Christopher Kam: developing television in Australia

About this episode

Christopher Kam discusses television development in Australia and shares insights from his extensive experience in the industry.

On the latest episode of Breaking Screen is Christopher Kam, the Head of Development at Typecast and a freelance story producer through his label Kameo Scripted. Christopher has more than 15 years of experience in the film and television industry, working in both Australia and the UK. Throughout the podcast, he talks about the differences between developing television in Australia compared to overseas; tips on how to give and receive notes; what he's looking for the first time he reads a script; how to know when a project is market-ready; and much more. Christopher was a Development Producer at BBC Studios ANZ where he developed Ghosts Australia which was greenlit at Paramount+, and while working in London for nine years, he was Head of Development at Eleventh Hour Films, and Director of Scripted Development at NBCUniversal International Studios, where he was the executive across the first season of Amazon series HANNA and both seasons of the BBC series The Capture. He also script edited the BBC series The Long Song, and started out working in production in Australia on ABC series Glitch season 1 and ABC series Nowhere Boys Season 2, as well as the feature film Cut Snake.

People in this episode

Host: Caris Bizzaca

Guest: Christopher Kam

Topics covered

• television development
• Australia
• script notes
• market readiness
• film industry

Keywords

• television
• development
• Australia
• script
• film industry
• BBC
• Paramount+

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Typecast, Kameo Scripted, BBC Studios ANZ, Paramount+, Eleventh Hour Films, NBCUniversal International Studios

Books & works: Ghosts Australia, HANNA, The Capture, The Long Song, Glitch, Nowhere Boys, Cut Snake

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