Adam Price
Screenwriter, Sam Productions

Adam Price is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning screenwriter and playwright who has written a number of TV-series that have reached an audience in many countries over the world. His latest TV-series, Borgen (DR Drama 2008-2012), has been sold to more than 80 countries in five continents – and been awarded BAFTA (Best international drama), Prix Italia, The Fipa d’Or for Best Drama, The Peabody Award as well as the Danish TV-award for best drama for three consecutive years.

He also wrote Anna Pihl (TV2 Drama), winning the Danish TV-award for best drama in 2006. He was behind the original idea for Nikolaj and Julie (DR Drama) that was awarded the Emmy Award in 2003. Before that he was staff-writer on the TV-series Taxa for DR TV (1997-98). For the theatre he has written a number of plays and musicals, lately the critically acclaimed A Conversation Before Death (the Betty Nansen Theatre, Copenhagen, 2014).

Apart from writing Adam Price stars as a TV-chef with his brother, James Price, hosting the TV-show "Spise med Price” (currently in its 8th season at DR), he is the writer of several cookbooks and he is the co-owner of three restaurants in Copenhagen.

Adam Price originally studied law at the University of Copenhagen and began writing professionally in the late 80s. Ha has also worked as a freelance writer and restaurant-critic for Politiken, the major Danish paper, and was Commissioning Editor/Head of Drama for TV2 2000-2004.

Alex Mahon
CEO, The Foundry

Alex joined The Foundry to spearhead the next stage of its development following the company’s acquisition by HgCapital for £200m in July 2015 and leads the team at a time of dynamic change and rapid growth.


Prior to this, Alex was CEO of Shine Group for three years, stepping down in July 2015 after successfully completing the sale of the company into a new joint venture between 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management. She joined Shine as Managing Director in 2006 and built the group through M&A and organic growth into an organisation with 27 creative labels in 12 countries and £700m in revenues alongside founder Elisabeth Murdoch. Ahead of this she had an extensive career in media organisations across Europe, at Talkback Thames, FremantleMedia Group and RTL Group.


Alex started her career as a PhD Physicist and then worked at strategy consultants Mitchell Madison Group as an internet retail expert before leading the European Young Astronauts. She is currently a non-executive director of Ocado Plc and The Edinburgh International Television Festival, chairman of the RTS Awards, serves on the DCMS advisory panel on the BBC and is also Appeal Chair of The Scar Free Foundation, a national charity pioneering and transforming medical research into disfigurement and lives in her London home with her four noisy children.

Anne Mensah
Head of drama, Sky

Anne Mensah was appointed Head of Drama for the entertainment channels in 2011. Over the past five years, Anne has led the growth of original drama on Sky including the critically acclaimed Enfield Haunting, Fortitude starring Michael Gambon, Stanley Tucci and Sophie Grabol as well as The Last Panthers and Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, starring James Nesbitt which is Sky 1’s highest rated original drama ever. Upcoming original dramas airing on Sky include Guerrilla, written, executive produced and directed by Academy award winner John Ridley, Tin Star starring Tim Roth and Christina Hendricks and Delicious, starring Dawn French.


Prior to joining Sky, Anne spent 10 years at the BBC where she was latterly Head of Independent Drama as well as Head of Drama for BBC Scotland. Whilst at the BBC, Anne commissioned and worked with the very best in British drama to produce an impressive array of hits across the BBC channels. This includes the multi award winning Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh; Waterloo Road; Case Histories starring Jason Issacs; Zen starring Rufus Sewell and God on Trial with Stephen Dillane, Dominic Cooper, Stellan Skarsgard and Sir Anthony Sher.

Anthony Geffen
CEO and Filmmaker , Atlantic Productions

Anthony Geffen is one of the world’s leading documentary filmmakers and a pioneer in virtual reality (VR). Leading the Atlantic Productions’ creative team, Anthony has won several international awards including multiple BAFTA and Emmy awards, and numerous awards at the Wildscreen and Jackson Hole Festivals.

Anthony’s diverse range of work includes 11 productions with David Attenborough, most recently the acclaimed BBC’s Great Barrier Reef series. Other series include the BBC’s Inside the Commons and the Secrets of Egypt series. Theatrical films include the Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, and IMAX films include Flying Monsters 3D.

Recent VR projects include museum experiences in London, Sydney and Canada for First Life and Great Barrier Reef Dive VR. Other VR projects include Inside the Human Body and Egypt VR.

Anthony has recently contributed to forums such as Google Zeitgeist, TedX and the Cannes Film Festival.
He is a fellow of St Cross College at Oxford University.

Antony Root
EVP of original programming and production, HBO Europe

Antony Root is Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Production at HBO Europe where he is responsible for all local original programming produced for the fifteen markets where the company provides a bouquet of premium TV channels. These include scripted drama, miniseries and documentaries.


A graduate of Cambridge University, Antony started his career in the theatre before joining the BBC where he worked on numerous drama series. From there he moved to the UK’s ITV and subsequently to Working Title Television, before being appointed Head of Drama at major UK producer Thames Television.


In 1996 Antony joined Granada Television as Head of Drama and in 1998 became the first Granada executive tasked with developing and producing drama programming for broadcasters outside the United Kingdom. As Head of International Drama he oversaw three movies for A&E in the United States, progressing to President of Granada Entertainment USA, based in Los Angeles.


In 2005 Antony returned to the UK to take up the position of Senior Vice President, European Production, for Sony Pictures Television, where he was responsible for all SPT\\\'s development and production in the European region including the management of its wholly owned and joint venture entities in six countries.


In 2010 and 2011 Antony served as Director of Industry Week at the RomaFictionFest before joining HBO Europe as Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Production.


Productions with which Antony has been associated as producer or executive producer have won BAFTA, Royal Television Society, Peabody and Banff awards as well as being nominated for Primetime Emmys and Golden Globes. Productions for HBO Europe have received multiple awards in their countries of origin including Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania.

Ben Stephenson
Head of TV division, Bad Robot

Ben Stephenson is an English television executive who recently joined Bad Robot as head of the TV division. Prior to joining the company, Ben served as Controller of Drama Commissioning at the BBC, where he ordered and oversaw more than 450 hours of drama a year, including Sherlock, Luther, Call The Midwife and The Fall.

Bill Gallagher
Screenwriter and director ,

Bill Gallagher was born on Tyneside. He has been a writer for thirty years and a producer since 2004. He is best known for Lark Rise to Candleford, Conviction and The Paradise. Bill has two children, and he’s a Bob Dylan nut.

Björn Stein
Director,

Cameron Roach
Commissioning editor, Sky

Cameron began his career at Sky’s subscriber contact centre in Livingston before working for their broadcasting team in Osterley. He then moved to ITV, where he worked as part of the launch team for ITV2.

He subsequently moved into script and series editing on long-running drama series such as Casualty, before landing his first producing job on Series 6 of the hit prison drama Bad Girls for Shed Productions. He went on to produce two series of Footballers\' Wives, and also developed and exec produced ITV2\'s first ever drama, Footballers\' Wives: Extra Time, which ran for two series.

In 2007 Cameron moved to Kudos Productions to produce the International EMMY award-winning second series of Life on Mars, and in 2009 produced BBC2\'s critically acclaimed Moses Jones. Other BBC credits include Silk, written by Peter Moffat and Young James Herriot.

