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First Look Media Hires Amazon & Discovery Vet Shani Boone As CFO
EXCLUSIVE: First Look Media has appointed Shani Boone as its new Chief Financial Officer, a role in which she’ll oversee all finance and related operational aspects of the studio, with a focus on building momentum in the current marketplace and driving long-term growth.
As a member of the leadership team, she’ll play…
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Maria Zuckerman Named President Of Topic Studios
First Look Media has promoted Maria Zuckerman to President of Topic Studios. She will continue to report to the company's CEO Michael Bloom.
Zuckerman will continue to lead the Studio's creative vision and overall strategy, including development, financing, and production across feature films, documentaries…
Topic Acquires David White’s New Zealand Comedy ‘This Town’
EXCLUSIVE: First Look Media’s streaming platform Topic has acquired North American rights to David White’s New Zealand-set quirky comedy feature This Town.
Written, directed by and starring White, This Town is about love, murder and finding the one. It features Robyn Malcolm, Alice May Connolly and Rima Te Wiata.
The…
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First Look Media Taps Marketing Duo; Former PBS Distrib. Exec Jen O’Connell Robertson Is Senior VP, Monica Bloom VP
First Look Media has announced former PBS Distribution and AMC Networks’ executive Jen O'Connell Robertson as Senior VP of Marketing. Monica Bloom, from Tribeca Shortlist, was named VP, Marketing.
O'Connell-Robertson will oversee marketing across film and TV production, led by Topic Studios, new streaming service…
‘Spotlight’ Producer & Journalism Outfit Field Of Vision Offer $250,000 Relief Fund For Documentary Freelancers During Coronavirus Crisis
EXCLUSIVE: Visual journalism outfit Field of Vision is teaming with Spotlight production co Topic Studios to offer $250,000 in emergency financial help for struggling documentary freelancers during the coronavirus lockdown.
The two companies are divisions of First Look Media, the org set up by eBay founder and…
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‘Lambs Of God’: Streamer Topic Takes North American Rights To Australian Drama Starring Jessica Barden, Essie Davis & Ann Dowd
EXCLUSIVE: Topic, First Look Media's streaming service, has picked up North American rights to Australian drama Lambs of God starring The End of the F**king World's Jessica Barden, The Babadook's Essie Davis and The Handmaid's Tale's Ann Dowd.
The digital service will launch the four-part series on May 7. It comes…
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Streamer Topic Picks Up 10 Fremantle Shows, Including ‘The Miracle’ From ‘Young Pope’ Producer Wildside
Topic, the soon-to-launch streaming service from First Look Media, has acquired 10 international titles from Fremantle, including The Miracle made by The Young Pope producer Wildside.
Wildside, an Italian outfit owned by Fremantle, produced The Miracle (Il Miracolo) for Sky Italia and it aired in the UK on Sky…
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First Look Media’s Topic Appoints Ryan Chanatry As GM Of Topic.com
Topic, the unit of First Look Media known for producing films like Leave No Trace and multi-platform projects from talent such as Wyatt Cenac, has picked Netflix alum Ryan Chanatry as general manager of Topic.com.
Chanatry will run the visual storytelling platform known for politically and socially oriented web series…
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‘House Two’: “I Hope Secretary Of Defense James Mattis Sees Haditha Massacre Doc” Says Director Michael Epstein – Tribeca
"I hope James Mattis sees this film," says Michael Epstein, director of House Two, a feature doc about the Haditha massacre and the subsequent criminal investigation, which was the most expensive in Marine history. "I hope he realizes truly how fucked up it is and goes in and fixes it. Now as Secretary of Defense…
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First Look Media Hires Ex-AwesomenessTV Exec Drew Wilson As CFO
First Look Media, the company behind the entertainment studio and journalism outfits Topic and The Intercept and Field of Vision, has hired Drew Wilson as Chief Financial Officer. He most recently worked as CFO as AwesomenessTV, and before that at Robert Johnson’s RLJ Entertainment and Discovery Communications.
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First Look Media Adds Stacey Politi As SVP Marketing
Stacey Politi, most recently VP Marketing at Sony TV’s digital streaming network Crackle, has been hired as SVP Marketing at First Look Media, the company that includes Topic Studios, which produces film, TV, and digital; its news organization the The Intercept; Field of Vision; Topic.com; The Nib; and its Press…
‘Death In The Terminal’: First Look Media’s Topic Teams With BuzzFeed To Release Award-Winning Documentary
The critically acclaimed documentary Death in the Terminal is making its way to theaters. First Look Media's Topic, which acquired the U.S. rights to the title earlier this year, is partnering with BuzzFeed News to release the original docu from Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudry. It will be available for free on both…
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