Production company A24 hires BBC's Rose Garnett and Piers Wenger

The independent studio A24, responsible for titles such as “Euphoria,” “Moonlight” and “Lady Bird,” announced the appointment of Rose Garnett and Piers Wenger, Director of BBC Film and Director of BBC Drama, respectively, to oversee its international film and television slate.

As Director of BBC Film, Garnett has overseen a slate of movies including “The Power of the Dog,” “The Nest” and “Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always”. Prior to that, the executive worked at Film4, where she helped produce the likes of “The Favourite,” “Room” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri”.

Meanwhile, as Director of BBC Drama, Wenger has overseen hit television series such as “I May Destroy You,” “Bodyguard,” “A Very English Scandal” and “Normal People”. Previously, he was Head of Drama at Channel 4, where he commissioned “Humans,” “National Treasure,” and “The End of The F**cking World”.

“Piers Wenger has been an outstanding Director of Drama over the last six years at the BBC. Under his inspirational leadership, BBC Drama has flourished and at a time of intense competition, he has cemented the BBC’s reputation as the home of creative risk-taking and the most original, fearless and ambitious British storytelling,”  commented Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer at the BBC.

“After a decade as a drama commissioner, it is high time I gave someone else a go. The last six years working for Charlotte and the BBC have been more creatively challenging, more emboldening and more fun than anyone has the right to in the name of work,”  Wenger declared.

“The BBC is unparalleled as a place to make great work. Under the inspiring and generous leadership of Charlotte Moore, myself and the film team have been able to discover, support and celebrate voices and stories from across the UK and beyond,”  Garnett added.

Both Garnett and Wenger will leave the BBC in May of this year. Eva Yates will serve as acting Director of BBC Film in the interim, while Ben Irving will be acting Director of BBC Drama until an appointment is made.