In 2011 Cameron was asked to oversee the move of Waterloo Road from Rochdale to Glasgow; as Executive Producer he worked on fifty episodes of the show. Cameron has worked in development for Tiger Aspect Productions, Shed Productions and for BBC Productions.

In 2013, Cameron joined Sky Drama as Commissioning Editor, he acted as Head of Drama whilst Anne Mensah was on sabbatical and now works with Anne across the entire slate, focussing on the shows in production and in advanced development. Forthcoming titles include Britannia, Tin Star, Riviera and Jamestown.

Channing Dungey
President, ABC Entertainment

Channing Dungey was named president, ABC Entertainment, in February 2016. In this role she has oversight of all development, programming, marketing and scheduling operations for the ABC Television Network.

Previously Dungey was executive vice president, Drama Development, Movies & Miniseries, ABC Entertainment Group. In this position she oversaw the development and production of all drama pilots, movies & miniseries and the launch of new series for ABC Entertainment. Series Dungey developed and launched include “Scandal,” “Quantico,” “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “How to Get Away with Murder,” “American Crime,” “Once Upon A Time” and “Secrets and Lies". Prior she was senior vice president, Drama Development, ABC Entertainment Group, since June 2009.

Previously Dungey was vice president, Drama Development, ABC Studios. In that role she was responsible for the development and acquisition of drama programming for the studio. Her slate of programming included the award-winning and critically acclaimed ABC show “Private Practice,” CBS’s long-running drama “Criminal Minds,” the CW’s “Reaper” and Lifetime’s highest-rated series, “Army Wives.” Ms. Dungey joined ABC Studios in the summer of 2004.

Dungey began her successful career in entertainment as a development assistant for Davis Entertainment at 20th Century Fox. She then became story editor at Steamroller Productions, Steven Seagal’s Warner Bros-based company, where she worked on the development and production of films, including “Under Siege” and “On Deadly Ground.” Following her successful stint at Steamroller, she was offered a job at the studio and served for five years as a Warner Bros. production executive. There she helped develop and supervise a diverse range of commercially successful, critically acclaimed films, including “Bridges of Madison County,” “Heat,” “Twister,” “Devil’s Advocate,” “City of Angels,” “The Postman,” “Conspiracy Theory,” “Rosewood,” “Space Jam” and “Practical Magic.”

Eager for new challenges, Dungey left the executive suite in the spring of 1998 to become senior vice president at Material, a film production company with a first-look deal at Warner Bros., which was responsible for 2000’s “Red Planet,” starring Val Kilmer, as well as 2002’s remake of H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine,” starring Guy Pearce. After being named president in 2001, Ms. Dungey co-produced two films that were released in the spring of 2002: “Queen of the Damned,” adapted from the best-selling novel by Anne Rice, starring Stuart Townsend and Aaliyah, and “Showtime,” starring Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy and Rene Russo. The third film she co-produced, “The Big Bounce,” based on an Elmore Leonard novel, was directed by George Armitage and starred Owen Wilson and Morgan Freeman.

In January 2003, Dungey partnered with Pamela Post, a producer formerly with Team Todd, and formed Dexterity Pictures. The production partnership was focused on making both studio and independent films, as well as developing television series. In the summer of 2004, a TV pitch meeting Ms. Dungey took with an ABC executive resulted in an offer to join the drama team at ABC Studios, then known as Touchstone Television.

Dungey, who graduated magna cum laude from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, is a founding member of the Step Up Women’s Network, a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to strengthening community resources for women and girls. She also teaches a graduate level course on Developing the Drama Pilot at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television.

Chris Rice
Partner, WME

Chris is a partner of WME IMG and heads the Global TV team within WME and leads Entertainment sales globally within IMG. Chris works with the agency’s content creators, US and international networks as well as third party financiers to create advantageous ownership and distribution solutions for clients.

Chris packaged and led global sales on AMC/BBC's 12 Emmy-Nominated series THE NIGHT MANAGER starring clients Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston - sold in all territories globally through IMG. Other series that Chris has put together/sold or is launching include the HBO/Sky/Canal+ co-production THE YOUNG POPE starring client Jude Law, Netflix's first non-scripted original series CHEFS TABLE, the award-winning latest season of TOP OF THE LAKE starring Elisabeth Moss and Nicole Kidman, The BBCAmerica/Netflix original upcoming series of DIRK GENTLY starring Elijah Wood, the giant Sky/Amazon original series BRITANNIA launching in 2017 and THE GRAND TOUR - Amazon's new car series hosted by Clarkson, May & Hammond.

Prior to joining WME IMG, Chris was Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Cinnamon Entertainment. At Cinnamon, he oversaw the financing, production and distribution of series distributed in 165+ countries with investment of more than $50m including the Ironman television series with Marvel Entertainment. Chris has also acted as an advisor to multiple media and distribution businesses, including as part of the Investment team at Creative Capital Fund – a Venture Capital fund focused on media investments.

Christian Vesper
EVP and creative director of global drama, Fremantle Media

Danny Cohen
President, Access Entertainment

Danny Cohen is President of Access Entertainment - a division of Access Industries focused on investments across television, film, theatre and digital. His early investments include a film deal with House Productions and a play for Broadway. Danny will also be Executive Produce of the next JK Rowling Fantastic Beasts' movie. Prior to joining Access in May 2016, he was Director of BBC Television, where he led the BBC’s Television Networks and BBC Productions - Europe’s largest television production group with a staff of 3000. His role encompassed the greenlighting and production of all of the BBC's Drama, Comedy, Entertainment and Unscripted programmes. Danny also oversaw the BBC’s film label BBC Films and provided editorial leadership for the BBC’s digital platform, the iPlayer. He was a member of the Board of the BBC.

Previously, Danny was Controller of the BBC’s main network BBC One, BBC Three, E4 and Head of Documentaries for Channel 4. His commissions have included: Skins, The Inbetweeners, Call The Midwife, Happy Valley, JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, War and Peace, Blood Sweat and T-Shirts, Russell Howard's Good News, Supernanny, Our War, The Voice, Car Share and many others.

David Ripert
Head of Spaces EMEA, YouTube

Dermot Horan
Director of production and acquisitions, RTE

Dermot Horan is Acting Managing Director and Director of Production and Acquisitions at RTÉ, Ireland’s Public Service Broadcaster.
As such he sits on the RTÉ Executive Board representing Television and chairs the TV board of the Television Division.
In his acquisitions role he has secured for RTÉ Desperate Housewives, The Big Bang Theory, Homeland, CSI, and The Sopranos among others, most of which have played ahead of all other Irish and UK channels. The department is also responsible for the acquiring of Irish feature films, and international co-productions, and pre-buys including the likes of The Fall, My Mother and Other Strangers, Red Water and Dara and Ed’s Big Adventure.
He co-ordinates RTÉ's partnerships with outside bodies and represents the Television Division in its dealings with the BAI (Broadcast Authority of Ireland), SPI (Screen Producers Ireland) and The Irish Film Board. He is also a member of TBIG, the Television Broadcasters in Ireland Group, members of which include all the Irish Television broadcasters in Ireland, north and south. He is former chairman and currently a member of TIF Broadcasting and Content Distribution Industry of IBEC, the Irish employers’ federation. He is a board member of the St. Patrick’s Festival.
Dermot is married to Patricia and has three sons. His interests include history, travel, rugby, cricket and wine.

