Content London puts writers in focus

Content London celebrates some of the most progressive writers in the business with a series of sessions across the agenda. Candice Carty-Williams, writer and best-selling author is the latest creative gamechanger to join the agenda. Carty-Williams will discuss her first major TV series Champion for BBC One and Netflix and further exploration into the TV world with her eight-part series adaptation of her 2019 novel Queenie for Channel 4 and Disney.

Also joining the line up of key creative voices at Content London are writers Amy Jephta, NneNne Iwuji and Peres Owino to discuss their latest TV projects, development plans and thoughts on what makes truly original and authentic stories appeal to international audiences.

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Joining the line up:

Candice Carty-Williams
Writer/author
Carty-Williams is best known as the writer and author of the Sunday Times bestselling novel Queenie, which has been described as vital, disarmingly honest, and boldly political, and has been shortlisted for the Waterstones, Foyles and Goodreads Book of 2019, as well as selected as the Blackwell’s Debut of the Year. Queenie also won Book of the Year at the 2020 British Book Awards. Next year, Carty-Williams’ first major TV series Champion will air on BBC One and Netflix. The eight-part series is set to be followed by Carty-Williams’ second TV show, an adaptation of her 2019 novel Queenie, which will be available to watch on Channel4 and Disney. In 2016, Carty-Williams created and launched the Guardian and 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, the first inclusive initiative of its kind in book publishing. Candice has written for Guardian, i-D, The Face, Vogue, every iteration of the Sunday Times, BEAT Magazine, Black Ballad and more. She will probably always live in South London.

Amy Jephta
Writer/director
Nagvlug Films
Jephta is a screenwriter and director who lives and works in Cape Town. Her feature film screenwriting includes South Africa’s official 2018 Golden Globes submission, Ellen: The Ellen Pkkies Story and her directorial debut, Barakat. The latter marked a first time selection for a South African woman of colour when it became the country’s official entry for the Academy Awards. She was lead writer on Catch Me A Killer (Night Train Media/M-Net) and writer and associate producer on Devils Peak (BBC Studios/Lookout Point), both currently in production for 2023 release. Amy has previously been named one of the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Top Young South Africans, is the recipient of South Africa’s highest art accolade, the Standard Bank Young Artist Award (for Theatre). She now focuses on producing for film and television via her company, Nagvlug Films, with series and feature projects in development for Fremantle, Amazon and Netflix and collaborations with Morgan Freeman’s Revelations Entertainment, 42, and David and Jessica Oyelowo’s Yoruba Saxon Productions in the works. She is repped by CAA and 3Arts Entertainment.

NneNne Iwuji
Head writer and director
Chudor House Productions
Whilst maintaining a successful career as a diplomat in both Latin America and Africa, Iwuji studied filmmaking at the New York Film Academy, King’s College London. She has won several prizes for her short films and has also been short-listed in Steven Spielberg’s competition for new directors. Iwuji is director at Chudor House Productions, head writer on the Chudor team, and has various TV series in development as well as writing on several third-party projects. She is currently writing on Netflix’s hybrid docuseries African Queens from Westbrook Studios and Nutopia, as well as Anyway Content’s thriller series City of Graves. She is also about to complete her first novel, Anika’s Daughter.

Peres Owino
Writer/director
Nyar Nam Productions
Owino is the award winning Kenyan-American writer/director of Bound: Africans vs African-Americans, winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at PAFF, The Basket Weaver; winner of the NYWIFT Writer’s Lab supported by Meryl Streep and Seasons of Love nominated for an NAACP Image Award in writing. Her latest film projects, include the short films Stray, produced by 20th Century Fox Digital as part of Hulu’s Best of Huluween and Glimpse. She has also developed various works for the stage. Owino is currently working on the Jada Pinkett Smith produced series African Queens for Netflix and developing projects for WBTV and Gaumont TV. She is repped at Creative Artist Agency.

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Other confirmed Content London 2022 speakers include:

Channing Dungey Chairman Warner Bros Television Group	Pearlena Igbokwe Chairman Universal Studio Group	Mike Darnell President Warner Bros. Unscripted Television	Cécile Frot-Coutaz CEO Sky Studios
Chris Rice Co-CEO Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content)	Superna Kalle President, international networks Starz	Rob Wade Chief executive officer Fox Entertainment	Michael Thorn President of entertainment Fox Entertainment
Kate Phillips Director of unscripted BBC	Damian Lewis Executive producer, actor A Spy Among Friends	Louis Theroux Chief creative officer Mindhouse Productions	Beatrice Springborn President Universal International Studios and UCP
Toby Gorman President Universal Television Alternative Studio	Erin Underhill President Universal Television	David Stapf President CBS Studios	Jana Winograde President of entertainment Showtime Networks Inc.
Kevin Beggs Chair of the Lionsgate Television Group and chief content integration officer Lionsgate	Lauren Anderson Head of AVoD original content and programming Amazon Studios	Dr. Markus Schäfer President and CEO ZDF Studios	Larry Tanz VP content, EMEA Netflix
Liam Keelan SVP original productions, Europe & Africa The Walt Disney Company	Daisy Lilley Director, unscripted series, UK Netflix	Álvaro Díaz Director, non-fiction series, Spain Netflix	Dolores Emile Manager, non-fiction series, France Netflix
Pauline Dauvin VP programming, production and acquisitions The Walt Disney Company, France	Benjamina Mirnik-Voges VP original production The Walt Disney Company, Germany	Alessandro Saba Director original production The Walt Disney Company, Italy	Scott Herbst EVP and head of scripted development Lionsgate Television Group
Tiffany Faigus SVP, unscripted and alternative entertainment ABC/Walt Disney TV	Meghan Lyvers Director of original drama, UK and Ireland Sky Studios	Nils Hartmann Executive VP Germany and Italy Sky Studios	Mary Donahue SVP, development and programming The History Channel
Bruna Papandrea Founder and CEO Made Up Stories	Mark Linsey Managing director, scripted BBC Studios	Cailah Scobie Chief content officer Stan	Matt Graham General manager AMC Networks' Acorn TV
Susanne Simpson Executive producer, Masterpiece WGBH/PBS	Jane Turton CEO All3Media	Thomas Dey Founder and CEO ACF Investment Bank	Marina Williams Co-founder and co-CEO Asacha Media Group
David Davoli President, international Anonymous Content	Jane Tranter Founder and CEO Bad Wolf	Julie Gardner Founder Bad Wolf CEO Bad Wolf America	Henrik Pabst Chief content officer Seven.One Entertainment Group
Filippa Wallestam Executive VP and chief content officer Viaplay Group	David Eilenberg VP and head of Roku Originals Roku	Rodrigo Mazon EVP, general manager - SVoD ViX+ at TelevisaUnivision	Trish Williams Executive director, scripted content CBC
Nicola Shindler Executive producer and CEO Quay Street Productions	Solange Attwood EVP Blue Ant International	Andy Serkis Founder The Imaginarium	Jonathan Cavendish Founder The Imaginarium
Sally Riley Head of drama, entertainment and indigenous ABC	Adrian Padmore Commissioning editor, unscripted Channel 5 & Paramount+	Christian Vesper President, global drama Fremantle	Carrie Stein President, global scripted television Dynamic Television
Marc Helwig Head of Worldwide TV Miramax	Quan Phung SVP of Original Series Topic Studios	Sharon Hughff Creative director of scripted television, UK Entertainment One (eOne)	Poppy Dixon Director of documentaries and factual commissioning Sky
Mark Garner EVP, content licensing and business development A+E Media Group	Diederick Santer CCO BritBox International	Dawn Olmstead CEO Anonymous Content	Owain Walbyoff Chief commercial officer Banijay
Scott Greenberg CEO Blockchain Creative Labs, Fox Entertainment	Caroline Hollick Head of drama Channel 4	Alexander Cary Creator and executive producer A Spy Among Friends	Ben Macintyre Author A Spy Among Friends
Anna Maxwell Martin Actor A Spy Among Friends	Lauren Stein EVP, drama development Sony Pictures Television Studios	Maria Pia Ammirati Head of drama Rai	Fabrizio Battocchio Head of formats and factual entertainment RTI
Niklas Vestberg Head of formats and development TV4	Sue Vertue CEO, company director and executive producer Hartswood Films	Walter Iuzzolino CEO Eagle Eye Drama	Jo McGrath CCO Eagle Eye Drama
Patty Ishimoto Executive producer and managing partner Element 8 Entertainment	Kelly Webb-Lamb Founder and CEO Mothership Productions	Thorsten Haas Head of development entertainment ZDF	Manuel Alduy Head of cinema and international development France Télévisions
