Producing Campion mini-series, a thrill: Sherman

See-Saw Films producer Emile Sherman says it’s “a huge thrill” for him to be working with Jane Campion on her first TV production since 1990’s An Angel at My Table – the Australia/New Zealand co-production Top of the Lake.

“Essentially, I was approached by Jane. We’d met and got on really well, and she thought that this could be a good project for us to work on together. I couldn’t believe that she actually offered me the job,” Sherman told Encore.

Sherman expects Top of the Lake to be in production in the second half of 2011, shooting in and around Queenstown, New Zealand.

The six-part series has been commissioned by BBC2 and although it already has a broadcaster in Australia and New Zealand, Sherman chose not to disclose which networks would show Top of the Lake in these territories.