Sky Studios has made two new appointments for its U.K. drama commissioning team, naming Sam Hoyle as executive producer and Tilly Coulson as head of development.<\/p>\n
In her new role, Hoyle will develop new projects and oversee all elements of the production process on new and returning dramas, including the recently announced Sky original Lockerbie<\/em>. Before joining Sky Studios, Hoyle worked as an executive producer at Netflix.<\/p>\n Hoyle previously served as co-executive producer on Doctor Who<\/em> (BBC) and was the associate producer and script executive on all three series of Broadchurch<\/em> (ITV).<\/p>\n As head of development, Coulson will spearhead drama development for Sky Studios\u2019 commissioned slate, accelerating existing projects and generating new developments. She will act as a key contact for the independent producer community with Sky Studios and work to identify and nurture new and underrepresented writing talent, including overseeing the Sky Table Reads.<\/p>\n Prior to Sky Studios, Coulson was senior development executive at Working Title Films, with credits including Rebecca<\/em>, King of Thieves<\/em> and Johnny English Strikes Again<\/em>.<\/p>\n Hoyle and Coulson both joined Sky Studios in February and report to Gabriel Silver, director of commissioning for drama at Sky Studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sky Studios has made two new appointments for its U.K. drama commissioning team, naming Sam Hoyle as executive producer and Tilly Coulson as head of development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":16457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4895,3440,4896],"class_list":["post-16456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-sam-hoyle","tag-sky-studios","tag-tilly-coulson","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n