Joe Mace Commissioning editor ITV	Beth Anderson Senior VP/general manager, FAST channels BBC Studios	Rodolphe Buet CEO Newen Connect	Karni Ziv Head of drama and comedy Keshet Broadcasting
Julien Degroote EVP, content development TF1 Group	Ana Cueto Head of new projects Atresmedia	Marianne Furevold-Boland Head of drama NRK	Jarmo Lampela Head of drama YLE
Dr. Simone Emmelius Senior VP international fiction, coproduction and acquisition ZDF	Tim Mutimer CEO rights Cineflix Media	Diego del Pozo Rosa Manager of fiction content Atresmedia TV	Piodor Gustafsson Director of scripted content TV4 Media
Philippa Collie-Cousins Senior drama commissioner UKTV	Jon Petrie Director of comedy BBC	Geertje Hoek MD Talpa Concepts	Arron Fellows Co-founder and creative director Mindhouse Productions
Sumi Connock Creative director of formats BBC Studios	James Townley Global head of content development Banijay	Martha Holmes Chief creative officer, natural history and science Plimsoll	Bill Malone Director of content Virgin Media Television, Ireland
Jennifer Ebell SVP, EMEA sales Fifth Season (Formerly Endeavor Content)	Karl Warner Head of youth and digital Channel 4	Dominique Cutts Director of documentary & factual commissioning Red Bull Studios	Beatriz Campos SVP global sales and production financing Studiocanal
Sened Dhab VP young adult scripted France Télévisions	Ari Mark Co-founder Ample Entertainment	Gary Woolf EVP of strategic development All3Media International	Bea Hegedus Executive managing director, distribution Vice Media Group
Paul Heaney Founder and CEO BossaNova	Phil Gurin President/ CEO The Gurin Company Co-Chair FRAPA	Jan Salling Head of BBC Studios Nordics - formats and production Co-chairman of FRAPA	Hayley Babcock Founder and CEO Hayley Babcock Media Consulting
Lisette van Diepen Acquisitions consultant Germany & Benelux All3Media Germany	Mike Beale MD, Global Creative Network ITV Studios	Nick Smith EVP formats All3Media International	Danny Cohen President Access Entertainment
Jacqui Barcos Creator/writer Spitfire Creative	Yule Caise Writer and co-founder Behind the Billboards LLC	Simon Howley CEO CMAK Films	Amy Jephta Writer/ director Nagvlug Films, South Africa
Jess Ruston Writer Freelance	Benjamin Hoffman Showrunner Empreinte Digitale	Cécile Gérardin Head of drama Canal+ International	Joachim Landau Producer Empreinte Digitale
Roopak Saluja Founder & executive chairman Bang Bang Mediacorp	Kunal Nayyar Actor/ producer Good Karma Productions	Nimrod Geva Head of development Quizzical Pictures	Serena Cullen Producer
Iain Glen Actor	Timo Vierimaa Producer Funfar Oy	Francesca Archibugi Director Picomedia SRL	Roberto Sessa Producer Picomedia SRL
Sophie Deraspe Writer and director Pixcom	Nicola Merola President and executive producer Pixcom	Sameer Nair CEO Applause Entertainment	Sunder Aaron Partner Locomotive Global Inc.
Simon Mirren Co-founder and showrunner Case Closed Entertainment	Benjamin Anderson Co-founder Case Closed Entertainment	Farook Singh CEO Tantra Worldwide	Nick Bain Creator/showrunner Metacru/Behind the Billboards
Candice Carty-Williams Writer and author	NneNne Iwuji Head writer and director Chudor House Productions	Peres Owino Writer/director Nyar Nam Productions	Tom Manwaring Founding partner Helion Partners LLP
Timo Argillander Managing partner IPR.VC	Hugo Heppell Senior portfolio manager - Indie Growth Fund Channel 4	Elly Vervloet International drama expert VRT & EBU	Kelsey Balance SVP, scripted programming Universal International Studios
Emma Ayech Channel director UKTV Drama and Alibi	Alexandre Piel Deputy head of drama Arte France	Adam Fratto Executive producer/ scripted TV consultant Chaotic Neutral Entertainment	Elisabeth d’Arvieu EVP Mediawan Pictures
Lindsey Bender Agent (scripted TV and film) Creative Artists Agency	Marianne Bjørn Format manager TV 2 Denmark	Kenton Allen CEO Big Talk	Angie Stephenson SVP, scripted development BBC Studios Los Angeles
Alberto Fernández Founder and director, Playz RTVE Digital	Philipp Schild Managing director funk/ ARD and ZDF	Charlene McKenna Actress and EP Clean Sweep	Larry Bass Founder/ CEO/ EP ShinAwiL
Yi Qiao Director drama ZDF Studios	Dermot Horan Director of acquisitions & co-productions RTÉ	Aurelie de Troyer Head of content, UK and Canada Audible	Sam Bryant Director, original content & head of comedy Audible
