"Based on my own journey, my passion is for mentoring new marginalised writers, helping them to tell their stories," says Sadofski.

"At Spirit, my role is to develop contemporary dramas about big subjects but to mix the serious with the funny and create films and series with purpose that still reach a big audience. Spirit aims to be the place where outsiders can feel at home," adds Sadofski. 

A former writer with the Royal Court and National Theatre, Sadofski has taught screenwriting at leading film schools, worked as a script fixer for Hollywood and written many films and television drama. These include: 
  • Blood and Peaches
  • The Hitch
  • Come Fly With Me for BBC One, and
  • Peter Kosminsky-directed bullying drama Walking on the Moon for ITV.
His feature film Seamonsters won Best Film at Nantes Film Festival 2013; it was nominated for Best Feature at Raindance 2013 and Austin Film Festival 2013.

Sadofski's other credits include prostate cancer short drama Father's Day starring Ray Winstone and John Simm, which won a Cannes Lion and was broadcast on ITV.

In addition to his scripted work, Sadofski created and produced feature documentaries Alastair Campbell Depression & Me for BBC Two, which was nominated for a Grierson Award, and Undercover in the Alt-Right for STV and Amazon Prime Studios.

"Sadofski's incredible career speaks for itself and his passion for purpose-driven storytelling made him the stand-out choice to build out our scripted offering at Spirit. In the short time we've been working together, we've already got projects in paid development and at pilot stage with two major broadcasters and our first feature film financed, all with incredible talent attached," says founder and creative director Matt Campion.

"Drama and comedy really have the opportunity to engage, entertain and inspire, as well as drive change. I'm incredibly excited to see where we go from here," adds Campion.  

The announcement of the appointment comes shortly after Alexandra Fraser was appointed in the newly-created role of creative and board advisor.

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