spent a year in Melbourne, Australia filming one of her original series “Dead Gorgeous”. She was brought to Norway to develop and head up the writing teams on NRK’s ‘in house’ productions of “All Together” and the award-winning comedy series “Side by Side”, now in its 8th season.

Barbara works with production companies and channels around the world and teaches intensive screenwriting and development workshops. She is currently writing and developing two original comedy/drama series “Heaven is a Perfect Tomato” and “A Drop of DNA”.