Co-founder Daniel Glynn exits Ad Hoc

Ad Hoc Films co-founder Daniel Glynn has left the company to launch as an independent producer-executive. 

Ad Hoc continues under Glynn’s fellow co-founder Mat Hodgson, with an active slate in development and production. 

Glynn launched Ad Hoc with Hodgson in 2005, and has since worked on projects for the likes of Sky, BBC, Amazon, NBCUniversal, Altitude Film Entertainment, Embankment, Banijay and ITV, as well as international broadcasters and distributors.

These have included: I Am Duran, released theatrically through Universal Pictures and featuring Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone and Mike Tyson; the Eric Cantona-fronted The United Way; Amazon Original Elizabeth Windsor; Lionesses: How Football Came Home for Sky Documentaries; 48 Hours with Muhammad Ali; two series of Mission to Burnley, for Sky; and The Four Year Plan — a behind-the-scenes account of the ownership upheaval at Queens Park Rangers. 

He is now working on a small portfolio across sport, culture and the arts, with announcements on this in due course. In addition, he is developing a new factual content venture in the digital and video podcast space, working with an established partner and brand. 

Glynn said: “Twenty years building Ad Hoc from the ground up has given me a clear understanding of what it actually takes to get ambitious projects made - creatively, commercially and internationally. Premium factual is as complex and challenging as it has ever been. Risk appetites may be low, but in my experience that’s rarely the real obstacle - what it actually means is that every project must be nurtured, thoroughly developed and presented at its absolute best before it ever reaches a backer.

“The fundamentals haven’t changed: audiences remain hungry for character-driven, cinematic storytelling, and there will always be a premium on incredible access and compelling talent. Navigating the gap between that creative ambition and what streamers, broadcasters and digital platforms will actually commit to has never required more skill or experience.

“That’s exactly the space I want to operate in - working with the right collaborators at the right stage to unlock stories that genuinely have something to say and get them to screen. The projects are already in motion - and the conversations I’m most excited about are just beginning.”