Julian Bellamy is Managing Director of ITV Studios, a £2bn+ production and distribution powerhouse which is part of ITV PLC.

ITV Studios has over 60 production labels, in 12 countries making 7,000 hours of programming each year globally and a catalogue of 90,000 hours. Hit shows includes, Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, I'm A Celebrity....Get Me Out of Here, Love Island, Fool Me Once, Line of Duty, Squid Game: The Challenge and The Voice.

Julian joined ITV from Discovery Networks International where, as Creative Director and Head of Commissioning, he ran production and development across 200 countries, with commissioning teams in five international bases. He was previously Head of Channel 4 managing over 2000 hours of original programming a year.

Julian is also a former Head of E4 and BBC3 Channel Controller.

He began his career as a current affairs producer/director working on ITV’s World in Action and The Big Story and Channel 4's Dispatches.