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Walter Iuzzolino

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Walter Iuzzolino (born 1968 in Genoa) is an Italian television producer. He is known for producing UK television shows including The Undateables and My Big Fat Fetish. He founded Eagle Eye Media with fellow producer Jo McGrath.

Biography

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Iuzzolino has reportedly had a lifelong interest in film and television drama.[1] He is responsible for selecting the content for the eponymous Walter Presents range of foreign-language TV drama series on the UK's Channel 4 free streaming service.[2][3][4][5] Iuzzolino has also produced scripted television drama, through Eagle Eye Media, with an emphasis on English-language remakes of popular European dramas. These include Professor T., Before We Die, Suspect and The Couple Next Door. In 2022, the ITV period drama Hotel Portofino, about an aristocratic British family moving to a resort town in the Italian Riviera to run a hotel in the 1920s, was Eagle Eye's first original drama commission.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Walter Presents - Profiles - Meet Walter". Channel 4. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. ^ Holly Williams (28 December 2015). "The man behind foreign drama streaming service "Walter Presents" on TV's new international hotspots | TV & Radio | Culture". The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Walter Iuzzolino | Royal Television Society". Rts.org.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  4. ^ Mark Lawson. "Subtitles, politics and Spin: the latest from Channel 4's Walter Presents foreign drama strand | Television & radio". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  5. ^ Fraser, Isabelle. "Midlife guide to... Walter Presents". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  6. ^ "MIPTV: 'Hotel Portofino' Gets Season 2 Order, 'Professor T' Sells Wide". The Hollywood Reporter. 4 April 2022.
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