Regular Individuals producer Aspect Footage has made its first signature rent since being acquired by Fremantle, signing up Fleabag indie Two Brothers Footage drama boss Christopher Aird as Inventive Director.
Aird will work throughout the Academy Award-winning Irish indie’s UK, U.S. and worldwide TV and movie slate together with exec producing choose initiatives within the newly-created function.
He has spent the previous 5 years at Jack and Harry Williams’ Two Brothers, throughout which period he oversaw the likes of BBC One/HBO Max/Stan’s Jamie Dornan-starrer The Vacationer, ITV/Amazon’s The Widow and a brand new TV thriller for BBC One, which might be introduced later this yr. He’s a former Commissioning Editor for BBC Drama.
Aspect Founders Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe referred to as Aird an “extraordinary producer who shares our DNA along with his eager eye for high quality and element.”
Aird added: “It’s tough to depart Two Brothers as I’ve beloved working there however the alternative to be Inventive Director at probably the most thrilling scripted manufacturing firms in Europe is just too good to cross up.”
The transfer is Aspect’s first signature assertion rent following the Fremantle acquisition. The prolific The Favorite movie and TV producer is at the moment engaged on one other Emma Stone-starring Yorgos Lanthimos venture, Poor Issues, together with a Shane Meadows BBC venture titled The Gallows Pole.