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HBO, Hulu, Starz, Lookout Point join Content London line-up

Content London has added a raft of new speakers from leading US premium cable and streaming platforms, along with Lookout Point chairman and joint CEO Simon Vaughan to its speaker line-up.

A focus on US premium cable will feature at The International Drama Summit at Content London. This session will see leading players outline their programming strategy and discuss their approach to international partnerships.

Hulu will join a case study on its Neil Cross-penned drama Hard Sun, which is coproduced with the BBC, with FremantleMedia handling worldwide distribution.

Simon Vaughan will join the State of The Drama Nation opening session, which sets the agenda for discussion during the three-day event.

Content London is the most significant gathering of the international drama business and has sold out for the past two years. 

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The latest speakers include:

“Orsi”Francesca Orsi, co-head, HBO drama series
Francesca Orsi is co-head, HBO drama series, for Home Box Office, responsible for developing and overseeing the production of original drama series. She was named to this position in June 2016. Orsi currently oversees the series Vinyl and The Leftovers along with the upcoming HBO miniseries Big Little Lies. Her recent projects include Terence Winter’s Emmy®-winning Boardwalk Empire, Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominated drama Big Love and the acclaimed comedy Getting On. In the past, she was involved with the Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winning dramas True Blood, In Treatment and Tell Me You Love Me.
Orsi joined HBO in 2003 as an executive assistant to the head of drama. She was named a creative associative in 2005 and rose through the ranks from manager, HBO Entertainment (now HBO Programming) and later director, Development, HBO Entertainment in 2008 to vice president, HBO Entertainment, in 2011 and most recently senior vice president, HBO Programming in 2014.

“Scott”Jessica K. Scott, director, content development, Hulu
Jessica Kumai Scott is a development executive on the Hulu Originals team, where she oversees the development of original series with a specific focus on all of Hulu’s coproductions.
Since starting at Hulu four years ago, Jessica has led the development efforts for a slate of original series that includes the Emmy Award-winning drama series The Handmaid’s Tale; Harlots, a coproduction with Monumental Pictures; The Path, a drama series from Universal Television and Jason Katims’ True Jack Productions starring Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan and Hugh Dancy; 11.22.63, an event series executive produced by J.J. Abrams based on the best-selling book by Stephen King starring James Franco; and the Peabody Award winning National Treasure.
She is also the development lead for Hulu on Hard Sun, a one-hour drama series in association with the BBC starring Jim Sturgess (One Day, Cloud Atlas) and Agyness Deyn (Sunset Song).


“Bailey”Karen Bailey, senior vice president, original programming, Starz
Based in the company’s Beverly Hills office, Bailey oversees new development and current productions. These include STARZ Original series Outlander, now in production on its third season, as well as the sequel to the limited series The Missing with BBC1, the limited series The White Princess the follow-up to The White Queen (2013), and the upcoming Howard’s End, a 4-part TV adaptation written by Academy Award winner Kenneth Lonergan.
Bailey joined STARZ in 2006 as a feature producer, overseeing development, production and post-production for the company’s studio slate of television movies and mini-series for external networks, including SyFy, Lifetime and IFC. In 2007 she was promoted to vice president of production, and transitioned into overseeing physical production for the company’s newly launched original programming department. Bailey spent the next few years building the internal production department and focusing on the networks new slate of original series, including Party Down, Crash, Boss and Spartacus. During her tenure in this position, the company increased its efforts to expand production into the global community, resulting in successful partnerships with production entities in New Zealand, Canada and United Kingdom.