Eleonora Andreatta
Director, Rai Fiction

Eleonora Andreatta is the Director of Rai Fiction, the department of the Italian public broadcaster RAI in charge of producing and co-producing TV drama, animation, docudrama and web series, with a yearly output of some 500 hours.

After a degree in Italian Literature at Bologna University, she began her career in media world working for Academy Pictures, a movie distribution company.

She joined RAI in 1995, working as producer, then as responsible for Cinema and Drama programming in Rai1, and later as head of co-productions and TV series in Rai Fiction.

Since September 2012, Eleonora Andreatta is the Director of Rai Fiction, (Rai's Head of Drama), pursuing a policy of product innovation and differentiation. Along the successful production of prime-time domestic drama, where Rai is undisputed leader in Italy, she opened new production lines of series for younger viewers, web series, and high profile projects for an international audience.

Eric Schrier
President of Original Programming, FX

Eric Schrier is President of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions, overseeing all original programming for FX, FXX and FXM, and is head of business and entertainment operations for FX Productions.


Schrier joined FX in 2000 as an assistant to then President of Entertainment Kevin Reilly, and has been on the fast track ever since. Since being named President of Original Programming in June 2013, Schrier has developed The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, the Emmy® and Golden Globe® winning limited series Fargo and American Horror Story, and the upcoming limited series Trust and Feud; the critically-acclaimed drama series The Americans, The Strain, Tyrant and The Bastard Executioner, and the upcoming drama series Taboo and Legion; and the comedy series You’re the Worst, Married, Man Seeking Woman, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll and Baskets, and the upcoming comedy series Better Things and Atlanta.


Prior to that, Schrier served as Executive Vice President, FX Productions, and Head of Series Development, during which he developed the critically-acclaimed drama series The Americans and The Bridge. In June 2008 he was named Senior Vice President, Series Development, FX Networks, and Executive Vice President, FX Productions, and was instrumental in developing the Emmy® winning Justified, the drama series Sons of Anarchy and Terriers, as well as overseeing FX’s growth in comedy with the Emmy® winning Louie, and the comedies Archer and The League.


Schrier helped develop the Golden Globe® winning drama series Damages and the comedy Wilfred after being named Senior Vice President, Original Programming in December 2005. Prior to that, as Vice President, Current Programming and Alternative Development, he developed the acclaimed comedy series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and 30 Days.


In July of 2001, he was promoted to Manager of Current Series, and a year later became Director of Current Series. During this period, he helped develop the Emmy® and Golden Globe® winning dramas The Shield and Nip/Tuck and the Emmy® winning drama Rescue Me.


Schrier also played an integral role in the growth of FX Productions, managing day-to-day operations for the studio since its formation. In addition to managing the studio’s interest in foreign sales, home entertainment, syndication and new media opportunities, he initiated product merchandise for all FX original series under the FX Productions banner. He was a key player in the inception and launch of FX Canada, the joint venture network of FX Networks and Rogers Media.


Schrier began his career as an assistant at CAA and then Brillstein-Grey Entertainment before landing at FX. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, where he currently teaches a graduate-level course on the worldwide business of television.

George Strompolos
Founder and CEO , Fullscreen Media

George Strompolos is an entrepreneur and digital media pioneer. He is the founder and CEO of Fullscreen Media, a global leader in social-first entertainment experiences serving creators, brands and consumers. The company is comprised of multiple divisions, including the world\'s largest network of online content creators, a talent management group, two award-winning production studios, a live events and touring business, a consumer products group, two premium subscription video-on-demand services and an in-house social media agency.


Prior to founding Fullscreen Media in 2011, George worked at Google where he co-created the YouTube Partnership Program, enabling people around the world to generate revenue by creating original YouTube videos, and thus giving rise to a new generation of creative voices and stars. For this work, George was named to Google's patent for the monetization of user-generated video. He has been recognized among industry leaders with honors such as AdAge's 2013 40 Under 40 and The Hollywood Reporter\'s 2014 Silicon Beach Power 25 and 2016\'s Digital Power 50.


George\'s commitment to empowering content creators extends beyond the commercial sphere. Through his involvement in the LA Promise Fund, George helps ensure that arts education continues to be supported in LA public schools.


George graduated with degrees in mass communications and business administration at the University of California, Berkeley. He currently lives in Los Angeles and enjoys live music, cooking, and spending time with curious people IRL.

Henry Stuart
Co-founder and CEO, Visualise

Henry Stuart is the co-founder and CEO of Visualise, an award-winning virtual reality production studio founded in 2012.


A pioneer in the VR industry since 2006, Henry is regularly invited to speak at international events and is a regular contributor for national newspapers, TV, advertising, marketing and trade journals. He has also been listed as one of BIMA’s Hot 100 for 2015 and 2016.


Over the past four years, Visualise has produced over 60 VR experiences for clients on every continent in the world including Thomas Cook, BBC, Vodafone Foundation, Audi, Oakley, Samsung, Wimbledon, Doctors without Borders, Sony, O2 and many more.


Prior to founding Visualise, Henry was selected to be the world’s first dedicated producer of immersive content for the Olympic Games; London 2012 and Sochi 2014. Visualise is also producing content for Rio in 2016.

Jakob Mejlhede Andersen
EVP, group head of programming, MTG

Jakob was appointed as Executive Vice President of Programming and Content Development in March 2015 with responsibility for content acquisition, programming and development for MTG’s Nordic on and offline pay-TV businesses, and group-wide online free-TV businesses. The role also includes format sourcing and co-productions.

He joined MTG in 2005 and became Senior Vice President of Acquisitions & Programming in 2009. He also became Chief Content Officer of the Group’s digital accelerator MTGx in 2014. Jakob previously worked as Programme Director for SBS TV in Denmark and as Executive Producer for TV2 Denmark. Jakob has a journalism degree from the Danish School of Media and Journalism.

James Milward
Founder and executive producer, Secret Location

James Milward is the founder of two time Emmy® Award-winning Secret Location, a content studio for emerging platforms.

As Executive Producer at Secret Location, James has built numerous award-winning, large-scale digital entertainment and brand projects. In just eight short years, he has taken Secret Location from a small boutique to a bustling creative and production studio with a staff of 60 full-time with offices in both Toronto and LA. In August, 2016 it was announced that Secret Location had been acquired by Entertainment One (eOne), one of the largest independent studios in the world.

Under his watch, Secret Location became the first to win a Primetime Emmy® for a Virtual Reality project (2015), with Fox and the TV show Sleepy Hollow. With over 100 other awards, including 3 Webby’s, A Peabody Future of Media Award, 13 Canadian Screen Awards and a Cannes Lion, James has secured a place for the company as one of the top digital entertainment shops in the world, and a key asset in the eOne empire.

James is a regular speaker at international conferences around the world including: Digital Hollywood, MIPCOM, SXSW Interactive, IAB Mixx. The Banff World Television Festival, Realscreen, nextMEDIA. He also serves on the digital advisory board of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, Strategy Magazine’s AToMiC Summit, and nextMEDIA.

He has a degree in Economics from Bishop’s University and a postgraduate degree in Interactive Art and Entertainment from the New Media Lab at the Canadian Film Centre. James worked extensively in TV commercial production and documentary film, prior to defecting to the dark arts of interactive.

