Gareth Elwin Neame OBE (born 8 March 1967) is a British Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning television producer and executive. He was the executive producer of the worldwide phenomenon Downton Abbey, and originally proposed the idea to its writer/creator Julian Fellowes As an executive at the BBC, Neame was responsible for bringing a new wave of popular dramas to the screen including Spooks (MI5), State of Play, Hustle and New Tricks. Neame’s strategy significantly enhanced the independent production sector as a source of quality and commercial scripted television programmes. Neame is the fourth generation of a family that has made a significant contribution to cinema and television over the past century. His great-grandparents were the photographer and pioneer filmmaker Elwin Neame (1885-1923) and the film actress Ivy Close. Neame’s grandfather was the director, producer, cinematographer and writer Ronald Neame CBE, his great uncle was the author and screenwriter Derek Neame (1915-1979) and his father was the writer and producer Christopher Elwin Neame (1942-2011). He attended the independent Seaford College in West Sussex. He read English and Drama at the University of Birmingham.

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