Beyond Rights alum Sarah Bickley named head of distribution at Lucky 8

Former Beyond Rights and Hat Trick International executive Sarah Bickley has been appointed to the newly created role of head of distribution at US unscripted specialist Lucky 8.

Sarah Bickley

The hire was announced by co-presidents Greg Henry and Kim Woodard, who said it reflects the Stamford-based prodco’s expanded focus on the global market.

Bickley joins from Banijay-owned Beyond Rights, where she served as head of sales. There she managed coproductions and helped secure commissions and pre-sales for titles such as Charles: Our New King.

Prior to that she was a distribution manager at Tin Roof Media and was also a senior sales executive at Hat Trick International.

Bickley will attend Mipcom next week, where Lucky 8 is shopping a slate of 10 projects. The prodco is perhaps best known for making Netflix’s Unlocked: A Jail Experiment and A&E’s long-running docuseries 60 Days In.

Henry and Woodard said in a joint statement: “The business is evolving in a way that’s opened up a lot of new opportunities for our company on the global stage.

“In addition to our commissions in the US, we’re placing increasing emphasis on international sales and coproductions, and it’s a tremendous lift to have an executive with Sarah’s expertise and experience leading that charge.”