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Most recently an Executive Producer for Bad Wolf where, in addition to Industry, he worked across the development of an array of projects for a mix of domestic and international broadcasters.
Prior to Bad Wolf, he worked for Left Bank on the Sony, Amazon & C4 Philip K. Dick drama, Electric Dreams, working with some of the finest writers and directors in the UK today including Jack Thorne, David Farr, Toni Grisoni, Matthew Graham, Julian Jarrold and Marc Munden.
Previously he worked on series 8 and 9 of Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who, where he was part of the script team that launched Peter Capaldi’s Doctor, working with writers including Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Toby Whithouse, Jamie Mathieson, Cath Tregenna, Peter Harness and Mark Gatiss, and directors such as Douglas Mackinnon, Rachel Talalay, Paul Wilmshurst and Ben Wheatley.
He started his career in the BBC’s Continuing Drama department, working across both Holby City and Casualty.
After joining Bad Wolf as a Personal Assistant Alister worked his way up through Development Assistant and Junior Script Editor positions before joining the script team of BBC & HBO’s production – Industry. Alister then joined the team at 5 Acts Productions in 2022 as Script Editor, working across the full slate of projects and developments.
Llaima has worked in the TV industry for 10 years since graduating with a BA in Film Production from The University for the Creative Arts. She started her career as a Script Secretary at the BBC and worked her way up to Assistant Script Editor. In 2016 she began working as a freelance Production Coordinator for various production companies including Hartswood, Severn Screen, Kindle Entertainment, Fiction Factory & Tidy Productions. Llaima joined 5 Acts Productions in August 2022.
Laura is the Commercial Director of 5 Acts, where she works closely with the team to take projects from idea to screen. Most recently Laura was at Fifth Season, where she sought out representation opportunities across the UK and Ireland, and worked closely with Fifth Season’s UK partner producers on commercial strategy. Prior to this she oversaw scripted distribution outside of the US for Fifth Season, and directly negotiated major deals for titles such as The Little Drummer Girl and Killing Eve, the latter of which she sold to the BBC. Prior to this Laura worked for BBC Studios in the US, where she drove co-productions and sales into the US market, including The End of the F*cking World and Top of the Lake S2.
Julie is Director of Production for Drama at ITV Studios. Previously she was Head of Production at Studio Lambert and Seven Stories (All3Media) and before that was Senior Production Executive at Left Bank Pictures and Production Consultant for BBC In-House Drama. During her career as a freelance Line Producer Julie worked with numerous independent production companies on a mixture of high profile TV drama and feature films in the UK and abroad.
Sam looks after Legal & Business Affairs for 5 Acts working closely with the creative team on all aspects of the 5 Acts development and production slate. She joined from A24 where she established legal and business affairs for their initial UK slate of television projects working closely with the key UK executives. Prior to this she was at Left Bank Pictures (Sony) as a senior lawyer, looking after legal and business affairs for award winning shows including The Crown, Outlander, Quiz and Behind Her Eyes. At Working Title Television (NBC Universal) she worked on dramas including The Luminaries and Hanna and, as a qualified solicitor, has advised a number of drama projects at other independent producers and broadcasters including BBC and ITV.
Sarah is the Finance Director of 5 Acts and works with the teams to guide finance plans and annual reporting requirements. Sarah has worked in ITV Studios drama since 2008 and was instrumental in the set up of the UK tax credit for drama productions.