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UK unscripted veteran joins Gunpowder

Gunpowder & Sky, the LA-based prodco founded by Viacom veteran Van Toffler and Endemol Shine exec Flors Bauer, has hired an experienced UK exec as head of unscripted.

Paul Evans

Paul Evans is taking up the newly created position based at the company’s London office with immediate effect.

Evans has more than 15 years of industry experience, most recently as format consultant for Optomen Television.

Prior to that he was Primal Media’s head of development for more than three years, responsible for developing ITV’s Bigheads, Sky1’s Carnage and recently commissioned Home Free for Channel 4.

Pasa Mustafa, Gunpowder & Sky’s UK creative director, said: “He’s a true creative with a unique approach, bold ideas, and a track record that fills us with confidence he’ll build on our strong slate and power our rapid growth.”

Evans’ production credits include The Big Breakfast, Survivor, Big Brother, Love Island and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!.

He has also created and developed original formats for companies including Studio Lambert, Warner Bros, ITV Studios and Pulse Films.

Reporting to Mustafa, Evans will oversee all unscripted outputs, from development to sales, working closely with his creative team in London and colleagues in New York and Los Angeles.

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