David Sankey
David Sankey
Development Consultant
Working across Entertainment Development for most of his career, David is quite literally a One Stop Shop in terms of Creative Thinking. He has held numerous Senior Roles in the industry from Head of Development with Unique Television, Talent Television and WhizzKid Entertainment to Head of Entertainment with At It Productions and Eyeworks UK and 19TV where he worked with the Creative Team on Pop Idol. He took the role of Executive Editor for In-House Development at the BBC responsible for the teams in London and Manchester.
His skill set is to be able to focus on a slate or on a brief and inspire a team - however many that may be - to take an idea from the creative brainstorm to the commissioning pitch with a relentless passion and energy for the process of creating and imagining formats. His ability to inspire is in his DNA. In just the last 3 years he has driven the creative strategy behind 3 different development teams with 3 clients - all of which have resulted in commissioner level run-throughs and funded pilots.
His work in the Indie sector has meant he has established and maintained a strong relationship with Commissioning Teams throughout. In Consultancy he now works with companies here in the UK (England & Scotland) Ireland, The Netherlands, Canada and the USA either with the existing teams or on a project specific basis.
Clients include: BEEZR Studios/ITV & BBC, Trilogy Media/RTE Dublin, Two Rivers/ ITV, BBC & C4, Motion GroupM / Bell Media Canada, Bandicoot Scotland/BBC, Potato/ITV. He has worked directly with International Distributors Fremantle Global.
In the last 3 years David has partnered very successfully with Danny Rawling at Two Rivers, BEEZR Studios, Potato and Trilogy Media taking their formats through to pilot stage with broadcasters and landing commissions in Ireland via RTE.
Working across Entertainment Development for most of his career, David is quite literally a One Stop Shop in terms of Creative Thinking. He has held numerous Senior Roles in the industry from Head of Development with Unique Television, Talent Television and WhizzKid Entertainment to Head of Entertainment with At It Productions and Eyeworks UK and 19TV where he worked with the Creative Team on Pop Idol. He took the role of Executive Editor for In-House Development at the BBC responsible for the teams in London and Manchester.
His skill set is to be able to focus on a slate or on a brief and inspire a team - however many that may be - to take an idea from the creative brainstorm to the commissioning pitch with a relentless passion and energy for the process of creating and imagining formats. His ability to inspire is in his DNA. In just the last 3 years he has driven the creative strategy behind 3 different development teams with 3 clients - all of which have resulted in commissioner level run-throughs and funded pilots.
His work in the Indie sector has meant he has established and maintained a strong relationship with Commissioning Teams throughout. In Consultancy he now works with companies here in the UK (England & Scotland) Ireland, The Netherlands, Canada and the USA either with the existing teams or on a project specific basis.
Clients include: BEEZR Studios/ITV & BBC, Trilogy Media/RTE Dublin, Two Rivers/ ITV, BBC & C4, Motion GroupM / Bell Media Canada, Bandicoot Scotland/BBC, Potato/ITV. He has worked directly with International Distributors Fremantle Global.
In the last 3 years David has partnered very successfully with Danny Rawling at Two Rivers, BEEZR Studios, Potato and Trilogy Media taking their formats through to pilot stage with broadcasters and landing commissions in Ireland via RTE.
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