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Passion Pictures Signs Head Of Features To Discover Next Generation Of Female Documentary Directors In UK
Passion Pictures, producer of 'Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story', has signed Emily Jeal in a female director push.
Her hire is partly intended to help free up time for CEO Nick Southgate and Creative Director David Moulton to focus attention on limited and talent-led returnable TV series. Jeal played a key role in developing Super/Man, the heartwrenching story about Reeves’ life-changing disability that attracted plenty attention at Sundance and was acquired by Warner, while she also worked across Passion’s Kim Kardashian-produced Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar. With this in mind, Jeal, whose past employers include British indies Dragonfly and Minnow, is tasked with leading Passion’s charge to bring through the next generation of female directors, and a number of projects on her development slate are helmed by women.
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