MEET us
Jack Holden
Writer | Actor | Creative Producer
Jack trained as an actor at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He then went straight on to play the lead role of Albert in the National Theatre’s internationally award-winning production of WAR HORSE.
Since then, he has worked with reputable directors across the country and in the West End. Notable roles include Lysander in the RSC’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, directed by Erica Whyman; Beverly Goodaway in INK by James Graham directed by Rupert Goold at the Almeida and in the West End; and Captain Greville in THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III directed by Adam Penford at Nottingham Playhouse and for National Theatre Live. Jack has also appeared in British independent films THE LEVELLING and JOURNEY'S END. He has featured in television drama for BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Amazon.
Jack is a writer and took part in the Royal Court Young Writers Programme. His debut play CRUISE premiered at the Duchess Theatre, London in 2021. He is currently under commission to Stockroom and is developing original television shows for Fremantle and Emanata Studios.
Alastair Mavor
Lawyer | Consultant | Creative Producer
Alastair founded Watermeet Productions with Jack in 2017 and coproduced their debut short BLOOD OUT OF A STONE late in the year.
When not producing or developing the Watersmeet slate, Alastair works as a film and television lawyer at a leading west end firm, regularly acting for financiers and production companies on major independent film and television projects in the UK, USA, Ireland and Australia.
Having spent some time acting professionally in the past, including in productions directed by Sir Peter Hall and Max Stafford-Clark, Alastair trained as a lawyer in the city at a leading global firm after finishing his time at Nottingham University with a first class degree in History in 2013.
He has also run three marathons, raising more than £30,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust in the process. He is passionate about diversity and providing a mouthpiece to untold stories and underrepresented voices.
