Channel 4 international drama chief Simon Maxwell is leaving the U.K. broadcaster to set up a new scripted TV shingle backed by Endeavor Content. The new firm does not yet have a name, but there’s no immediate rush as Maxwell will not leave Channel 4 until the end of the year.
Endeavor Content has previously backed Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories, Scott Budnick’s Good Films and Ben Howard’s Third Coast Content, but the Maxwell deal is the first of its kind for the U.K.
“It’s hard to imagine a more exciting time to be in the scripted television business, with the climate favoring the kind of brave, authored global storytelling that I’ve been privileged enough to work on at Channel 4,” said Maxwell.
“With this new company, we aim to apply a similarly adventurous ethos to our work, prioritizing talent relationships and providing a...
Endeavor Content has previously backed Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories, Scott Budnick’s Good Films and Ben Howard’s Third Coast Content, but the Maxwell deal is the first of its kind for the U.K.
“It’s hard to imagine a more exciting time to be in the scripted television business, with the climate favoring the kind of brave, authored global storytelling that I’ve been privileged enough to work on at Channel 4,” said Maxwell.
“With this new company, we aim to apply a similarly adventurous ethos to our work, prioritizing talent relationships and providing a...
- 10/11/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
William Lowery has been hired by Endeavor Content as a senior associate focused on film financing, development and sales.
Formerly head of Apa’s content finance and strategic advisory department, he will be based in Nashville and tasked with providing consulting services to financiers and production facilities, with an emphasis on the Southeast region. At Apa, Lowery repped financiers and production facilities and among other things consulted for Pinewood Atlanta Studios.
In his new role, Lowery will also help oversee the relationship with Third Coast Content, in which Endeavor Content invested earlier this year to provide sales and advisory services. That Ben Howard-run company is dedicated to producing content for faith and family audiences in feature films, TV and publishing.
Before Apa, Lowery he was a talent manager and producer at Defy Media, formerly Generate.
Formerly head of Apa’s content finance and strategic advisory department, he will be based in Nashville and tasked with providing consulting services to financiers and production facilities, with an emphasis on the Southeast region. At Apa, Lowery repped financiers and production facilities and among other things consulted for Pinewood Atlanta Studios.
In his new role, Lowery will also help oversee the relationship with Third Coast Content, in which Endeavor Content invested earlier this year to provide sales and advisory services. That Ben Howard-run company is dedicated to producing content for faith and family audiences in feature films, TV and publishing.
Before Apa, Lowery he was a talent manager and producer at Defy Media, formerly Generate.
- 8/8/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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