Kate Bennetts onboard at Ringside Studios
Kate Bennetts is joining the newly created Ringside studios (@Ringside Studios) where she will lead and guide all aspects of finance, business development and strategy.
Kate an experienced TV financing executive, joins from Ingenious Media where she managed their TV strategy for the last 8 years and helped finance on ‘Marcella’, ‘White House Farm’, ‘Britannia’ and ‘Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell’. She previously working in investment management and is a qualified accountant.
Ringside Studios was established in 2020 by award winning producer Gub Neal, (The Fall, Prime Suspect). The company has been established as a joint venture with Newen, the leading French production and distribution group owned by TF1, to create innovative, ground-breaking, and premium content for the UK and international market. Projects are in advanced development and pre-production with some of the UK’s most prestigious writers and directors.
Neal said: ‘We are delighted to have Kate onboard at Ringside and her hire is a key part in our plan to make strategic investments into experienced and exciting UK drama talent. There is a real appetite in the market for this type of creative-led, European-orientated structure and throughout lockdown we have been having many interesting conversations with a broad spectrum of talent.’
Bennetts said: ‘It is an excellent time to be joining the team at Ringside and Newen. Ringside have an impressive and ambitious slate that I am looking forward to helping them get into production. In addition to Ringside’s own productions, a key part of the company’s strategy is identifying exciting UK drama talent and supporting them throughout their content generation journey. I am passionate about building a network of companies producing drama at the highest quality, with one foot firmly in Europe.’
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