Clelia Mountford
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Having co-founded Merman with Sharon Horgan in 2014, Clelia develops and produces a multitude of projects with a host of international talent.
Recently, Clelia executive produced the BAFTA award-winning and EMMY nominated BAD SISTERS (Apple TV+), co-written by Sharon Horgan, who also executive produces and stars. The highly anticipated second series is now in production.
Clelia is executive producing the upcoming Channel 4 series commission of DISABILITY BENEFITS with Rosie Jones and has recently produced the Sky comedy drama DREAMLAND (Sky), starring Lily Allen and Freema Agyeman. She was the executive producer of two series of the award-winning THERE SHE GOES (BBC Two) written by Shaun Pye and starring David Tennant and Jessica Hynes, as well as the critically-acclaimed THERE SHE GOES SPECIAL. Further comedy credits include three series of the BAFTA-award winning comedy MOTHERLAND (BBC Two) and two critically acclaimed MOTHERLAND CHRISTMAS SPECIALS (BBC Two).
Clelia’s other recent executive producer credits include both series of comedy drama FRAYED (Sky One/ABC Australia), written by and starring Sarah Kendall; FRANK OF IRELAND (Ch4/Amazon), created by Brian and Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Moloney; both series of American horror SHINING VALE (Starz), series one and two of animated comedy series HOUSEBROKEN (Fox), starring Lisa Kudrow and created by Sharon Horgan, Clea Duvall, Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan; as well as both series of THIS WAY UP (Channel 4/HULU) written by Aisling Bea and starring Bea and Sharon Horgan. For Merman, Clelia also produced the third season of THE INCREASINGLY POOR DECISIONS OF TODD MARGARET, which is also the show where she met Sharon Horgan when the pair were working across the first series back in 2010.
Further credits include Executive Producer on WOMEN ON THE VERGE, (W/RTE), created by Lorna Martin and Sharon Horgan and starring Kerry Condon, Eileen Walsh and Nina Sosanya, Amazon Original film HERSELF starring Claire Dunne, URBAN MYTH ANDY & THE DONALD starring Anthony Atamanuik and Jack McBrayer; and MORGANA ROBINSON’S SUMMER SHORT written by Sharon Horgan which won a BAFTA TV Award in 2018 for Best Short Form Programme (Sky Arts).
Clelia devised and produced two series of the comedy drama adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s A YOUNG DOCTOR’S NOTEBOOK (Sky Arts) starring Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe. The show received huge critical acclaim, winning record-breaking audiences for Sky Arts. She produced MR SLOANE (Sky Atlantic) starring Nick Frost and Olivia Colman, David Cross’s BLISS (Sky One) starring Stephen Mangan and Heather Graham and THE CIRCUIT (Channel 4) by Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly, starring Adeel Akhtar and Eva Birthistle and the audio drama PEOPLE WHO KNEW ME, starring Rosamund Pike and Hugh Laurie.
Prior to founding Merman, Clelia held roles as Head of Comedy at RDF and Head of Radio and TV Script Associate at TalkbackThames.
As Head of Comedy at RDF, she executive produced two series of THE INCREASINGLY POOR DECISIONS OF TODD MARGARET for IFC and Channel 4. The series starred David Cross, Will Arnett, Spike Jonze, Sharon Horgan, Blake Harrison and Jon Hamm.