International Disruptors: ITV Studios’ Lisa Perrin Talks Foreign Drama Explosion, Top Talent & The Global Skills Crisis

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Welcome to International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S.

shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, ITV Studios International Production MD Lisa Perrin talks through some of the biggest topics of the moment.

Lisa is responsible for a host of well-respected labels outside the U.S. and UK that are primed to take advantage of the current penchant for foreign-language drama.

She joined two years ago and is finally able to get out and about after the pandemic curtailed travel. The year so far has been the year of non-English-language drama and ITV Studios’ Lisa Perrin is perfectly poised to take advantage.In the Managing Director of International Production post at UK broadcaster ITV’s production and sales arm, which she has occupied for the past two years, Perrin oversees global strategy along with the day-to-day production issues of a host of ITV Studios’ international labels.