Screen NSW Power Lunch with Andy Ryan, Head of Scripted - Streaming & Broadcast, Nine Entertainment

Screen NSW is holding a monthly webinar series to help demystify market partners and support mid-level practitioners to feel more confident to create and pitch projects.  

Joining us this month is Andy Ryan, Head of Scripted - Streaming & Broadcast. Andy is responsible for the development and production of all scripted originals across Nine Entertainment, including streaming service Stan, linear broadcast 9Network, and BVOD streaming service 9Now. We’ll be covering how Nine Entertainment is navigating the evolving Australian screen market across Stan, Nine and 9Now including how platform strategy and audience demand are shaping their slate and what kinds of stories and formats are cutting through right now. We’ll also discuss what they’re looking for from creators, from the spark of an idea through to how projects are pitched, packaged, and commissioned. 

Andy will be in conversation with Screen Investment Manager Hayley Johnson, followed by an audience Q&A. 

Andy Ryan 

With almost thirty years' experience as a screenwriter and network executive, Andy is one of Australia's most experienced and successful drama commissioners.    

As Head of Scripted - Streaming & Broadcast, Andy is responsible for the development and production of all scripted originals across Nine Entertainment, including streaming service Stan, linear broadcaster 9Network, and BVOD streaming service 9Now. Prior to this expanded role he had been Head of Drama for Nine since 2011. 

For Stan and 9Network, Andy has overseen some of Australia's most iconic and internationally successful drama commissions, ranging from award winning series McLeods Daughters, Sea Patrol, Doctor Doctor, Love Child, House Husbands, Human Error and Scrublands, to event mini-series including the Underbelly franchise, House of Hancock, Beaconsfield, Howzat! Kerry Packer's War, Halifax: Retribution, Wolf Creek and Bali 2002. 

Upcoming titles for Stan include hospital drama The F-Ward, crime thriller The Killings at Parrish Station, family movie Scales, and international co-productions Careless and TwoBirds. 

After graduating from AFTRS, Andy started his television career as a scriptwriter and script editor on All Saints. He is passionate about working with local creatives to bring the finest Australian stories to the widest possible audience here and abroad.