Speaker Gub Neal
Speaker Gub Neal

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Gub Neal

Founder

Ringside Studios

Gub Neal is an Emmy Award-winning producer behind the internationally acclaimed and BAFTA-nominated series The Fall, starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan, as well as the successful French adaptation Insoupconnable. His other credits include The Last Enemy, Prime Suspect, Cracker and the Prix Italia winner Sunday.

In 2020, Gub established Ringside Studios with Edward Barlow as a joint-venture with leading French distributor Newen to create innovative, ground-breaking dramas for the UK and international markets. Ringside recently released Liaison, a six-part international thriller starring Eva Green and Vincent Cassel. This co-production with Leonis Productions aired on Apple TV+ this February. Ringside’s first project, My Name is Leon, aired on BBC2 in June 2022. The 90-minute film starring Malachi Kirby, Monica Dolan and Olivia Williams garnered great reviews and a consolidated audience of 1.5 million. It recently won Best TV Movie at the 2022 C21 International Drama Awards.

Prior to setting up Ringside, Gub was the Founder and Creative Director of Artists Studio and Box TV. And he was previously a controller of drama at Granada TV, as well as head of drama at Channel 4, where he commissioned shows such as Queer as Folk and BAFTA-winning miniseries Longitude and Shackleton.

Speaking on: PANEL: Co-Pro Challenge—Local stories, global appeal

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