Under the deal, Channel 4 will get first look at all the TV dramas by Winterbottom and his long-term producer partner Andrew Eaton, through the newly created TV arm of Eaton's independent production company Revolution Films.
Winterbottom and Eaton, behind hit films including 'Welcome to Sarajevo' and '9 Songs' as well as the 2006 Bafta nominated 'A Cock and Bull Story', received funding from Film Four, Channel 4's soon-to-be free-to-air film channel, to make the feature-length film 'The Road to Guantanamo', which premiered at The 56th Berlin International Film Festival yesterday.
Tessa Ross, Channel 4 head of drama and film, said: "This project is another example of the artistic and financial commitment Channel 4 has made to bring the most ambitious and challenging drama to television and a perfect example of how Channel 4 drama and FilmFour can work together to great mutual benefit."
Eaton said that he and Winterbottom started their careers in television drama and saw it as an opportunity to bring worlds of television and film together to make innovative projects.
Revolution Films' TV division is to be headed up by Kate Ogborn, a former executive producer for film at regional screen agency EM Media. She also has experience as an independent producer at The Bureau Film Company and helped set-up Warp-X, the low-budget film scheme set up by Film Four.
'The Road to Guantanamo' is based on the stories of three British men arrested on their way to a wedding and imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for more than two years. The drama is to be broadcast on Channel 4 on March 9.
Channel 4 is renowned for screening thought-provoking and intelligent documentaries like 'The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off', abortion documentary 'My Foetus' and 'From Dust to Dust' tackling death.
Channel 4 said: "Several promising television projects from Revolution Films are already in development."
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