Ladds joins Madeleine Milburn as dramatic rights agent

The Madeleine Milburn Agency is expanding its film and TV department with the arrival of a dedicated dramatic rights agent, Hannah Ladds.

Ladds, who most recently worked at David Higham, starts today (5th October) and will work directly with UK directors and producers alongside the agency’s co-agents in Los Angeles and New York, for all their book to screen rights. 

In addition, she will help the agency’s authors who are keen to develop their screenwriting skills, and will be growing the agency’s boutique list of scriptwriters.

Ladds started off at Fremantle Media where she worked in various production roles on shows such as “The Apprentice”, “Chewing Gum” and “Britain’s Got Talent”. After a brief stint at Disney, she moved to Carnival Films and has most recently been at the David Higham Agency.

She said: “I am absolutely thrilled to be joining Madeleine Milburn Literary Film & TV Agency. With so much content currently being produced, this is a really exciting time for film and television and I can't wait to work alongside the wonderful team and their incredible list of authors to bring their projects to the screen.”

Giles Milburn commented: “With a particular passion for film, TV and books, and a proven track record within the Film and TV industry, Hannah is the ideal candidate to start this exciting new chapter for the MM Agency. We also want to thank Hayley Steed, who has worked so hard to get the agency’s film and TV department to where it is. She will now be able to focus entirely on her primary agenting, having done brilliantly juggling both up until this point.”