{"id":18583,"date":"2023-04-25T11:14:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/playground-promotes-joint-managing-directors\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T10:19:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T14:19:45","slug":"playground-promotes-for-joint-managing-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/playground-promotes-for-joint-managing-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Playground Promotes for Joint Managing Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>All Creatures Great &amp; Small<\/em> producer Playground has elevated Scott Huff and David Stern to joint managing directors.<\/p>\n<p>Huff and Stern will be handling the day-to-day management of the U.K. and U.S. operations of the company and its slate of returning series.<\/p>\n<p>Founder and Executive Chairman Colin Callender will continue to focus on the company\u2019s corporate strategy, co-production partnerships, and key talent relationships while overseeing certain current productions, such as <i>All Creatures Great and Small<\/i> currently shooting its fourth season.<\/p>\n<p>Callender said: \u201cIn Scott and David, we have very strong, creatively dynamic and commercially innovative leadership across our growing slate of projects. Scott was a day-one employee of the company and has been an integral part of its success to date, while David was a valued colleague and collaborator for many years before joining us formally in 2019. As a partnership, they are a formidable team capable of harnessing and accelerating the growth of the business in the ever-changing global marketplace. I look forward to entering the next chapter of Playground together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Huff has been at Playground since its inception, overseeing its slate of television projects in the U.S. and U.K., as well as its international co-productions. He was responsible for the development and production of successful television series as executive producer on <em>Wolf Hall<\/em>, <em>The Missing<\/em>, <em>The White Queen<\/em>,<em> The White Princess<\/em>, <em>The Spanish Princess<\/em>, <em>Howards End<\/em> and <em>King Lear<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Stern joined Playground in 2019 as senior VP of development and production. 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