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International drama commissioners line up for Content London

Viaplay, CBC, RAI and ABC are the first broadcasters and platforms to join the drama commissioners strand at Content London.

Content London remains the most important development marketplace in the world, and the place the world’s drama commissioners come to share their future plans and meet with potential partners.

Speed meetings will also return to Content London this year as well as a full three-day Formats & Factual strand alongside Drama making this the number one place to access and network with the global commissioning network.

Registered delegates gain access to all Development Marketplace meeting areas, sessions, pitch competitions, complimentary breakfast, lunch and networking cocktail parties. They also join the My Content London digital community to connect with 3000 other delegates, and receive C21’s annual Content Trends Report – the most comprehensive analysis of the global content business (worth £1250). Content London delivers the best ROI you’ll make this year. Be part of the story and support this creative, cost-effective event:

Register now for the Earlybird Rate of £899 by CLICKING HERE.

Joining the Content London speaker line-up:

Filippa Wallestam, EVP and chief creative officer, Viaplay Group
Wallestam is executive vice president & chief content officer at Viaplay Group, the international streaming challenger. Prior to taking on this role in October 2019, Wallestam held positions including CEO of the company’s Swedish operations and head of strategy for free-TV and radio in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. She joined the company in 2014 having previously worked as a strategy consultant at Boston Consulting Group in London and New York, and at Daily Mail General Trust. Wallestam holds an MSc in economics and business administration from Stockholm school of economics.

Trish Williams, executive director, scripted content CBC
As executive director, scripted content at CBC, Williams has creative oversight of the public broadcaster’s distinctive slate of drama, comedy, film, radio comedy and YA digital original programming. Williams was appointed to the role in 2019. Working with the best Canadian talent from around the country, recent additions to the scripted programming line-up are the breakthrough Peabody-winning comedy Sort Of featuring Bilal Baig as a gender-fluid nanny and the delightfully hilarious ratings hit Son of a Critch starring Benjamin Ainsworth, Mark Critch and Malcolm McDowell. Recently announced new drama programming includes the epic and ground-breaking mini-series Bones of Crows by Indigenous writer/director/producer Marie Clements, the adaptation of Quebecois hit series Plan B starring Patrick J Adams and Karine Vanasse and Essex County, based on the graphic novels by celebrated author Jeff Lemire. Current airing and streaming programming highlights on CBC, GEM and Radio One include Schitt’s Creek, Kim’s Convenience, Workin’Moms, Pretty Hard Cases, Because News and The Debaters.

Sally Riley, head of Scripted Productions, ABC Australia
Riley oversees the development and production of all scripted series for drama, comedy, indigenous, and non-scripted series for Entertainment. A proud Wiradjuri woman, Riley is a leading advocate for indigenous and diverse perspectives which champion the shifting cultures and attitudes of Australia today. In 2010, Riley was appointed as the inaugural head of the indigenous department at ABC where she pioneered ground-breaking productions including Cleverman, Gods of Wheat Street, Black Comedy, 8MMM, The Warriors, and Redfern Now, the first series to be commissioned, written and produced by indigenous Australians.    Since her appointment to head of DEI in 2016, Riley has presided over the production of a slate of premier ABC programming including AACTA-award winning Stateless; Mystery Road; Total Control; Aftertaste; Rosehaven; Frayed; Fisk and Wakefield.
The Newsreader, an upcoming 1980s period drama, starring Anna Torv and Sam Reid, and gripping six-part anthology, Fires, which chronicles the unprecedented Australian bushfires of 2019/2020, is slated to premiere later this year.
In the uphaul of our television infrastructure in the current times, Riley is driven to attract a unique audience to iView and strengthen partnerships with international exhibitors, across OTT services, linear and co-producer partners to advocate for Australian content with broad reach.

Maria Pia Ammirati, head of drama, RAI
Ammirati is a TV executive, writer and journalist, and now head of drama at Rai.
After work experience as a journalist and militant reviewer, she entered at Rai in 1992 and from 1993 she led radio and television programmes as author and presenter.
In 2000 she moved from Rai educational department to Rai 1, covering various positions until eventually being appointed deputy director. From 2014 to 2020 she was head of Rai Teche while from 2016 to 2019 she was assigned responsibility for the Rai Play Content.
In November 2020 she was appointed Head of Drama.
Ammirati has written a number of novels and publications and received several awards, including the 2001 Strega Award Selection, 2011 Campiello Award Selection, Procida Award and Basilicata Award.
She is also a member of various literary juries, including Premio Strega, Premio Viareggio, Premio Rapallo.
Ammirati is a member of the board of directors of Rai Pubblicità; from 2017 to 2020 she was a member of the board of directors of Rai Cinema S.p.A. and from 2020 to 2021 she was president of Istituto Luce-Cinecittà.

They join other confirmed speakers:

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 series, UK and Ireland
Sky Studios
Nils Hartmann
EVP, Sky Studios Italia
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, documentaries and factual
Sky UK
Mark Garner
EVP, head of global FAST
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
Private: Maria Pia Ammirati
Head of drama
Rai (Radiotelevisione italiana)
Fabrizio Battocchio
Head of format 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 and 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 and international
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
Moderator 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 regional content, Europe
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 and chief content officer
Asylum Entertainment 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
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 Roma Khanna
Executive chair and head of scripted content
HiddenLight Productions
Moderator Steven Adams
Founding partner
Alta Global Media
Moderator Stephen Armstrong
Freelance journalist
   

More speakers will be announced soon for the commissioners strand across both Drama and Formats & Factual.


ABOUT CONTENT LONDON
Content London is the world’s leading development marketplace and conference. It runs across three days with two concurrent strands in Drama, Formats & Factual and spans across four venues.

All delegates receive access to the My Content London digital network, which allows them to connect with each other.

Alongside the most progressive conference programme in the business, there are screenings, premieres and complimentary networking cocktails across the three days.

This year ClubC21 will also be part of Content London, connecting delegates late into the night.

The Content London Development Marketplace has also been extended this year to provide meeting tables and private space for meetings.

Contact C21 for more details.

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