Bedlam Productions plucks Olwyn Silvester from Atlantic

UK indie producer Bedlam has recruited Olwyn Silvester as its first director of production.

Olwyn Silvester

She joins from Atlantic Productions and will oversee Bedlam’s output across drama, factual and feature films.

Bedlam, a copro partner on The King’s Speech, has also hired Stella Nwimo, who will develop and produce film and TV projects at Bedlam.

Prior to a five-year stint at Atlantic, Silvester was at the BBC after which she founded indie producer company Just Television.