Career
He has worked regularly alongside several leaders of their respective genres, including Andrew Lloyd Webber and Trevor Nunn. In 2011, he produced Michael Forever, a tribute concert to Michael Jackson held in Cardiff. He then filmed theatre productions, notably those of Andrew Lloyd Webber"s, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat, and Cats.
He also produced the 1999 musical version of Oklahoma!, starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Trevor Nunn.
In 1998 and 1999 Picheta directed and produced three musicals, (Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat and Oklahoma!), as well as the Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration. Picheta produced The Merchant Of Venice in 2001 and then producing the film version of Kiss Maine, Kate, which had previously ran for 1,077 stage performances on Broadway.
In early 2008, Picheta was line producer in the latest television adaptation of Shakespeare"s King Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The film featured in Channel 4"s Christmas line-up, screened in the evening of Christmas Day.
Picheta was born in Ealing, west London in the late 1950s.
He attended Gunnersbury Grammar School before attending Harrow Film School. He used to own and manage Muckrach Lodge Hotel and Restaurant with his spouse Rebecca Ferrand from March 2007 until late 2013.