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Director, Development And Production – Sixth Dimension Jobs in City Of London, UK at Studiocanal
Position: DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION – SIXTH DIMENSION
Location: City Of London
DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION – SIXTH DIMENSION
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STUDIOCANAL , CANAL+’s in-house studio, is one of Europe’s leading film and series studios, with worldwide production and distribution capabilities. It operates directly in nine major European markets including Austria, Benelux, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, and offices in the United States and China.
STUDIOCANALfinances, produces,and distributes 80 films per year.
It owns one of the most prestigious catalogues in the world and the largest catalogue of European titles, boastingmore than9 400 titlesfrom
60 countries. With a catalogue spanning 100 years of film history, STUDIOCANAL has invested close to 25 million euros into the 4
Krestoration of nearly 1 000 classic feature filmsover the past 7 years.
STUDIOCANAL alsoproduces over 15 serieseach year, including local creations and premium international co-productions,and distributes its scripted productions andCANAL+ Originals globally(2,000 hoursof current and library content in distribution). Projects are produced in-house by STUDIOCANAL or through its worldwide network of production companies, including 2e Bureau, STUDIOCANAL Original, Flab, Kissman, Pernel and Upside in France;
Birdie Pictures, Red Production Company, Urban Myth Films, Strong Film & Television, and Sunny March TV in the UK;
Bambú Producciones and Te Espero en Marte in Spain;
Lailaps Films and STUDIOCANAL Series in Germany;
Opus TV in Poland;
Sam Productions in Denmark;
Dingie in Belgium; and The Picture Company in the United States.
The Director, Development and Production, Genre Label will help build and grow STUDIOCANAL’s establishment of a new genre label, working across all aspects of the business including to identify, source, option and acquire content across film and TV, scout exciting new filmmakers and storytellers, evaluate and assess new material with a keen commercial eye and help to support senior executives to deliver the objective as being the European home for commercial genre film and TV.
The role will be required to work across a growing slate of Film and TV in the genre space, provide constructive creative notes and support to filmmakers and writers, be outward facing in ensuring key producers and talent submit material and show a real entrepreneurial flair.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify and proactively source commercial film & TV projects in the genre space including realistic paths to production at a contained budget level via meetings with writers, directors, agents, producers and wider entertainment industry network.
- Scout and deliver new screenwriting and directing talent relationships to build projects around.
- Track books, graphic novels, short stories, articles, true stories, plays and podcasts for potential adaptation and liaise with book scout to keep up to date on the latest IP.
- Scout for potential remakes in catalogue titles across film and TV.
- Track and keep up to date with upcoming projects from proven genre talent/writers & filmmakers with brand awareness.
- Review film festival programmes and when requested attend genre festivals to track potential breakout acquisitions in the genre space as well as upcoming filmmaking talent.
- Manage submission tracking/workflow and ensure timely responses to submissions.
- Provide creative feedback on submissions internally and externally, in a timely manner via written/verbal reports on scripts, books, treatments, remake titles, podcasts etc.
Development Responsibilities:
- Work with producers, writers and directors during the development process to push material to as commercial a place as possible.
- Read drafts/development materials for in-house development projects and provide clear written and verbal notes for internal and external use to a high…
Title: Director, Development And Production – Sixth Dimension
Company: Studiocanal
Location: City Of London, UK
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