All3Media-backed Build Your Own Films hires Ink Factory’s Natasha Phillips

All3Media-backed UK prodco Build Your Own (BYO) Films has appointed Natasha Phillips as head of development to manage and grow its slate of scripted and non-scripted programmes.

Natasha Phillips

Phillips is the first hire BYO Films co-CEOs Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen have made since the company partnered with All3Media in March.

Phillips joins from fellow production company The Ink Factory, where she has spent the past two years as development producer on global TV and film projects, including working with emerging writers from diverse backgrounds on new talent initiatives.

Prior to this, Phillips spent more than two years as head of development at Various Artists, where she script-edited the smash-hit series I May Destroy You and developed multiple projects for linear broadcasters and streamers.

From 2012 to 2017, Phillips worked at Channel 4, first as a script editor and then as a commissioning executive, on shows including The Mill, Southcliffe, The Fear, Utopia, Humans, Coalition  Skins, Misfits and Youngers.

She began her career at BBC Wales and subsequently moved into the independent production sector, script editing for a number of companies.

In a joint statement, McClure and Owen said: “Natasha’s commitment to developing new talent and her deep experience of working with established writers chimed perfectly with our ambitions for BYO. She is a passionate advocate for emerging voices, and this coupled with her deep experience and incredible drive makes her a brilliant asset to BYO as we seek to attract the best new and experienced writers and talent.”