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Gráinne McKenna

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Work Department

Film & TV

Position

Gráinne is a partner in the Film & TV Group.

For over 10 years Gráinne was Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs at the UK’s leading production company, Working Title Films. She was responsible for half of the highly successful WT film slate including, amongst others, the Bridget Jones and Nanny McPhee films, Love Actually, Atonement, United 93, Green Zone and Tinker Tailor. She supervised the launch and international roll out of the musical Billy Elliot, which has now been seen by over 10 million people across five continents and then advised on the establishment of WTTV Working Title Television. Most recently she has been working at NBCUniversal as the Head of Legal and Business Affairs for WTTV, overseeing the company’s recent productions, which include the ten part series for Sky1 You, Me and the Apocalypse, a five-part drama series for BBC2 London Spy, and the returning half-hour comedy series Yonderland.

Education

Gráinne has a Masters degree in European Broadcasting Regulation and a French Maîtrise in European law.