Gareth Neame

Gareth Neame is a British television producer and executive.

He was the executive producer of Downton Abbey, and won six consecutive Emmy Awards for his work on the show. Neame executive produced all episodes of the show which has won numerous national and international awards, as well as receiving a Guinness World Record for the highest critical review ratings for a TV show ever.

As an executive at the BBC, Neame was responsible for bringing a new wave of popular dramas to the screen including Spooks (MI5), State of Play, Hustle, and New Tricks.

Since 2004, he has been Managing Director of Carnival Films, the respected British studio which has produced popular television series such as Poirot, Traffik, Jeeves and Wooster, Hotel Babylon and Whitechapel. In 2008, Neame sold the company to NBCUniversal as the cornerstone of its new international TV studios.

Neame was named by GQ magazine as one of the 100 most connected men in Britain in March 2014, and has been listed in the Variety 500 index of most influential business leaders in the global entertainment industry.