Elizabeth McIntyre is on a mission for Discovery Networks International: to commission factual shows from every corner of the globe, including the best documentaries from the Middle East.
“It’s key for me to work with new talent,” says the vice president of production and development for factual programming at Discovery Networks International. “I’m very keen on taking risks, and it’s key to note that the talent can be English-speaking as a first or second language. It’s the nature of the market that English is a global language, but the experts we nurture can be from anywhere in the world. We’re looking for new talent behind the scenes as well as in front of camera, and producers and crew too can be from anywhere. My team is based in London, but we could be based anywhere in the world as we commission shows for Discovery Networks International, so it’s of equal importance that the experts we work with are international experts.”
McIntyre has worked at Discovery for around six years, and in her time there, she has commissioned factual shows as diverse as the hit car-revamping exercise Wheeler Dealers, pop-science successes like the forthcoming Man vs Expert and The Idris Elba Project and one-off docs such as Flight 370: The Missing Links.
Describing her inspiration for working in the documentary and factual field, she says: “All my life I’ve been fascinated by other people’s stories and worlds, and the opportunity to have a glimpse into those worlds is at the heart of what drives me. It was absolutely natural for me to move into the world of documentary, first as a documentary maker, and then as a documentary and series commissioner, to have a glimpse at some of those worlds. What I love about factual programming is the opportunity to not only see those worlds, but to learn about them, too.”
Original article by Chris Newbould
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