Lydia Shamah Director of original content, scripted Audible UK	Claire Broughton Head of podcasts Hat Trick Productions	Paul Gilbert SVP international formats Paramount Global Content Distribution	Avi Armoza CEO Armoza Formats
Paul Cohen Group commercial director Hat Trick Productions	Howard Gordon Executive producer, showrunner	Marlee Matlin Director	Michael Chiklis Director, actor Accused
Tejas Shah SVP, commercial strategy & analytics FilmRise	Alon Aranya Executive producer Paper Plane Productions	Minna Haapkylä Head of scripted content Rabbit Films	Georgia Arnold Senior vice president, international social responsibility Paramount
Miura Kite EVP of global television Participant	Dimitri Doganis Chief creative officer and founder Raw TV	Jodi Flynn President The Content Group	Jo Clinton-Davis Controller of factual ITV
Stephen Segaller    VP programming The WNET Group	Camilla Cope Commercial director Greenbird Media	Ed Havard Senior vice president, unscripted programming Universal International Studios	Ivan Kavanagh Writer, creator Park Films
AnneMarie Naughton Executive producer	Ana Habajec Executive producer Park Films	Clelia Mountford Co-founder/ executive producer Merman	Philip Barantini Director, writer and producer Made Up Productions
Hester Ruoff Actress and producer Ascendant Fox	Bart Ruspoli Producer Ascendant Fox	Lee McMurray Commissioning editor, factual entertainment Channel 4	Ellie Heydon Director for TV & Theatre Merman
Kate Teckman Head of factual entertainment development and commissioning ITV	Joe Fraser Producer and director Baby Cow Productions	Clare Laycock SVP head of content, networks & streaming Warner Bros Discovery	Cat Lawson Creative director Remarkable Entertainment
Cosima Spender Director	Georg Tschurtschenthaler Chief creative officer Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion	Gave Lindo Head of content programming TikTok, North America	Avril Blondelot Head of content insight Glance – Mediametrie
Amit Devani Director of insights (EMEA) Parrot Analytics	Richard Broughton Executive director Ampere Analysis	Liisa Penttilä-Asikainen Producer Kaiho Republic	Jack Davison EVP 3Vision
Hamish Fergusson Commissioning editor for documentaries BBC	Sarah Peat Executive producer National Geographic Wild International	Jenn Batty European head of content acquisitions Samsung TV Plus	Jessica Schmiedchen Director of development, unscripted content CBC
Jono Bergmann Director & producer BABKA	Lucy Brodie European manager programming Seven Network Australia	Wendy Darke CEO and founder True to Nature	Nick Lee Head of acquisitions and international Channel 4
Michelle Chappell MD Workerbee	Alex Mathias Death in the Family Drama Series Script Competition	Jess Edwards Clitorati Drama Series Script Competition	Laurence Turnbull I Am Bird Gurl Drama Series Script Competition
Russel McLean Shadowlands Drama Series Script Competition	Salim Allybokus Sacrificial Lambs Drama Series Script Competition	Tobias Hussey The Truth Drama Series Script Competition	Nahrein Kemp Creative diversity partner ITV
Jaimie D’Cruz Creative director Acme TV	Guillaume Pommier Co-head of distribution Federation Studios	Freema Agyeman Actress	Rohan Dickson Writer and executive producer
Polly Scates Senior acquisitions manager Channel 4	Michele Zatta Commissioning editor, international coproductions Rai Fiction, Italy	Vanessa Berlowitz Co-founder/ chief creative officer Wildstar Films	Moderator Adam Cunningham Chief strategy officer Allied Global Marketing
Moderator Adrian Wootton CEO Film London & British Film Commission	Moderator Bernard P Achampong Founder and creative director Unedited	Moderator Bo Stehmeier CEO Off the Fence	Moderator Christoph Fey Managing director Entertainment Master Class
Moderator Chukwudi Iwuji Actor and founder Chudor Films	Moderator Dominic Schreiber Executive producer Colliderscope	Moderator Emma Cox Freelance journalist	Moderator Emma Smithwick Writer and producer Rockfleet Productions Managing
Moderator Esther Austin Editor-in-chief TurningPoint Magazine	Moderator Holly Hines Co-CEO & founder Happy Accidents	Moderator Irina Ignatiew-Lemke MD All3Media Fiction Deutschland	Moderator J.C. Mills President and head of content Cineflix Productions
Moderator James Rampton Journalist	Moderator Roma Khanna Executive chair and head of scripted content HiddenLight Productions	Moderator Steven Adams Founding partner Alta Global Media	Moderator Stephen Armstrong Freelance journalist
Moderator Tara Conlan Journalist

More speakers will be announced soon.

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