After 11 years Michelle Krumm and Maeva Gatineau, senior acquisitions executives, have left The Weinstein Co. Where they are going and whether they will be replaced is not known. Production VP, Michael Cole, another longtime vet and favorite in the industry, along with Sr. VP Production Carla Gardini will soon be leaving as will Exec. VP Marketing Gary Faber.
Mike Gabrawy has been brought into Arclight, Gary Hamilton's international sales agency and production company, to head production in Los Angeles where he will oversee 8 to 10 productions in the coming year.
Jim Sherry, former managing director of Alliance Atlantis is becoming co-president of Maple Pictures.
David Jourdan and Christine D'Souza are leaving Katapult and going to Santa Monica based T&C Pictures Int'l. He will oversee pending deals from Katapult during the transition period but otherwie contact Anna@katapultfilms.com. David's and Christine's email david@tandcpictures.com and christine@tandcpictures.com
Liz Mackiewicz and Adam Wright have joined Regent Worldwide Sales as co presidents. Liz was previously with Morgan Creek International.
Helen Loveridge has joined EastWest Filmdistribution. Loveridge, who was one of the founders of Fortissimo and was director of the Seattle Film Festival for four years. She will work in the London office alongside head of sales Alan Rudoff and Barbara Dias and will be responsible for sales in Germany, France, Benelux and Scandinavia, while Dias will handle Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Spanish-speaking Latin America.
Mark Urman leaves ThinkFilm October 1 to join Senator. ThinkFilm's Canada office is totally closed down. Mark and his wife Debra Davis, author of 'Strapless' which has been picked up for production are both avid users of Kindle.
Jamie Carmichael will relocate in its Santa Monica office as President. of the U.K. based ContentFilm International which is expanding its operations moving into bigger budgeted U.S. features.
James Norrie has moved to head international sales for The Salt Company.
Dutch buyer Pim Hermeling, head of A Film Distribution for Benelux is going into business with Wild Bunch in Benelux.
Momento! has brought in Nicholas Kaiser, formerly head of marketing and festivals at Rezo Films, to head up TV and video sales as well as all rights in certain territories. Also new is Marion Klotz, formerly with Films Distribution, to head up festival relations.
Mike Gabrawy has been brought into Arclight, Gary Hamilton's international sales agency and production company, to head production in Los Angeles where he will oversee 8 to 10 productions in the coming year.
Jim Sherry, former managing director of Alliance Atlantis is becoming co-president of Maple Pictures.
David Jourdan and Christine D'Souza are leaving Katapult and going to Santa Monica based T&C Pictures Int'l. He will oversee pending deals from Katapult during the transition period but otherwie contact Anna@katapultfilms.com. David's and Christine's email david@tandcpictures.com and christine@tandcpictures.com
Liz Mackiewicz and Adam Wright have joined Regent Worldwide Sales as co presidents. Liz was previously with Morgan Creek International.
Helen Loveridge has joined EastWest Filmdistribution. Loveridge, who was one of the founders of Fortissimo and was director of the Seattle Film Festival for four years. She will work in the London office alongside head of sales Alan Rudoff and Barbara Dias and will be responsible for sales in Germany, France, Benelux and Scandinavia, while Dias will handle Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Spanish-speaking Latin America.
Mark Urman leaves ThinkFilm October 1 to join Senator. ThinkFilm's Canada office is totally closed down. Mark and his wife Debra Davis, author of 'Strapless' which has been picked up for production are both avid users of Kindle.
Jamie Carmichael will relocate in its Santa Monica office as President. of the U.K. based ContentFilm International which is expanding its operations moving into bigger budgeted U.S. features.
James Norrie has moved to head international sales for The Salt Company.
Dutch buyer Pim Hermeling, head of A Film Distribution for Benelux is going into business with Wild Bunch in Benelux.
Momento! has brought in Nicholas Kaiser, formerly head of marketing and festivals at Rezo Films, to head up TV and video sales as well as all rights in certain territories. Also new is Marion Klotz, formerly with Films Distribution, to head up festival relations.
- 10/3/2008
- Sydney's Buzz
NEW YORK -- Francois Martin has been promoted to senior vp marketing for Dimension Films.
The former vp marketing will spearhead campaigns, oversee marketing plans and look for partnerships to sell films from the Weinstein Co. genre division's slate.
Martin will continue working with TWC executive vp marketing Gary Faber in the company's New York offices. He'll also continue media planning and promotion work on all films for TWC and the company's home video arm Genius Products. He reports directly to Bob Weinstein.
In his earlier post, Martin worked on campaigns for such films as 1408, Grindhouse and The Great Debaters. He came to TWC after a three-year stint as director of marketing and media at the Weinstein-run Miramax Films, where he worked on such films as The Aviator, Chicago and City of God.
The former vp marketing will spearhead campaigns, oversee marketing plans and look for partnerships to sell films from the Weinstein Co. genre division's slate.
Martin will continue working with TWC executive vp marketing Gary Faber in the company's New York offices. He'll also continue media planning and promotion work on all films for TWC and the company's home video arm Genius Products. He reports directly to Bob Weinstein.
In his earlier post, Martin worked on campaigns for such films as 1408, Grindhouse and The Great Debaters. He came to TWC after a three-year stint as director of marketing and media at the Weinstein-run Miramax Films, where he worked on such films as The Aviator, Chicago and City of God.
- 2/12/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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