Susie Watson selected for the Salt Co Vipers Nest

UK sales company The Salt Co has launched a new filmmakers cooperative of 13 UK directors, writers and producers, The Vipers Nest, to support new British talent who want to make commercial films.

Salt's Samantha Horley says: “There is strength in numbers and we believe that together this talented group can shake things up... In the UK industry it often seems that commercial is a dirty word... All The Vipers have an extremely impressive body of work in TV, ads, shorts or music videos."

“Salt will provide encouragement, experience and a forum in which The Vipers can collaborate creatively and practically as well as explore every aspect of the filmmaking process. By empowering The Vipers, we hope that connections will be forged and quality commercial films made.”

United Agent client Susie Watson, told Screen Daily: “As a director becoming a Viper has put me in really fantastic position. Not only has it given me the chance to meet an extremely diverse, exciting and very talented mix of fellow filmmakers but also the opportunity to nurture each other and collaborate with the aim of making some truly fantastic British movies that benefit from all our combined knowledge, experience and strengths.”