“Vaughan”Simon Vaughan, chairman and joint CEO, Lookout Point
Simon Vaughan has over 30 years’ experience in television, working in a variety of roles including actor, writer, producer, executive producer, distributor and financier.
His distinct creative-business skill set is the foundation behind the company which he established in 2009 to produce high-end drama.
Former BBC Wales head of drama Faith Penhale joined Lookout Point as joint CEO in 2016, solidifying the company’s strategic evolution as a major force in drama production. Simon and the team at Lookout Point work closely with BBC Worldwide, which is the largest shareholder in the company, to produce and distribute Lookout Point’s slate of global British Drama.
Lookout Point’s recent credits include Sally Wainwright’s landmark single film about the lives of the Brontë sisters, To Walk Invisible, for BBC One; Andrew Davies’ critically acclaimed adaptation of War and Peace for BBC One; Ripper Street for the BBC and Amazon; and The Collection, Oliver Goldstick’s sumptuous drama set in a post-war Paris fashion house, for Amazon and France Télévisions.
Lookout Point is currently producing a number of major upcoming series including Mike Bartlett’s bold and provocative newspaper drama, Press, with BBC Studios and Deep Indigo for BBC One and Masterpiece on PBS; Sally Wainwright’s period drama, Gentleman Jack, about the quest by a lesbian landowner to find a wife in 19th century Yorkshire, co-produced with HBO for BBC One; Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Misérables, with BBC Studios and The Weinstein Company for BBC One; and Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Vikram Seth’s epic novel, A Suitable Boy, for BBC One.
Simon began his career as a child actor in BBC TV’s Grange Hill and more recently co-wrote and executive produced his first feature film, Goodbye Christopher Robin.

Other confirmed speakers include:

Elizabeth Bradley
Vice president of content
Netflix
Kari Skogland
Director & showrunner
Piv Bernth
Head of drama
DR
Beth Willis
Head of drama
Channel 4
Sofia Helin
Executive producer and co-creator
Heder
Jane Featherstone
Founder
Sister Pictures
Piers Wenger
Controller of drama
BBC
Wayne Garvie
President, international production
Sony Pictures Television
David Morrissey
Actor, director
Karen Bailey
Senior vice president, original programming
Starz
Kate Harwood
Managing director
Euston Films
Rachel Nelson
Director of original content
Corus Entertainment
Jessica K. Scott
Director, content development
Hulu
Francesca Orsi
EVP, co-head of drama programming
HBO
Helen Jackson
Chief content officer
BBC Worldwide
John Morayniss
Co-president, film, television and digital
Entertainment One
Katie O’Connell Marsh
CEO
Platform One Media
Nick Marston
CEO and executive producer
Cuba Pictures
Fanny Rondeau
Director of fiction
France 2
Anna Croneman
Head of drama
SVT Sweden
Steve November
Creative director
Lionsgate, UK TV
Tom Hastings
Director, drama, original programming
Bell Media
Tony Grisoni
Screenwriter and director
Sally Catto
General manager, programming
CBC
Patrick Irwin
Executive producer
87 Films
Henrik Pabst
Managing director
Red Arrow International
Olivier Wotling
Director of fiction
ARTE France
Eleonora Andreatta
Director
Rai Fiction
Jarmo Lampela
Head of drama
YLE Finland
Caroline Benjo
Managing director
Haut et Court TV
Philipp Steffens
Head of fiction
RTL Television GmbH
Ruth Berry
Managing director
ITV Studios Global Entertainment
Preethi Mavahalli
Executive producer
The City and The City
Nick Betts
Director of scripted
BBC Studios
Simon Vaughan
Chairman and joint CEO
Lookout Point
Avril Blondelot
Director of content insight
Eurodata TV Worldwide
Paul Youngbluth
Director
TAPE Services
Walter Iuzzolino
Chief creative officer
Walter Presents / Global Series Network
Simon Maxwell
Head of international drama
Channel 4
Chris Rice
Co-president
Endeavor Content
Harry Williams
Writer and MD
Two Brothers Pictures
Jack Williams
Writer and MD
Two Brothers Pictures
Ross Crowley
Director of content
Foxtel
Miguel Salvat
Commissioning editor of original programming
HBO España
Sue Masters
Head of scripted
SBS Australia
Graeme Mason
CEO
Screen Australia
Elizabeth Kilgarriff
Senior commissioning editor for BBC Drama
BBC England & Scotland
Aron Levitz
Head of Wattpad Studios
Hossein Amini
Screen writer
Sophie Gardiner
Head of drama
Playground Entertainment
David Taylor
Founder
Playmaker Media
David Maher
Founder
Playmaker Media
Jack Davison
Managing consultant
3vision
Polly Williams
VP, scripted development, television
Entertainment One
Sarah Doole
Director of global drama
FremantleMedia
Jeremy Fox
Founder and CEO
Atrium TV
Javier Mendez
Head of content
Mediapro
Andy Ryan
Co-head of drama
Nine Network Australia
Agyness Deyn
Actress
Hard Sun
Jim Sturgess
Actor
Hard Sun
Dan Isaacs
COO
Sister Pictures
Luis Santamaría
Executive producer and director
Boomerang TV
Kjartan Thor Thordarson
CEO
Sagafilm Nordic
Tony Wood
CEO
Buccaneer Media
David Flynn
Co-founder
Youngest Media
Pilar Perez Roel
Head of acquisitions
DCD Rights
Nicky Davies Williams
CEO
DCD Rights
Sally Riley
Head of scripted production
ABC TV
Geoffrey Wright
Director and writer
James Watkins
Screenwriter
David Mortimer
Director of content
Tinopolis Group
Stephen Lambert
CEO
Studio Lambert
Ed Sayer
Head of original commissioning
Discovery Networks International
Hamish Mykura
EVP programming and development
National Geographic Global Networks
Lilla Hurst
Joint managing director
Drive
Tim Crescenti
President
Small World IFT
Sam Barcroft
CEO
Barcroft Media
Olli Suominen
CEO
Rabbit Films
Simon Andreae
CEO
Naked Entertainment
Keren Shahar
COO and president of distribution
Keshet International
Patricia Hidalgo
Chief content officer
Turner EMEA and International Kids Strategy
Jo Allen
Acquisitions producer
CBBC
Lucy Murphy
Director of Kids’ Content
Sky UK
Lauren Child
Author, illustrator and Children's Laureate
Tom Beattie
Head of kids and animation
Tiger Aspect Productions
Kay Benbow
Controller
CBeebies
Amanda Stavri
Commissioning editor
ITV
Andy Cadman
Executive producer
Love Island
Mike Beale
Managing director
Nordics & Global Creative Network, ITV Studios
Robert Hammerstingl
Executive producer
ITV Studios Germany
Tendeka Matatu
CEO / producer
Ten10 Films
Atar Dekel
Head of scripted global coproductions
Keshet International
Nick Forward
Chief content officer
STAN
Justin Thomson