Jane Featherstone
Chief executive, Sister Pictures

Jane Featherstone is the Chief Executive of Sister Pictures, the new independent scripted company she founded in January 2016. Prior to that Jane was the Chief Executive of Kudos and Co-Chairman of Shine UK. Whilst at Kudos Jane developed and executive produced some of the most innovative and ground-breaking dramas in the UK, including the multi award-winning BBC1 hit Spooks; era-defining Emmy-winning Life on Mars, and its sequel Ashes to Ashes (BBC1), Dennis Kelly’s critically acclaimed and Emmy-winning Utopia (C4), The Tunnel (Sky Atlantic/Canal Plus) and The Smoke (Sky 1). Most recently she has executive produced River by Abi Morgan for BBC1/Netflix, Humans for C4/AMC by Sam Vincent and Jon Brackley and Flowers by Will Sharpe for C4/ Seeso as well as the Spooks movie, The Greater Good.

Jane also executive produced the highly successful and multi BAFTA and RTS winning Broadchurch, written and created by Chris Chibnall and she will continue this role on the third and final series which will be co-produced with Sister Pictures.

Other credits include an impressive range of shows - Mayday (BBC1) and series 1 and 2 of the Golden Globe-nominated and Emmy-winning The Hour (BBC2), Hustle (BBC1), The Fixer (ITV1) and Tsunami: The Aftermath for HBO and BBC2.

Prior to joining Kudos, Jane produced the first two series of Paul Abbot’s award-winning ITV thriller Touching Evil, followed by BAFTA-nominated BBC2 film Sex ‘n’ Death and she also served at Hat Trick Productions where she worked on landmark comedy shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway? Have I Got News For You and Drop The Dead Donkey.

She was made a Fellow of the RTS in 2011 and in 2007 received the Best Contribution to the Medium Award at the Women in Film and TV awards.

Jane Tranter
Founder, Bad Wolf

In 2000 Jane was appointed the BBC’s first Controller of Drama Commissioning, leading the team credited with modernising and reinventing the BBC’s drama output with pieces ranging from Spooks to Bleak House, The Lost Prince to State of Play and the revival of Doctor Who. In 2006 she was made Controller of Fiction, adding BBC Films, Programme Acquisition and Comedy commissioning to her responsibilities. In 2009 she received BAFTA’s Special Award in recognition of her outstanding creative contribution to the television industry.
From 2009 - 2015 Jane was based in America where she headed BBC Worldwide’s Los Angeles production arm, with a remit to reformat BBC IP for US television. In 2012 she launched Adjacent Productions, a label to develop and produce original American programming. Whilst there Jane produced over 800 hours of scripted and unscripted television including Dancing with the Stars, Top Gear US, Life Below Zero, Da Vinci’s Demons, Getting On and Steven Zaillian’s The Night Of for HBO.
In August 2015 Jane partnered with long-time collaborator Julie Gardner to start Bad Wolf – an independent production company based in South Wales and Los Angeles – to make high-end film and television drama for global audiences.
Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials is the first commission for Bad Wolf, adapted by Jack Thorne, and will be co-produced with New Line Cinema, and filmed in Wales for BBC One. High profile developments already announced by the company include Deborah Harkness’ A Discovery of Witches, Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord and an overall deal with HBO.

Joel Stillerman
President, original programming and development, AMC and SundanceTV

As president of original programming and development for AMC and SundanceTV, Joel Stillerman oversees every aspect of content creation for both networks. He joined AMC Networks in 2008 as executive vice president of original programming, production and digital content for AMC and was promoted to president last year.

Stillerman has overseen some of the most iconic and acclaimed shows on television during his tenure at AMC, which reigns as the only cable network in history ever to win the Emmy® Award for Outstanding Drama Series four years in a row with Mad Men, and six of the last eight with back-to-back honoree Breaking Bad. The latter series was also a four-time winner for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Bryan Cranston, three-time winner for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Aaron Paul and two-time winner for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Anna Gunn. Additionally, Stillerman oversees The Walking Dead, the number one show on television among adults 18-49 for the last four years and the highest-rated drama series in basic cable history, and Fear the Walking Dead, Better Call Saul and Into the Badlands, which each premiered in 2015 and rank as the top 3 highest-rated freshmen seasons of any series in cable history among adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 in live+3 viewing.

Stillerman has spearheaded an aggressive development slate for AMC’s original programming, including Hell on Wheels, Halt and Catch Fire, TURN: Washington's Spies, Humans, Into the Badlands, The Making of The Mob, The Night Manager, based on the John le Carré novel; the drama Feed the Beast; Preacher, based on the popular comic book franchise; and the forthcoming The Son, based on the Philipp Meyer novel that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and an anthology series The Terror.

Stillerman also helped lead SundanceTV to an impressive year in 2015, when the network earned the distinction of being the fastest-growing entertainment network among its target audience of adults 25-54 for the year. SundanceTV’s 2016 slate of scripted dramas includes season four of Peabody Award-winning Rectify; Hap and Leonard, based on the Joe Lansdale novels; The Last Panthers, a co-production with Sky Atlantic and CANAL+; Cleverman from Australia co-produced with Red Arrow International; Rebellion, an Irish mini-series co-produced with Zodiak Rights, Touchpaper TV and RTÉ; and family drama series The A-Word, co-produced with Keshet International, Fifty Fathoms, Keshet UK and BBC One.

A seasoned content executive, Stillerman joined AMC with more than 20 years of experience developing, producing and writing for film and television. He joined AMC from Yolo Films, an independent film and television production company, which he founded in 2003 and where he served as chairman. At Yolo, Stillerman produced content for networks such as HBO, MTV and VH1, including the HBO movie Sometimes in April, which was named an AFI Top 10 Television Program in 2005. Prior to Yolo Films, Stillerman was the top content executive at Walden Media, where he served as executive vice president of development and production. During his tenure at Walden Media, he spearheaded the company’s mission to build a brand around young adult literature, supervising the acquisition and development of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Holes. In 1995, Stillerman co-founded Spanky Pictures with Ted Demme. As co-chairs, he and Demme oversaw all aspects of the company’s operations, including acquiring, developing and producing both film and television projects, including the features Blow and Rounders, as well as the Emmy®-winning HBO movie A Lesson Before Dying, which also earned a Peabody Award, Humanitas Prize and National Board of Review Award. Earlier in his career, Stillerman was vice president of production and executive producer at MTV Networks, where he oversaw the majority of original production for the channel, including the Peabody Award-winning MTV Unplugged franchise and MTV Choose or Lose Telethon, as well as MTV’s Video Music Awards.

Josefine Tengblad
Head of drama, TV4

Josefine Tengblad is Head of Drama at TV4/C More, one of the leading providers of drama in the Nordic Region. Josefine commissioned the series Modus, which was a big success nationwide as well as internationally. She also produced and acted in the feature film Kyss Mig.

Kari Skogland
Writer, director, producer,

Kari was named by Hollywood Reporter as one of its “Ten Directors to Watch” for her debut as writer-director of Liberty Stands Still (Wesley Snipes, Linda Fiorentino - Lionsgate).

Kari’s career began in Canada by directing award winning commercials and music videos. She then moved into television where she was the lead director on the enormously successful and multi-award winning series Traders (nominated for 9 Geminis including Best Director and won Best Series). White Lies, a movie for CBC, was nominated for several Geminis and an International Emmy and won a Tout Ecran. Her films The Size of Watermelons starring Donal Logue and Paul Rudd, Men With Guns, have all screened and won awards at major festivals internationally. Kari was also nominated a for a DGC best director and a Gemini for her work on The 11th Hour -CTV and for her film Chicks With Sticks and won the DGC Best Director for the mini-series Terminal City. Kari was honored at the BIRKS- TELEFILM 2015 Diamond Tribute to Women in Film.

