Ollie Madden, the director of Film4 and Channel 4, leaving the broadcaster after an eight -year period of time to join Netflix as a UK movie director.
The news was reported to the fourth channel staff this morning via a note, you can read it below. Madden leaves in October.
MADDEN, which will submit a report to Anne Mensah, the content of the Vice President in Netflix, will lead the NETFLIX film list in the United Kingdom and works as a major contact in the UK films on the Dan Lin menu where IP and talent and production are located in the United Kingdom. He will also develop a handful of directors that directors.
Theresa Mono, a veterinarian Netflix, who held the position of director, the international original film, and took over the role of the UK movie since last year, left quietly earlier this year, but he will continue to work with them Peak.
Once again at Film4/C4, Farana Bahla, Chairman of the Creativity Council and Vice Directors will actually take over a temporary director of Film4 from 1street July. GWAWR LLOYD, the assignment editor, drama, will become a temporary head of drama that provides reports to Ian Kats and will join Hods of 1street July. We asked whether there will be any official interview for other candidates but they have not heard again, so it seems (and reading between the lines of the memo below) that except for any setbacks, the plan is to continue BHULA and LLOYD in these long -term roles.
In the note below, Madden will continue to supervise the delivery of projects until October. Bhula and LLOYD will supervise each of them alone, but they will work together to increase talent relationships and will participate in the implementation of the new Molly Manning-Walker show with A24, which we announced yesterday.
It is a time to flow and challenge in Film4/C4. The exit of Madden comes only one month after the news that Alex Mahoun, the head of Channel 4, will step down after eight years at the head. Channel 4, Ian Katz's content, admitted to his team at the end of April that his future was uncertain. In recent years, the broadcaster had to deal with more than 250 layoffs, and move more moves to the transfer of channels from London. Recently, the internal production business development plans have feathers, while the latest annual results showed a decrease in content spending except for an increase in executive wages.
The shared role of Madden and TV has an extraordinary role in the work. Bhula and LLOYD now returns to a more traditional structure. The height of a meteor for the first was in particular. Bhula has worked in development and production in the British Indian Islands between 2012-2019, but has expanded the ranks of the ranks in six years since then to take over one of the best film industry posts in Europe.
MADDEN FILM4 has followed the impressive history of competitors for awards and critical strikes. The list of his Oscar -winning films included Bad thingsand The attention area and the favorite. Its series commissions have just started intensifying and including works from a book such as Russell T -Davis, Jack Thorne, Daisy Hagard, Williams, Caroline Odonugu and James Graham.
Internal message for C4 and film4 employees this morning
Welcome everyone,
We write to inform you that after eight great years on Olie Madden, Film4 and Channel 4, you will leave us in October.
Under the leadership of Olie, Film4 supported a series of critical and commercial visits from many of the most exciting managers today. He supervised dozens of award -winning films including 9 Oscar winning, father, poor things, attention area, 24 wins of a monster, the other, the Father, the rocks, the poor things, full of interest and the land.
Olie's commitment, passion and talent sponsorship of FILM4 witnessed only some of the most well-known writers and managers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, but also enhances our industrial reputation as a huge hero for new talent, and supports more than 27 films for the first time and five series by his book for the first time throughout his 4-time films, including Mile Manning-Walk's How to Wose Glass.
We are pleased that Farhanna Paula, head of the directors, deputy directors of the directors and deputy directors.street July. Farhana has worked alongside Olie to create a culture of ambition, cooperation and artistic excellence, and to enhance the Film4 reputation as one of the most leading and dynamic teams in this work. With the current list that embodies everything represented by Film4, the team will move from strength to strength under the leadership of Farana.
Since the fourth channel drama took over early 2024, Olie and the team assigned one of the strongest drama panels in Channel 4, which made us promised to give viewers a wonderful original drama every month from the beginning of next year. Stories from each country from the United Kingdom, written by a variety of talent – will come both the facility and the new – to the screens soon. The main new offers of Russell T, Daisy Hagard, Jack Thorne, Molly Manning-Walker and Roy Williams, with more announcement soon, Channel 4 at its best, support great artists and great work.
Thanks to our long reputation as a hero of most of the original writers and directors and a list of offers that will be played during the years 2026 and 2027, Channel 4 drama has been brilliantly placed for success in the coming years.
GWAWR LLOYD, the assignment editor, drama, is closely with Olie last year and was with the channel for more than five years, and supervises famous offers including The Gathering and Mountting Boy. We are pleased that GWAWR will become a temporary head of the drama that provides reports to Ian Katz and will join Hods from 1street July. GWAWR is passionate about our mandate to bear the risks and has a clear vision of how the fourth channel drama continues to work with the best British talent as we offer our new drama list.
Olie will continue to supervise the delivery of projects until October, and works alongside the Film4 team, Film4, GWAWR and Channel 4 team.
While Farana and Johr will oversee their teams alone, they will continue to work closely together to increase synergy between talent relationships
On both sides, I will participate in the implementation of the new Molly Manning Walker show, which we announced only yesterday.
Olie was an inspiring creative power, a great colleague, a hero and a friend of countless directors. We are incredibly grateful for his exceptional contribution and we wish him all the best for the future, and we congratulate our joy and injustice while building this wonderful work.
