EXCLUSIVE: Ash Atalla, the British producer with credits for everything from The Office to Stath Lets Flats, is joining the governing board of the UK’s National Film and Television School (NFTS).
His appointment comes soon after the NFTS announced an expansion of its facilities, with the Cubby Broccoli Building to its Beaconsfield campus due to open in January 2027.
Atalla is one of British comedy’s biggest names, winning Emmys, BAFTAs and Golden Globe, and producing shows such as Big Boys, People Just Do Nothing and The IT Crowd. Known for championing new voices, the producer worked with Ricky Gervais, Chris O’Dowd, Katherine Parkinson, Jamie Demetriou and Jack Rooke at the early stages of their TV careers.
He has also moved his indie production house Roughcut into drama through Paramount+’s Little Disasters, 5’s Coma and Channel 4’s Wrong Move, which is about to go into production.
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