Most recently Kari just directed the pilot for Britannia (Sky) and Sons of Liberty, a 6 part event mini series: for A&E/History (and is presently nominated for DGC best director) and directed (and add’l writer – uncredited) all six parts. Kari Won both a CSA and DGC Award for Best Director for Vikings. She won DGC”s Best Drama Series for her work on Borgia’s and won Best Director for the an mini series Terminal City. Kari\'s TV pilot (SHOWRUNNER) Shattered (Global) was nominated for 3 Gemini’s including best Director and she was then nommed for a CSA for best director on The Listener. Her other recent Television work includes The Borgia’s (Showtime) Boardwalk Empire (HBO), The Killing (AMC) Under the Dome (CBS) Vikings (MGM/History) Power – starring 50Cent (Starz) Penny Dreadful (Showtime) Tyrant (Fox) Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) The Walking Dead (AMC) Bastard Executioner (FX) The House of Cards (Netflix)

As Writer, Director, Producer, Kari’s most recent film Fifty Dead Men Walking (starring Sir Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess), premiered at a Gala at the Toronto International Film Festival, named one of the Top Ten, Won the Vancouver Film Festival top prize and DGC Best Director and a Genie for Best Adapted screenplay. The film was nominated for 7 Genie awards (won 2) and was nominated for a Spirit Award. Kari’s previous film (also as director, writer, producer), an adaptation of the best selling book The Stone Angel, starring Ellen Burstyn, Ellen Page, (Vivendi) premiered at the Toronto Film Festival– Kari was nominated for DGC Best Director/Best Film and several Genies including Best Actress and WGC for Best Screenplay, it won a Genie for Best Music.

Katrina Neylon
EVP of international sales and marketing, STUDIOCANAL

Katrina Neylon joined STUDIOCANAL in May 2015 as EVP of International Sales and Marketing with a remit to develop and drive the global sales strategy for STUDIOCANAL’s extensive TV production slate. Negotiating, co-ordinating and driving through worldwide deals across all platforms, Katrina has successfully built and leads the company’s television sales teams across multiple territories.

Previously SVP of Sales EMEA at Shine International, Katrina was responsible for the management of the EMEA sales teams. Under her leadership, peers voted Shine International “No. 1 Distributor” in the Broadcast Distributor’s Survey for two consecutive years.

Katrina has also held sales and management roles at Disney ABC International Television and Twentieth Century Fox International Television.

Katrine Vogelsang
Director of the fiction department, TV 2

Katrine initially began her career in the film and television industry as a production assistant on \'Taxi\' and later \'Unit One\'. In 2005 she graduated as a producer from The Danish Film School. She then worked at DR (the Danish Broadcasting Corporation) as a producer, where she made her debut as a producer on \'The Secret of Absalon\'. Katrine has been fiction director at TV 2 since 2011, where she has spearheaded the development of series like \'Rita\', \'Dicte\' and \'The Seaside Hotel\'. Moreover, she has produced a number of family Christmas calendars, most recently \'The Wish\'. In the past two years, TV 2 has produced an increasing amount of fictional shows because of its increased success in securing external funding of television series, as well as funding for film projects, of which Katrine is in charge. The Jussi Adler-films, \'Klown\' and \'The Day Will Come\' are among the latest projects.

Besides the fiction director, the TV 2 fiction department consists of three executive producers and one producer.

Kay Benbow
Controller, Cbeebies

Kay was appointed Controller of CBeebies in May 2010 and is responsible for commissioning content for the under-six demographic across all platforms – TV, Apps, online, mobile and radio. Kay has over 20 years of experience in children’s programming, primarily at the BBC, but also in the independent sector.
Under Kay's leadership, CBeebies has evolved into a multi-genre, multi-platform offering and remains the UK's most popular channel for the under sixes. This success has been recognised by BAFTA with CBeebies named Childrens Channel of the Year three times since 2011. Over 2 million children watch the channel each week, and requests for CBeebies titles on the iPlayer and iPlayer Kids continue to increase. 2013 also saw the launch of the first CBeebies App, Playtime, which was an instant success with over 1 million downloads in the first two months. This was followed by the CBeebies Storytime App in 2014 – inspiring a love of reading in our youngest viewers. A third App is in production. Our audience are able to engage with their favourite CBeebies characters and content wherever and whenever they want - on their mobile device of choice and on the CBeebies You Tube channel.
CBeebies remains the only pre-school channel committed to original British factual and live action shows for pre-schoolers, reflecting their lives and those of their families and communities. Dramas, featuring children in the lead roles have brought a new genre to CBeebies, something Kay has worked towards for some years. Dramas – Katie Morag and Topsy & Tim and observational documentaries Our Family and Time for School have achieved excellent ratings (outperforming slot averages) and wide critical acclaim.
CBeebies continues to add new, distinctive shows to its portfolio and increase the number of female role models in both live action and animation - something else Kay has been championing for some time and will continue to do! Current hits include Bing, Melody (inspiring a love of classical music, with special relevance to our visually impaired audience), Swashbuckle, Go Jetters, Jamillah and Aladdin, Twirlywoos and Magic Hands (signed poetry for deaf children – inclusive and accessible to all). Event programming is now a feature throughout the year with the annual CBeebies Christmas Show, CBeebies Stargazing, a ballet each Easter (made in partnership with Northern Ballet), the first CBeebies Prom in 2014, with another this August and the highlights of 2016 – Tim Peake reading the Bedtime Story from space and A Midsummer Night's Dream, which received widespread acclaim.
Kay remains passionate about providing the very best content for the BBC's youngest audience by working with in house production, independent producers and international partners. Kay studied Theology at Oxford University, is married with two teenage sons and a proud Arsenal supporter!

Kelly Day
Chief digital officer, AwesomenessTV

Kelly Day is the Chief Digital Officer of AwesomenessTV, the leading multi-platform media companyserving the global Gen Z audience. Day joined in February 2014. Prior to her current position, Day served as CEO of venture-backed Blip Networks, leading the company’s evolution from an online video platform for independent producers to a multi-platform media company. At Blip, she forged numerous strategic partnerships with top Hollywood and independent studios, and digital distributors such as YouTube, AOL and Yahoo. She led the development of a new suite of mobile, tablet and OTT apps for iOS, Android, Kindle, Xbox and Roku, establishing Blip as the go-to digital network for quality creators. In 2013, she sold Blip to Maker Studios, one of the top YouTube Multichannel Networks.


Day’s expertise in digital media and commerce makes her a sought-after speaker and commentator on the future of television, the evolution of online business models, and the disruption of traditional businesses through emerging technology. She has spoken at numerous industry events, including CES and Digital Hollywood, and is frequently interviewed by major media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg TV, Ad Age and Variety.


Before Blip, Day led the Digital Media and Commerce businesses for Discovery Communications, including the company’s sixteen U.S. websites, E-Commerce Operations, Licensing, and Home Entertainment. Day was responsible for developing and executing long-term strategies to drive the growth of these businesses through innovative offerings that leveraged the company\\\'s television and digital assets to grow digital audience and user engagement, and increase product sales. While leading this business, Day was credited with delivering record-breaking growth and bottom-line value for the division.