Co-founder
Artists Studio
Alison Kirkham
Controller, factual commissioning
BBC
Rola Bauer
Managing director
Studiocanal TV GmbH
Lawrence Elman
CEO
Yaddo
Andrew Zein
SVP creative, format development & sales
Warner Bros. International TV Production
Nina Hahn
SVP, international production & development
Nickelodeon
Sue Goffe
Managing director & head of production
Studio AKA
Antoine Cayrol
Co-founder
Atlas 5
Tracey Robertson
CEO
Hoodlum
Nicola Shindler
Executive producer
RED Production Company
Mark Joseph
Managing director
Awesomeness
Tom Clifford
CEO
HistoryHit.TV
Kim Shillinglaw
Director of factual
Endemol Shine UK
CJ Fahey
General manager
VICELAND, EMEA & APAC
Eloise King
Digital programming executive & I-D global executive producer
VICE UK
Morten Skov Hansen
Programme and channel director
DR Ramasjang & DR Ultra
Jill Green
Chief executive
Eleventh Hour Films
Harriet Newby-Hill
Global brand director, children's
BBC Worldwide
Daniel Lennard
Executive producer
The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe
Marc Goodchild
Head of digital content strategy & product
Turner EMEA
Christian Boving-Andersen
Co-creator/director
The Heroic Quest of The Valiant Prince Ivandoe
Alexandra Rapaport
Executive producer and co-creator
Heder
Anja Lundqvist
Executive producer and actor
Heder
Helena Danielsson
Operating executive producer
Brain Academy
Julia Dufvenius
Executive producer and co-creator
Heder
Martin Haines
Chief operating officer
Kudos
Randel Bryan
Managing director
Gunpowder & Sky International
Jon Cassar
Director and executive producer
Robert Vargas
Executive producer
Nella the Princess Knight
Oli Hyatt
Managing director
Blue Zoo Animation
Chris Rose
Director of development and production
Beano Studios
Selma Turajlic
Co-founder
Little Dot Studios
Ismael Calleja
Head of business affairs
Movistar+
Amelie Von Kienlin
SVP scripted acquisitions & co-productions
Red Arrow International
Caroline Torrance
Head of scripted
Banijay Rights
Moritz Polter
Executive producer international TV series
Bavaria Fiction
Liam Keelan
Global editorial director
BBC Worldwide
Melanie Stokes
Joint managing director
Kindle Entertainment
Jocelyn Hamilton
President - Canada, television
Entertainment One
Rosalie Swedlin
Producer and literary manager
Anonymous Content
Kristin Jones
Senior vice president, international programming
AMC and SundanceTV
Charlie Pattinson
CEO
New Pictures
Jens Richter
CEO
FremantleMedia International
Luca Bernabei
Executive producer & CEO
Lux Vide
Neil Cross
Writer & showrunner
Hard Sun
Alon Aranya
Partner and executive producer
Scripted World
Michael Ellenberg
Founder
Media Res
Moritz von Kruedener
Managing director
Beta Film GmbH
Cathy Payne
CEO
Endemol Shine International
Jan Mojto
CEO
Beta Film (World Sales)
Michael Prupas
Executive producer & CEO
Muse Entertainment Enterprises
Richard Speer
President
Attraction Média
Steve Dorrance
Head of animation
Jellyfish Picutres
Lila Rawlings
Executive producer
Left Bank Pictures
Jan Diedrichsen
Co-president
SundanceTV and Sundance Now
Genevieve Dexter
Founder & CEO
Serious Lunch
Jamie Payne
Co-executive producer
The Alienist
Frédérik Rangé
Director of acquisitions
Lagardère Studios Distribution
Jarkko Hentula
Head of feature films
Yellow Film & TV
Kristiina Werner
Head of international business development
Zodiak Finland
Mikko Silvennoinen
Independent media entrepreneur
Lover
Jeff Norton
Founder
Awesome
Myar Craig Brown
Executive producer, drama
Wall to Wall
Ingo Monitor
Director, producer, writer
Mocka Monitor
Jan Mocka
Producer, director, writer
Mocka Monitor
Iris Bucher
Producer
Sabine Chemaly
EVP of int’l sales and coproductions
TF1 Studio
Rachel Glaister
EVP brands and press
all3media international
Stephen Driscoll
Executive vice president EMEA
all3media international
Bruce M. Smith
Producer and writer
James Payne
Creator
The Window
Rolant Hergert
Producer
The Window
Cathal Gaffney
Managing director
Brown Bag Films
Greg Phillips
President of distribution
Kew Media Group
Thao Hoang
Head of distribution & partnerships
DEFY Media
Hakon Moslet
Head of TV & executive producer
NRK's Youth Department & Skame/Shame
Ekin Gabay
Sales director
Global Agency
Ian Whitehead
Head of production and development
Incendo
Jo Clinton-Davis
Controller of factual
ITV
Melanie Leach
Chief executive
TwoFour
Lorenzo De Maio
Agent
Endeavor Content
Rory Aitken
Founder
42
David Bouchier
Chief digital entertainment officer
Virgin Media
Robert Franke
Vice president, ZDFE.drama
