Pulse Films is exiting the TV and film market after 20 years, with parent company Vice Media consolidating high-end production from its US office.
Founded by Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford, who left the company in 2022, Pulse was part of the Vice Studios Group, which is understood to be cutting jobs in London as part of wider efficiency measures.
Pulse, best known for Sky dramas Gangs of London [main picture] and Atomic, Netflix doc The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann and the movies American Honey and Mogul Mowgli, will continue to make commercials, music videos and branded entertainment.
Cameras are to set to roll on series four of Gangs of London in the new year. Vice Studios’ LA head office is now looking after the thriller, alongside other scripted Pulse developments.
The move, which was first reported by Deadline, is not understood to affect Vice UK’s recent acquisition of scripted indie Cuba Pictures.
Last week, BBC Studios announced that it had appointed Vice Studios UK head – and former Pulse chief executive - Jamie Hall as scripted managing director, overseeing the slates of BBCS-owned labels including Clerkenwell Films, Baby Cow, Lookout Point and House Productions.
Vice’s London-based chief financial officer Matthew Moore also recently left, according to Deadline.
Benski has since launched talent and IP-led media group Lumina, which backs Magna Studios, the company co-run by Clifford with former Pulse colleague Davud Karbassioun.
