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‘The Manhattan Alien Abduction’ Producer Story Films Staffs Up In U.S. & UK
Story Films has hired Liza Williams, Adnan Mohammed, Adam Hopkins in the U.S. and UK having produced 'The Manhattan Alien Abduction' for Netflix.
As well as leading the development of all unscripted projects, Mohammed will spearhead further growth into the streamer market, focusing on limited series, feature documentaries and co-pro opportunities. In the UK, Story has upped Executive Producer Unscripted Adam Hopkins to Head of Factual, overseeing the docs production slate and seeking to find crossover in the docs and drama teams, while Netflix’s Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare director Liza Williams has joined as EP. Story, which is run by Peter Beard and Dave Nath and also makes drama such as ITV’s The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, said it has a “raft of commissions for soon-to-be-announced premium documentary series ordered for a range of platforms and channels.” The company is coming off the back of an International Emmy win for Sky’s Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story and was behind Netflix’s TheManhattan Alien Abduction, which explored a woman’s claim to have been abducted from her bedroom.
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