Exclusive: The Crown producer Michael Casey has completed his royal tour of duty.
Casey has told colleagues that he is leaving Left Bank Pictures after a 16-year association with the Sony Pictures Television-owned production company.
Casey produced shows for Left Bank for years before becoming a member of staff in 2008. He was elevated to a board post in 2020 and played a pivotal role in delivering every season of The Crown to Netflix.
Casey’s other Left Bank credits include ITV drama Father and Son, starring Dougray Scott, BBC series Zen, and Strike Back, the Sky/HBO drama.
Casey said: “I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have been part of a best-in-class producing team on The Crown and to have spent so much time with such a wonderful cast and crew.
“It was very much in the context of the show coming to an end that it felt like the...
Casey has told colleagues that he is leaving Left Bank Pictures after a 16-year association with the Sony Pictures Television-owned production company.
Casey produced shows for Left Bank for years before becoming a member of staff in 2008. He was elevated to a board post in 2020 and played a pivotal role in delivering every season of The Crown to Netflix.
Casey’s other Left Bank credits include ITV drama Father and Son, starring Dougray Scott, BBC series Zen, and Strike Back, the Sky/HBO drama.
Casey said: “I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have been part of a best-in-class producing team on The Crown and to have spent so much time with such a wonderful cast and crew.
“It was very much in the context of the show coming to an end that it felt like the...
- 6/6/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Crown” producer Left Bank Pictures has promoted Sian McWilliams to the position of creative director.
She will take up her new position on Jan. 1.
McWilliams is currently an executive producer at the production company, where she has worked on a slate of shows including “Without Sin,” starring Vicky McLure, for U.K. broadcaster ITV and, for Netflix, “The Fuck It Bucket” which is set to feature Stephen Fry.
She has previously worked on “Call the Midwife,” “Humans” and “Mr Selfridge.”
As creative director, McWilliams will be charged with overseeing Left Bank’s slate, developing new projects, talent and partnerships and expanding the production company’s relationships with streamers and broadcasters.
Left Bank has been owned by Sony Pictures Television since 2012.
“I am thrilled Sian has accepted the role of Left Bank’s new creative director,” said Andy Harries, chief executive of Left Bank Pictures. “Sian embodies all the essential...
She will take up her new position on Jan. 1.
McWilliams is currently an executive producer at the production company, where she has worked on a slate of shows including “Without Sin,” starring Vicky McLure, for U.K. broadcaster ITV and, for Netflix, “The Fuck It Bucket” which is set to feature Stephen Fry.
She has previously worked on “Call the Midwife,” “Humans” and “Mr Selfridge.”
As creative director, McWilliams will be charged with overseeing Left Bank’s slate, developing new projects, talent and partnerships and expanding the production company’s relationships with streamers and broadcasters.
Left Bank has been owned by Sony Pictures Television since 2012.
“I am thrilled Sian has accepted the role of Left Bank’s new creative director,” said Andy Harries, chief executive of Left Bank Pictures. “Sian embodies all the essential...
- 11/17/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Left Bank Pictures, the Sony-backed U.K. producers of Netflix smash hit “The Crown,” has been accused of mishandling a sexual harassment complaint, according to an expose published in The Guardian on Monday.
Freelancers Holly Bourdillon and Laura Johnston were working on the post-production of “White Lines,” another Netflix show produced by Left Bank, in December 2019 in London. Chris Croucher, then an executive producer at Left Bank, sexually assaulted Bourdillon, and also physically assaulted Johnston, according to The Guardian.
Croucher was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2020. He pleaded guilty to sexual and common assault in January 2021 and was sentenced to three months’ curfew and a five-year community order.
However, Bourdillon and Johnston allege in The Guardian that a meeting with Left Bank CEO Andy Harries and COO Grace Wilson, along with two other unnamed members of staff in January 2020, caused them distress. “Andy starts the meeting by saying that Chris was an amazing producer,...
Freelancers Holly Bourdillon and Laura Johnston were working on the post-production of “White Lines,” another Netflix show produced by Left Bank, in December 2019 in London. Chris Croucher, then an executive producer at Left Bank, sexually assaulted Bourdillon, and also physically assaulted Johnston, according to The Guardian.
Croucher was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2020. He pleaded guilty to sexual and common assault in January 2021 and was sentenced to three months’ curfew and a five-year community order.
However, Bourdillon and Johnston allege in The Guardian that a meeting with Left Bank CEO Andy Harries and COO Grace Wilson, along with two other unnamed members of staff in January 2020, caused them distress. “Andy starts the meeting by saying that Chris was an amazing producer,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran and K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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