The BBC has appointed Philippa Kowarsky to the role of Commissioning Editor of Storyville, the org’s international documentary strand.Kowarsky joins from Cinephil, the international sales and advisory firm which she founded in 1997.
During her time at the company she worked on films including the BAFTA winning The Act Of Killing and the Oscar nominated Collective.
Kowarsky has also worked as a producer on the Oscar nominated The Gatekeepers, the Emmy winning Night Will Fall, and the Sundance award winner Flee.At the BBC she will report to Rose Garnett, director of BBC Film.
Her focus will be identifying and co-producing doc features from around the world.Storyville’s Jo Lapping has been upped to Head of Factual Acquisitions, reporting to
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