Here at The Processor, it may surprise you to know we are not just obsessed Steve Jobs and Apple fans, but are also fascinated by other techy industries like television productions and live events, and the launch of the executive production team for the London 2012 Olympics today is a great opportunity to explore this.
While the limelight falls on directors Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) and Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot), a another figure who will be fundamental to how the world perceives this event is Executive Producer for Broadcast, Hamish Hamilton. Essentially he is the man who gets to play with all the cameras, sit in a gallery of flashing buttons, cuing shots, while billions of people world-wide watch the spectacle unfold on TV.
If you needed any proof of his credentials, watch the video above to see him in action in the gallery at a live U2 concert during the 2001 NBA Playoffs. Amazing stuff! With him at the helm, we might just pull it off.
