Screen NSW is holding a monthly webinar series to help demystify market partners and support mid-level creatives and producers to feel more confident to create and pitch projects.
Joining us at 1pm on Friday 28 March 2025 is Nakul Legha, Head of Scripted at SBS Australia. We’ll be discussing SBS’s scripted slate, their industry development programs, and how to pitch to SBS.
Nakul will be in conversation with Screen NSW’s Screen Investment Manager Daniel Krige followed by an audience Q&A.
Nakul Legha
Nakul leads the commissioning of all scripted content at SBS Australia, driving the network’s flagship series like Four Years Later, its award-winning short form slate of Digital Originals, and industry initiatives that amplify new and diverse voices.
Nakul joined SBS in 2024 from Netflix, where he helped establish the streamer’s content strategy in ANZ and oversaw a slate of original scripted series, feature films and documentaries, including Boy Swallows Universe, Wellmania and ONEFOUR: Against All Odds.
He also spearheaded Netflix’s ANZ film & TV licensing, co-productions and programming, proudly bringing Australian stories to global audiences including Fisk, The Stranger, Superwog and Run Rabbit Run.
Nakul started his career as an entertainment and IP lawyer. He serves on the board of the Griffin Theatre Company.
Screen NSW is hosting their first ever in-person Power Lunch during SXSW Sydney, with the series aimed at demystifying market partners and supporting mid-level creatives and producers to feel more confident to create and pitch projects.