THE TEAM
KARI LIA
Managing Director / Producer
Kari is the Head of Programs at the Academy Award-winning Passion Pictures (Searching for Sugarman, One Day in September, Super/Man). Recent projects include DEVIL IN THE FAMILY: THE FALL OF RUBY FRANKE, Hulu's highest ever rating docuseries, ELIZABETH TAYLOR: REBEL SUPERSTAR with Kim Kardashian (BBC/Fox), REBEL NUN which premiered at 2024’s Tribeca Film Festival and THE ASTROWORLD TRAGEDY, a number one Netflix original and top 10 in over 40 countries.
Kari has filmed all over the world interviewing everyone from Rafael Nadal to Stevie Wonder. She was the Showrunner on the hit 10-part Netflix series BREAK POINT following the lives of the world’s top tennis players. Other previous projects include the award-winning feature documentary DAY ZERO (Tencent and Amazon) and KREPT AND KONAN: WE ARE ENGLAND which won the Broadcast Award for Best Original Program.
Originally from California, she started out in television as a teen reporter at her local news station.
SAMUEL SIM
Creative Director
Samuel is a film and TV composer, widely considered to be one of the most exceptional musical talents of his generation. His beautifully evocative music and award-winning film and television scores make him one of the most sought-after composers working in the industry today.
Samuel’s recent projects include A CRUEL LOVE: THE RUTH ELLIS STORY starring Lucy Boynton, two series of MGM’s historical drama DOMINA, Netflix’s CAN I TELL YOU A SECRET?, THE KILLING KIND for Paramount +, BBC drama series SHOWTRIAL, the 10-part Netflix drama THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE (co-scored with Daniel Pemberton), THE SPANISH PRINCESS for Starz, documentary film MAIDEN that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, Left Bank Pictures’ eight-part drama THE HALCYON, Channel 4’s drama THE MILL (for which Sam’s score received an Ivor Novello nomination) and the Charlie Brooker comedy creation TOUCH OF CLOTH. He also composed a wonderfully evocative score for the Netflix feature documentary STOP AT NOTHING: THE LANCE ARMSTRONG STORY.