Prior to joining Discovery, Day served as Vice President of E-Commerce at The Knot, the leading wedding media company, where she spearheaded their e-commerce business and developed partnerships with major retailers, such as Target and Macy’s. Prior to that, she held a variety of E-Commerce positions at AOL, most recently as Executive Director of AOL Shopping, with responsibility for developing new products and platforms at a time when online shopping was becoming a powerful disruptive force in the retail industry.

Kenton Allen
CEO, Big Talk Productions

Kenton Allen is CEO of Big Talk Productions. He is a multi award-winning producer who holds the record for the most individual awards for the Situation Comedy in the history of BAFTA, with multiple wins for “Rev.”, “The Royle Family” and “Him & Her”.

Other notable credits include the Oscar-winning film “Six Shooter”, the comedy series “A Young Doctor’s Notebook”, Brotherhood”, “Cockroaches”, ‘Crashing”, “Free Agents” (US series), “Friday Night Dinner”, “Give Out Girls”, “Mr. Sloane”, “The Job Lot” and drama series “The Town”, “Youngers” and “Our Zoo”.

Kenton is the Executive Producer on all series that Big Talk is producing this year including: “Mum”, “Friday Night Dinner, 4”, “Raised by Wolves, S2” and the return of “Cold Feet”, plus 3 pilots: “Back”, ‘”Timewasters” and “We The Jury” for Channel 4, ITV and BBC.

Kenton has led the dynamic growth of Big Talk Productions over the past 8 years, including BBCW’s investment in Big Talk in 2008, culminating in the sale of Big Talk to ITV Studios in 2013.

He is now leading the company’s strategic growth into internationally co-produced drama and original programming for North America, where Big Talk has a number of original and changed format comedy and drama projects in development with the major US cable and broadcast networks. Most notably the ITV Encore commission “Houdini & Doyle’, a new 10-part supernatural crime drama which is being produced by Big Talk and it’s co-producing Canadian partner Shaftesbury Films in association with David Shore’s Shore Z. The series premiered in the UK in 2016 and will be followed by simultaneous releases in the US on Fox Network and in Canada on Global. Sony is the International Distributor.

Liam Keelan
Director of scripted content, BBC Worldwide

Liam is the Director of Scripted at BBC Worldwide. He leads the team responsible for securing and developing drama, comedy and children’s content from BBC Television, UK and overseas indies, BBC Worldwide Productions and original commissions.

War and Peace, Doctor Who, Luther, Ripper Street and Sherlock are just some of the dramas Liam oversees investment into with content partners in the UK. Liam is also responsible for leading BBC Worldwide’s scripted coproduction activities and opportunities as well as directing investment into international productions for BBC Worldwide with recent series including Undercover and Top of the Lake.

Liam Keelan was previously Global Editorial Director for BBC Worldwide and was responsible for developing a strong editorial and creative vision across Worldwide’s entire global channels and branded services portfolio.

Prior to this, Liam was Controller, BBC Daytime from February 2008. Under Liam\\\'s tenure, the schedule was revamped, with an emphasis on drama, consumer/current affairs and event-led programming. His commissions included factual events with drama tie-ins such as The Week We Went To War and Land Girls. Other highlights included the Jimmy McGovern drama Moving On, quiz show Pointless, and Father Brown.

Before this, Liam held positions as Controller for Daytime at ITV, Head of Scheduling and Planning for BBC One and Two and Channel Editor at UKTV.

Liza Marshall
Joint managing director, Archery Pictures

Liza Marshall is joint Managing Director of new company Archery Pictures. She is currently in production on Riviera, a ten part show for Sky Atlantic, created by Neil Jordan and starring Julia Stiles. She is also shooting Crossing the Border, a four part drama about Islamic State, written and directed by Peter Kosminsky for Channel 4/Nat Geo.

Marshall previously ran Scott Free London for Ridley Scott. During her four years there, she produced film projects including Before I Go To Sleep starring Nicole Kidman, Welcome to the Punch starring James McAvoy and family film Get Santa starring Jim Broadbent and Rafe Spall. She also created the ground breaking film Life in A Day with Youtube and Kevin Macdonald, which led to Japan in Day, Italy in a Day and Springsteen and I.

Marshall’s television projects while there include BBC2’s Britain in a Day, and the upcoming Taboo for BBC1 starring Tom Hardy.

Prior to Scott Free, Marshall was the Head of Drama at Channel 4 for five years and commissioned and executive produced a raft of critically acclaimed and award winning projects including The Red Riding Trilogy, The Devil’s Whore, Britz, The Promise, Death of a President, Any Human Heart, Boy A, Mo and Misfits to name but a few. She was previously a producer at BBC Drama for seven years and made award winning shows such as Joe Penhall’s The Long Firm and Billy Ivory’s The Sins, and Prix Europa winner Eroica.

Marco Chimenz
President, Cattleya

Marco Chimenz is the President of Cattleya, Italy’s main independent film and television producer.
He is actively involved in the company’s strategic and main creative decisions. His principal focus is on developing international relations and activities for both film and television.
Cattleya has produced over 60 feature films and a dozen tv series, including the recent Gomorrah.
Marco Chimenz is also the President of the European Producers Club, an association of influential independent film producers from fifteen countries across Europe.

Marisa Clifford
Co-founder and CEO , Pulse Films

As co-founder and CEO of Pulse Films (UK and Europe), Marisa Clifford has been instrumental in growing the company from its inception into a multi-award-winning global media company and studio for the modern day. Since forming Pulse Films with Thomas Benski in 2005, she has overseen production of all of the company's award-winning film, television, music, advertising and digital content.

Clifford has been pivotal in positioning Pulse as a creative force and has played a vital role in building the company’s roster of top-tier directing talent. She has worked with a host of market-leading agencies, brands and partners. Her innovative direction has been key to the company's global expansion, leading to new offices in Paris, Los Angeles, New York and Berlin.

Pulse has both been nominated for and won a host of leading industry awards including Grammys, BAFTAs, Sundance, MTV Music Video Awards and D&ADs – across all of its business disciplines. The company was also recognized as one of the fastest growing creative studios in 2012, and also won the Outstanding Achievement Award in the same year for the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 programme. Fast Company also named Pulse the 4th Most Innovative Global Company in Music in 2013 – just behind YouTube and Spotify.

Clifford is an active member of a number of industry organisations, including Women in Film and Television, Action for Children, and the APA Council.

Moritz Polter
Executive producer international television series, Bavaria Fernsehproduktion

Graduating in 2001 with honors in Business Joint Media and Film Studies from King Alfred’s College, Winchester, England, Moritz Polter began his career in 1998 as 1st AD on more than 40 television shows including theater and cabaret productions, as well as jazz recordings.

He was Production Supervisor on the worldwide hit limited series, The Pillars of the Earth with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions and starring Eddie Redmaye, Hayley Atwell and Donald Sutherland for Starz and Sat1.

Polter produced Impact, a four-hour miniseries for Sat1 and ABC, The Lost Future, starring Sean Bean and Sam Claflin and directed by Mikael Salomon for RTL and SyFy, Treasure Guards starring Anna Friel, Labyrinth, a four-hour miniseries based on the worldwide bestselling novel by Kate Mosse and adapted for the screen by Adrian Hodges. The miniseries stars John Hurt and Jessica Brown Findlay, and was also made with Scott Free’s Ridley Scott and Liza Marshall.

