Iain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films has teamed up with three-time Australian Writers Guild award-winner Samantha Strauss to set up a joint venture production company. Picking Scabs will be based in Australia and develop projects for Strauss to write and produce with See-Saw Films in both Australia and worldwide.
See-Saw and Strauss recently worked together on dark comedy series “The End,” which Strauss created and wrote. The show is a co-production between Sky UK and Foxtel Australia, that is executive produced by Strauss and See-Saw’s Rachel Gardner, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, alongside Sherman and Canning. Starring Harriet Walter (“Succession”) and Frances O’Connor (“The Missing”), it is directed by Jessica M. Thompson and Jonathan Brough and will air in the U.S. on Showtime from 2021.
See-Saw’s producer/executive producer Gardner will work closely with Strauss on the Picking Scabs development slate.
“We want to tell stories that...
See-Saw and Strauss recently worked together on dark comedy series “The End,” which Strauss created and wrote. The show is a co-production between Sky UK and Foxtel Australia, that is executive produced by Strauss and See-Saw’s Rachel Gardner, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, alongside Sherman and Canning. Starring Harriet Walter (“Succession”) and Frances O’Connor (“The Missing”), it is directed by Jessica M. Thompson and Jonathan Brough and will air in the U.S. on Showtime from 2021.
See-Saw’s producer/executive producer Gardner will work closely with Strauss on the Picking Scabs development slate.
“We want to tell stories that...
- 9/22/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Sara Richardson.
Network 10 drama executive Sara Richardson is moving back to production house Playmaker Media after nearly three years with the broadcaster.
Richardson returns to Playmaker as an executive producer and will working across the Sony Pictures-owned production company’s drama slate both in Australia and with Sony Pictures Television International’s La creative team.
The appointment reunites Richardson with the Playmaker team of which she was a driving member before joining Network Ten in 2017. The television executive spent five years as a drama development producer for Playmaker with production credits including The Wrong Girl, House Husbands, The Code and Love Child.
“We are excited to have Sara return to Playmaker. She is an incredibly talented drama executive who will play an integral part in leading Playmaker’s future drama projects” said Playmaker co-founders David Maher and David Taylor.
During Richardson’s career at Network 10 she oversaw the...
Network 10 drama executive Sara Richardson is moving back to production house Playmaker Media after nearly three years with the broadcaster.
Richardson returns to Playmaker as an executive producer and will working across the Sony Pictures-owned production company’s drama slate both in Australia and with Sony Pictures Television International’s La creative team.
The appointment reunites Richardson with the Playmaker team of which she was a driving member before joining Network Ten in 2017. The television executive spent five years as a drama development producer for Playmaker with production credits including The Wrong Girl, House Husbands, The Code and Love Child.
“We are excited to have Sara return to Playmaker. She is an incredibly talented drama executive who will play an integral part in leading Playmaker’s future drama projects” said Playmaker co-founders David Maher and David Taylor.
During Richardson’s career at Network 10 she oversaw the...
- 10/2/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
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