Apple TV+ Europe boss Jay Hunt, who has commissioned the likes of Gradual Horses, Unhealthy Sisters and Tiny World, is being lined up as the following chair of the BFI, in keeping with a Sky Information report.
Sky Information mentioned UK TV veteran Hunt is frontrunner of three candidates vying to succeed Tim Richards.
The UK’s Tradition, Media & Sport (CMS) division, which appoints BFI Chairs, will probably make the choice over the following few weeks, with Richards’ substitute set to be introduced within the spring. The deadline for functions was in September and interviews befell final month. The CMS decides on plenty of essential media business Chair roles together with on the BBC and Ofcom.
The position takes round two half time days of labor monthly and, like Vue CEO Richards, Hunt might proceed working for Apple had been she to take it on. The job description known as for candidates who can work throughout a wide range of government briefs together with sustaining shut relationships with the federal government and key influencers alongside producing income and making certain the monetary resilience of the group.
Hunt – who’s the one UK TV commissioner to have run three channels (BBC One, Channel 4, Channel 5) – has been overseeing Apple TV+’s commissioning in Europe for practically six years. After a sluggish begin, she has nurtured a string of hits together with the likes of Gary Oldman-starrer Gradual Horses and Sharon Horgan’s Unhealthy Sisters. She is nicely revered and launched a wave of hits throughout her Channel 4 stint together with Gogglebox, whereas she additionally led the negotiations that noticed The Nice British Bake off transfer over from the BBC. She is a TV veteran however has little movie expertise and would be a part of the BFI at a troublesome time for the native indie sector.