From 2012-2014, he produced Crossing Lines, Seasons 1 and 2 for writer Ed Bernero. The series stars include William Fichtner, Donald Sutherland and Carrie-Anne Moss and aired on NBC, TF1, AXN, Sat1, Netflix.

In 2014, he was promoted to Vice President, Production. In the same year Polter produced the new, critically acclaimed series, Spotless, starring Denis Ménochet and Brendan Coyle, written by Ed McCardie.

In 2015, he produced the third season of Crossing Lines, starring Goran Visnjic for show runner Frank Spotnitz.

In 2016, he joint Bavaria Fernsehproduktion as Executive Producer International Television Series.

Måns Mårlind
Writer,

Midnight Sun is written by Måns Mårlind, who also created and directed the high-concept thriller series with Björn Stein.

The Bridge is among the internationally critically acclaimed television series created and written by Mårlind. As a director, he has also worked on high profile film projects such as 6 Souls, starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Underworld Awakening, starring Kate Beckinsale.

Mårlind studied Directing at the American Film Institute, Los Angeles.

Olivier Bibas
Executive producer/ co-managing director, Atlantique Productions

Olivier Bibas is an executive producer and Co-Managing Director of ATLANTIQUE PRODUCTIONS which is a subsidiary of Lagardère Studios.

Since 2011, he has been overseeing the development and production of numerous international TV series, including Midnight Sun (Canal+/ SVT - 8 episodes), Borgia (Canal+/ZDF - 3 seasons, 38 episodes), Jo (TF1/SAT1 – 8 episodes) and Transporter – The Series (M6/HBO Canada/TNT - 2 seasons, 24 episodes).

He joined the Lagardère Group in 2004 as Deputy Managing Director of the international TV department before moving to the position of Secretary General of the TV channels and Production division.

He started his career at CANAL+ in 1995 where he held various positions in Business affair and development for the Premium Pay TV channel and its cable channels/digital affiliates in different countries (France, Germany, India and Italy).

Pascal Breton
Founder and CEO, Federation Entertainment

In 1990, Pascal created his own production company, Marathon, in association with Olivier Brémond. Beginning in 2006 after Olivier Brémond’s departure from the company, Pascal Breton served as president of Marathon Group where, among others, he produced Babar, St Tropez, and more. In the 18 years since the creation of Marathon in 1990, Pascal Breton was able to build the company into the most ‘international’ of French production companies - and also the most profitable, when the company was sold to De Agostini, united with Zodiak In 2008. After his 5-year contract with Zodiak ended in early 2013, Pascal Breton launched Federation Entertainment.

Philipp Steffens
Head of Fiction , RTL Television

Philipp Steffens has been Head of Fiction at RTL Television since March 2014 and is responsible for productions including "Starfighter", "Der Lehrer", "Duell der Brüder" and the series "Deutschland 83", which won a Grimme Award in 2016. Immediately following his graduation from the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in 2006, Steffens started his own production company (greenskyFILMS) with several fellow students, with which he also produced the international co-production "8" with renowned directors such as Gus Van Sant, Jane Campion, Wim Wenders and many others. The film won the "Cinema for Peace Award" in 2009 and was shown at festivals around the world. This was followed by the successful television series "Der letzte Bulle" (The last cop), which won both the Bavarian Television Award in 2011 and the German Television Award in 2012, and was successfully adapted in France, Russia and Japan. Steffens then started another company (Twenty Four 9 Films) and produced international cinema co-productions and series including the TNT production "Weinberg", for which he received a Grimme Award in 2016.

Piv Bernth
Head of drama, DR

Piv Bernth was appointed Head of Drama at DR Fiction in 2012. She joined DR as a director in 1986 and has worked as a producer since 1998. As well as producing the internationally acclaimed The Killing I-III, she was the executive producer on The Bridge produced by Nimbus Film for DR and produced the iEmmy award winning series Nikolaj and Julie. Latest productions at DR Fiction have included Borgen I-III, The Legacy and Follow the Money.

Piv has a Bachelor’s degree from University of Copenhagen and trained in both Stockholm and London as a director at The Royal National Theatre. She started her career as a stage director in 1981 and has since then directed plays, musicals and theatrical revues at theatres in both Denmark and Sweden. Piv was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark in Copenhagen on August, 2015 and has picked up awards including the international Emmy for Nikolaj and Julie 2003, The Golden Nymph in Monte Carlo for the production of The Killing II 2010, a BAFTA for The Killing I 2011 and three iEmmy nominations for The Killing I and II 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Ran Telem
Head of content, Inception VR

VR is not simply an extension of TV or film, it is a whole new medium and requires thoughtful development and a new way of looking at the world. After spending years developing TV content, Ran Telem’s Head of Content role at Inception is allowing him to start developing not just new content, but a whole new language of content creation specifically for VR.
In the past, Ran Telem has played a pivotal role in shaping and pioneering Israeli TV landscape, both in terms of importing stand-out international properties and exporting its domestic content to other parts of the world.
Ran is credited with overseeing some of the most impactful television series in Israel in recent times, most notably, Prisoners of War which became the Emmy® and Golden Globe® triumph Homeland for which Telem was personally awarded an Emmy for his role as executive producer.
Having served as Keshet's VP Programing since 2007, and promoted to SVP Content in 2014, He was in charge of all Keshet shows on air, including format acquisitions and development for both local and international audiences.

Rebecca Eaton
Executive producer, MASTERPIECE

Rebecca Eaton took the helm of the PBS series MASTERPIECE THEATRE and MYSTERY! in 1985, and in 2008, oversaw a highly successfully relaunch of MASTERPIECE which attracted a new generation of viewers. She has brought American audiences Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, the recent hits Sherlock, Poldark and Downton Abbey — the most-watched drama in PBS history — as well as such high-profile titles as Mr Selfridge, Endeavour, Wallander, Prime Suspect, Cranford, Little Dorrit, Inspector Lewis, and The Complete Jane Austen. Under her leadership, MASTERPIECE has won 58 Primetime Emmy Awards®, 16 Peabody Awards, six Golden Globes®, and two Academy Award® nominations. In 2011, Eaton was named one of TIME's 100 most influential people. Her distinguished career has earned her the official recognition of Queen Elizabeth II—with an honorary OBE (Officer, Order of the British Empire). A graduate of Vassar College, Eaton began her career at the BBC World Service, then moved on to PBS station WGBH Boston where she produced programs ranging from business to sports to dance to drama before becoming Executive Producer of MASTERPIECE. Eaton's memoir, MAKING MASTERPIECE: 25 Years Behind the Scenes at Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! on PBS, was published by Viking in 2013.

Rola Bauer
CEO/Partner, TANDEM Productions & Managing Director, STUDIOCANAL TV,

In her expanded role as STUDIOCANAL executive, Rola Bauer is responsible for leading the television activities for the studio’s production and partnership companies’ scripted formats, and the global co-productions, as well as for the U.S. market.
STUDIOCANAL provides a full studio service, including international co-production strategy, business affairs, finance and worldwide sales.

Most recently, Rola Bauer teamed up with Urban Myth Films to secure Netflix as a co-producer for the new E4 comedy drama series Crazyhead. Rola also worked with RED Production Company to find an anchor network for Quatermass in the U.S. and has since secured a development deal with BBC America. As well, Rola has brought Netflix on board as a co-producer alongside ITV on RED Production Company's new drama series Paranoid. Additionally Rola has brought on two European Network partners to develop TANDEM Productions's new procedural series Take Two.

