EXCLUSIVE: Richard Tulk-Hart has left drama label Buccaneer Media. Tulk-Hart was co-CEO of the Marcella producer and has arrange Volteo Media, a consultancy centered on the scripted TV biz.
Tulk-Hart joined Buccaneer in 2019, serving as co-CEO alongside Tony Wooden. He joined from A+E Networks the place, as MD for worldwide, he labored throughout distribution, codecs and co-production. At Cineflix-backed Buccaneer he helped tee up drama collection together with Acorn TV’s Whitstable Pearl, ITV’s Crime – tailored from the Irvine Welsh novel – in addition to The Doll Manufacturing facility, The Burning Ladies and The Crow Lady for Paramount+. He additionally labored on huge worldwide co-pros together with the Leonard Cohen drama So Lengthy Marianne.
His new outfit Volteo will present consultancy on particular person initiatives in addition to full slates. Funding drama collection has turn into more and more advanced, and now steadily requires a mix of companions, typically hailing from completely different territories. Tulk-Hart’s Volteo will provide EP companies and likewise deal with pre-sales and co-pro recommendation for these working up scripted initiatives.
“The previous commissioning and financing fashions are not match for goal,” he stated. “There’s a chance proper now to work throughout corporations and borders to assist get bold initiatives made with out including everlasting overheads to companies. That’s precisely the place Volteo Media is available in.”
Deadline understands that Volteo’s first consumer shall be Tulk-Hart’s former employer, Buccaneer. In some instances, and notably for the larger finances initiatives, it would assist connect on and off-screen expertise to dramas. It would additionally have a look at modern funding fashions as scripted producers wrestle to get reveals financed.
“There’s an actual shift occurring,” Tulk-Hart stated. “The need for a number of companions on a present is now the norm, not a nice-to-have. I’ve been working in that area for years and I understand how to carry the precise folks collectively.”
Previous to Buccaneer and A+E, Tulk-Hart was at Miramax, Fremantle, and IMG.
