Netflix Director Of UK Features Fiona Lamptey Exits
deadline.comFiona Lamptey has left her position as Director of UK Features at Netflix. We understand Lamptey left the streamer last week.
Netflix had no comment on the departure. Netflix hired Lamptey in October 2020. Her remit was to identify books, theatre projects, and other material to develop into feature films focused on British productions and IP.
She joined from her own banner Fruit Tree Media, which focused on championing unrepresented voices, which she formed after 13 years of working at Channel 4 / Film4.
She was a BFI Vision Awardee in 2020. During her time at the streamer, Lamptey greenlit a range of film projects, such as Sebastián Lelio’s most recent project, The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh and British-Iranian filmmaker Babak Anvari’s feature I Came By, starring George MacKay, Kelly Macdonald, and Hugh Bonneville.
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