Overview STUDIOCANAL’s production companies (expanded to 7 production companies this year):
STUDIOCANAL is actively developing and distributing high-end TV series through its network of award-winning subsidiary production companies including Tandem Productions in Germany (Crossing Lines, Spotless) and the UK's RED Production Company (The Five, Happy Valley). STUDIOCANAL is partnered with SAM Productions, a Danish company founded by Søren Sveistrup (The Killing), Adam Price (Borgen), and Meta Louise Foldager (A Royal Affair). The UK based GUILTY PARTY PICTURES, an associate partner of STUDIOCANAL, is run by the producer Spencer Millman, (Harry Hill's TV Burp), and the actors and writers Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners) and Jonny Sweet (Chickens). FINAL TWIST is an independent production company launched by the international bestselling author Harlan Coben in partnership with RED's Nicola Shindler. Most recently, STUDIOCANAL announced investments in Benedict Cumberbatch's UK production company, SUNNYMARCH TV, the Madrid-based BAMBÚ PRODUCCIONES (Grand Hotel, Velvet), and the UK's URBAN MYTH FILMS, founded by Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy (Merlin) and Howard Overman (Misfits).

Simon Maxwell
Head of International Drama, Channel 4

Simon is Head of International Drama at Channel 4 where he’s spearheaded the channel’s new co-production strategy and launched Humans, the channel’s first major co-pro with AMC, which achieved record ratings. He has since overseen a range of new commissions including the upcoming 10-part anthology series Electric Dreams: The World of Philip K Dick, penned by Ron D. Moore and a team of A-list writers and produced by Sony Pictures Television, with Bryan Cranston. As Head of Scripted at Red Arrow Entertainment, Simon launched the Red Arrow Group’s UK scripted operation where he specialised in developing and producing drama for the international market including Executive Producing 13-part international thriller Odyssey for NBC. Previously Simon was Head of Film & TV at Greenroom Entertainment where produced a number of film and TV projects including feature film Killing Bono, for which he co-wrote the screenplay.

Stefan Baron
Exec producer, Nice Drama

Stefan Baron has worked as a director, a producer, Head of SVT Acquisitions, Commissioning editor Sports and Entertainment SVT, Head of drama SVT Stockholm and Commissioning editor Drama and Sports.

Since May 2014, Stefan is Executive producer at Nice Drama/Head of international Co-productions Nice Entertainment Group.

Stuart Baxter
President, Entertainment One Television International

As President, Entertainment One Television International, Stuart Baxter oversees Entertainment One’s television sales and distribution arm. In addition to handling the international distribution for eOne-produced content, Baxter’s division handles third-party content including a significant output agreement with AMC Networks. Baxter has over 20 years of experience in broadcast, production and international distribution to eOne. Prior to joining eOne in 2014, he spent nine years at Sony Pictures Television. Before Sony, Baxter headed Warner Bros. Intl TV EMEA business development team.

Tara Ellis
Executive director, scripted content, CBC

As Executive Director, Scripted Content, Tara leads CBC’s scripted content teams which include comedy and drama, kids programming and digital originals.

Previously, Tara was Senior Director of Original Drama Content for Shaw Media, where she oversaw original scripted drama and comedy programming for Shaw Media’s conventional network Global and specialty channels including Showcase and History Channel. In her prior role as Alliance Atlantis’s VP of Content for Showcase, Tara led acquisitions, original production, and scheduling for the premiere specialty drama service. Prior to that, Tara was Executive in Charge of Production for CBC, overseeing long-form development and production of movies, mini-series and feature films. She also programmed Canadian short films and feature films for the public network.

The Globe & Mail has named Tara as one of the 40 Most Influential People in Canadian television for her efforts in bringing new talent to Canadian airwaves. In December 2012, Tara was honoured with the Women In Film & Television Crystal Award for Creative Excellence. She has served as board member and co-chair of WIFT-T, and as industry advisor to the Banff Media Festival, Strategic Partners, and others.

Tony Grisoni
Screenwriter and director,

Tony Grisoni worked in many different areas of film making before turning to screenwriting. QUEEN OF HEARTS (1989) directed by Jon Amiel was his award winning first feature. He has worked closely with a number of other directors including Michael Winterbottom (IN THIS WORLD, Golden Bear at the 2002 Berlinale), John Boorman, Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker, and Terry Gilliam (FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, TIDELAND and THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, the so far-unfinished film project). In 2008 he directed his first short film, KINGSLAND #1: THE DREAMER, which was nominated for a BAFTA. 2009 saw Tony's adaptation of David Peace's epic tale of murder, corruption and obsession, RED RIDING, and Samantha Morton's directorial debut on THE UNLOVED and, in 2013, he created SOUTHCLIFFE, an original 4-part drama for Channel 4 directed by Sean Durkin. His current projects include his original DREAM HOME for Potboiler, his four part adaptation of China Mieville’s THE CITY & THE CITY for Mammoth/BBC, KINGSLAND,  a series set in the Kurdish community of north London produced my Mike Elliott’s EMU FILMS for C4, INTO THE WOLF’S MOUTH,  a series based on the novel by Adam Foulds for Andrea Calderwood/C4, and co-writer on THE YOUNG POPE, directed by Paulo Sorrentino for Sky Italia/Sky Atlantic/Canal Plus and HBO.

Tony Jordan
CEO, Red Planet Pictures

Tony Jordan started his writing career at the age of 32 when he submitted his first unsolicited script to the BBC. 
He has since become one of the UK’s most acclaimed, successful and respected drama writers and show runners.

Tony’s previous credits include some of the most popular dramas of recent years including Life on Mars (with Kudos Film & TV), Hustle, The Nativity, The Ark, Holby Blue, The Passing Bells and Dickensian.

After setting-up his own production company, Red Planet Pictures, in 2005 the indie has become synonymous with producing groundbreaking and ratings-winning dramas. Upcoming shows include a sixth series of ratings-hit BBC One drama Death in Paradise and Sky 1 action adventure drama Hooten & The Lady as well as the Motown musical drama, Stop! In the Name of Love, for BBC One.

Victoria Madden
Screenwriter, Sweet Potato Films

Victoria Madden is the director of Sweet Potato Films, a small boutique film company that has just co-produced the highly anticipated TV series, The Kettering Incident of which Victoria co-created, wrote and acted as Showrunner.
TKI is a $15 million high-end drama set in the dramatic landscape of Tasmania, Vicki’s home state and is the first TV drama to be set there. It is a 8 x 1 hour crime thriller with supernatural overtones which critics have described as ground breaking and defying the crime genre. So far, TKI has won the Special Jury Prize at the prestigious Series Mania Festival in Paris with David Chase as the head Juror. It was also nominated for an Australian writer award (AWGIE) for excellence in writing. It has been critically acclaimed in Australia and is with BBC worldwide for distribution.
Victoria is a Producer, Writer and Showrunner with over 20 years experience in the television Industry. She has extensive experience both in Australia and overseas working as Writer and Show-runner on such shows as Halifax fp, The Bill, (UK), Trial & Retribution (UK) The Clinic (Ireland), Water Rats and K9 (UK) to name a few. She was also the writer a 90-minute true crime telemovie for the 9 Network and Playmaker media Blood Brothers.
Vicki is currently developing her next TV series – a high-end Crime Drama set in Hobart with Mushroom Pictures as co-producers.