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- The BBC is announcing today that Director of Drama, Piers Wenger and Director of Film, Rose Garnett, are leaving the BBC to join A24 and will remain in London.
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Mar 1, 2022 · THE BBC has been dealt a crushing blow after the director of drama Piers Wenger and director of film Rose Garnett quit their roles to join Euphoria producer A24.
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Mar 1, 2022 · BBC Director of Drama, Piers Wenger and Director of Film, Rose Garnett, are leaving the BBC to join Euphoria, Moonlight and Lady Bird studio A24 and will remain in London.
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As with their U.S. counterparts, A24’s London execs aren’t available for on the record interviews. The company’s oft-noted press shyness suits Garnett and Wenger. Neither enjoys the spotlight. We canvassed their collaborators and industry insiders to get a sense of the progress made in their first 12 months. When figureheads leave a UK broadcaster ...
A handful of projects have been announced to date, but intriguingly, only on the TV side. First among the in-house productions was the TV version of Yomi Adegoke’s The List. Deadline revealed the early-stage HBO Max/BBC commission in January and the book from Slay in Your Lane scribe Adegoke – who is penning the TV version – is one of the most hotl...
The team remains lean, comprising fewer than half a dozen staff who work from a Fitzrovia office (the staff will be moving to a new location later this year) and home. Deadline can reveal additions have included former BBC Studios SVP Co-Production and Sales, Salim Mukaddam, who is aboard to sell A24’s UK and U.S. TV slate (Mukaddam was at MIP for ...
It hasn’t all been plain sailing. Inevitably, taking two centerpieces away from the BBC, the UK’s most contested and consistent content creator, ruffled some feathers. On Shuggie Bain,for example, eyebrows were raised by some producers who claimed that Wenger had been developing the project at the BBC and was then quickly commissioned by the same b...
While both Wenger and Garnett are now kept away from the press limelight, sources highlight their contrasting styles: Wenger being more understated (but ironically more press friendly) and Garnett billed as more outwardly charismatic and no-nonsense (but more enigmatic with media). One producer who has worked closely with him outlines Wenger’s appr...
Jul 15, 2022 · The news follows former director of drama Wenger and director of film Rose Garnett leaving the BBC to join Euphoria producer A24 in March. Salt arrives at the BBC from Netflix, which she joined in 2019 as part of its first UK scripted team, helping to establish the new slate led by VP of UK series Anne Mensah.
Jan 3, 2022 · Director of drama Piers Wenger and director of film Rose Garnett are leaving the BBC to join Euphoria producer A24, signalling a major European move for the New York-based company. Piers Wenger at C21’s Content London 2021.
Mar 1, 2022 · Both Garnett and Wenger will leave the BBC in May. Until appointments are made, Eva Yates is set to take on the role of acting director of BBC Film while Ben Irving will take on the role of...
