EXCLUSIVE: The Manhattan Alien Abduction producer Story Films is increasing its staff within the U.S. and UK.
The All3Media-backed indie has created a VP Growth put up in New York and introduced in Worldwide Emmy-nominee Adnan Mohammed. In addition to main the event of all unscripted tasks, Mohammed will spearhead additional progress into the streamer market, specializing in restricted collection, characteristic documentaries and co-pro alternatives. He was not too long ago growth boss at October Movies within the U.S. and was Worldwide Emmy-nominated for Ready for Jasmin.
Within the UK, Story has upped Govt Producer Unscripted Adam Hopkins to Head of Factual, overseeing the docs manufacturing slate and searching for to search out crossover within the docs and drama groups, whereas Netflix’s Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare director Liza Williams has joined as EP. Williams gained a BAFTA for The Yorkshire Ripper Recordsdata- A Very British Crime Story and labored with Story on Hell Camp.
Story, which is run by Peter Beard and Dave Nath and in addition makes drama equivalent to ITV’s The Thief, His Spouse and the Canoe, stated it has a “raft of commissions for soon-to-be-announced premium documentary collection ordered for a spread of platforms and channels.”
The corporate is coming off the again of an Worldwide Emmy win for Sky’s Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story and was behind Netflix’s The Manhattan Alien Abduction, which explored a lady’s declare to have been kidnapped from her bed room. Different reveals embody Linford for the BBC and Channel 4’s The Fall: Skydive Homicide Plot.
The three posts are efficient instantly and can report back to Inventive Director Beard, who stated: “These new appointments underline our progress ambitions and replicate our dedication to one of the best unscripted tales for each UK and world audiences.”