ZDF Enterprises GmbH
Jonas Kryger
Commissioning editor
DR Ramasjang and DR Ultra
Louise Pedersen
CEO
all3media international
Vanessa Chapman
Managing director
VJC Media
David Cormican
President
DC TV
Brian Hamilton
Principal and executive producer
Omni
Karoline Leth
Producer
Liberty
Jaimie D’Cruz
Creative director
Acme
Frank Spotnitz
Executive producer and CEO
Big Light Productions
Kathryn Busby
SVP of development
Sony Pictures TV Networks
John Edwards
Producer
Kate Little
Joint managing director
Lime Pictures
Rebecca Hodgson
Head of drama
Lime Pictures
Colton Tanner
Night House
Mentored by: Lloyd Segan, Piller Segan
David Chidlow
Dark Lanes
Mentored by: Simon Mirren, Showrunner
Michele Giannusa
Ripple
Mentored by: Michael Perry, Writer
Nadine Nonn
R.
Mentored by: Anna Winger, Screenwriter and novelist
Paul Roberts
The Bloody North
Mentored by: Bryan Elsley, MD & writer, Balloon Entertainment
Ryan Brown
The After
Mentored by: Chris Lunt, Screenwriter
Adrian Wootton
CEO
Film London
Oystein Karlsen
Writer & director
Anders Tangen
Producer
Viafilm
Luke Eve
Writer/ director & executive producer
More Sauce
Nina Etspueler
Executive vice president creative operations
Red Arrow Entertainment Group
Sydney Gallonde
Executive producer & CEO
Make It Happen Studio
Simon Cornwell
Co-founder & co-CEO
The Ink Factory
Pat Younge
Managing director
Sugar Films
Rachel do Valle
Executive manager
Brazilian Content
Roberto D’Ávila
Producer
Moonshot Pictures
Dan Korn
Vice president programming
A+E Networks UK
Stefan Kreutzer
Business development manager
Remote Control Productions
Andrew Eastel
Creative director
Middlechild
Francesco Bernabei
Digital director
Think | Cattleya
Lina Brounéus
COO content
Viaplay
Jamie Lynn
EVP, head of EMEA distribution
FremantleMedia
Julie Lacey
VP, creative
Shaftesbury
Peter A. Sussman
Founder & chairman
Kew Media Group
Jon Wax
Head of drama series & movies
YouTube Originals
Anna McCleery
Co-creator and writer
Free Rein
Vicki Lutas
Co-creator and writer
Free Rein
Chris Symes
Executive producer
The Alienist
Gilles Galud
Managing director
Studio Plus Vivendi
Hannes Heyelmann
Senior VP and managing director, central & eastern europe
TNT
Marisa Clifford
Co-founder & CEO
Pulse Films (UK and Europe)
Eduardo Piagge
Executive producer and cinematographer
Boutique Filmes
Boris Starling
Award-winning novelist, screenwriter & journalist
Diane Banks
Literary agent
Diane Banks Associates
Gavin James Bower
Author, journalist, senior lecturer
Cathryn Summerhayes
Literary agent
Curtis Brown
Anne Mensah
Head of drama
Sky
Steye Hallema
Director, composer & inventor
Jocelyn Diaz
EVP original programming
Epix
Jakob Verbruggen
Director and executive producer
The Alienist
Viv Groskop 2
Comedian & Guardian TV critic
Richard Kilgarriff
Editorial director & founder
Bookomi
Cat Lewis
CEO & executive producer
Nine Lives Media
Lindsay Watson
Animation producer
CANUK Productions
Anna Rafferty
Director of digital marketing
BBC
Birgitta Wannstrom
Producer
Bigster
Matt Graff
Managing director
Zig Zag Productions, UK
Sophie Leveaux
Director of acquisitions
TF1
Chris Castallo
Head of development
go90
David Farr
Screenwriter
Electric Dreams
Virginia Rankin
Executive producer
Sphere Media Plus
Anand Tucker
Joint CEO
7 Stories
Adrian Lester
Actor
Trauma
Marc Evans
Director
Catherine Oldfield
Creative Director
Tall Story Pictures
Federico Llano
Head of international co-productions
TVE/RTVE
Hilary Salmon
Executive producer
BBC Studios
Stephen Mowbray
Head of international
SVT
 



Content London has sold out for the past two years.

TIER 1 & TIER 2 tickets have already sold out.
TIER 3 tickets are currently available priced at £799.

CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR TIER 3 TICKET AND SAVE £100.

The International Drama Summit is the most significant gathering of the global scripted community in the calendar. More than 1200 executives come together to share new projects, discuss coproduction opportunities, hear from the world's leading players and engage around an unrivalled programme of screenings, conferences, awards and much more. This year we move to the award-winning Kings Place venue, with improved facilities, meeting space catering and a host of new session formats, premieres and networking events.

Content London opens with registration and a premiere screening on Sunday November 26, with the three-day event following on November 27/28/29. Be Part of The Story!

For full information on Content London CLICK HERE.