The U.K.’s top directors have banded together to send a clear message to streamers: “Royalties are a lifeblood.”
An open letter published by copyright management organization Directors U.K. boasts signatories including Slow Horses helmers Saul Metzstein, James Hawes, and Jeremy Lovering, Andor and Sherlock‘s Benjamin Caron, The Crown‘s Erik Richter Strand, Jessica Hobbs, and Sam Donovan (also a director on Severance), as well as Black Mirror‘s Sam Miller, Colm McCarthy, and John Crowley, who is best known for directing 2024 film We Live in Time with Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh.
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Poldark‘s Joss Agnew, Blue Lights director Gilles Bannier, and Otto Bathurst of Peaky Blinders have also joined in challenging the streaming platforms.
“The global streaming services enjoy huge success, critically and commercially, and your catalogues are enjoyed by audiences around the world,” the letter begins. “But behind every programme you
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