The Deadline international team has pooled its thoughts using a pretty loose methodology to define success.
Weve seasoned the pot with breakout hit creators, award winners and the power players behind seismic business deals.
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Without further ado and in no particular order here are 2024s big winners in international film and TV.
Jessica Gunning
Baby Reindeerwas the series that got the world talking.
She won an Emmy and will likely figure in BAFTA contention next year.
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Gunning shot to the stars in 2024.
Since then, a record number of Cannes movies have scooped Golden Globe nominations, includingEmilia PerezandThe Substance.
It was the biggest film event of the year and all without Netflix.
Nigel Farage was elected to Parliament at the eighth time of trying in July.
Like him or loath him, Farage was a big winner in 2024.
Anna Sawai
Anna Sawai was the breakout star in the breakout hit of 2024:Shogun.
Not bad for someone who was initially rejected for the role of Mariko.
Pos can point to the fountain.
She will be hoping to cast a spell on a whole new generation ofHarry Potterfans.
With Season 3 all but confirmed, its top grades for Yildirim and her production partner Markus Brunnemann.
Anne Mensah
Anne Mensah is the unassuming executive behind the Brits conquest of Netflix in 2024.
Mensah followed this withBaby Reindeer, Richard Gadds Emmy-gilded stalker survivor series, and top-ten rankedThe GentlemenandOne Day.
In recent weeks, spy thrillerBlack Doveshas been popping on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bigger jobs await if modest Mensah wants them.
So often the winner, Murdochs 2024 was far from vintage.
Loser: BBC Men
Andreas Wiseman contributed to this report.