New York, New York, United States
Dedicated media and entertainment industry professional with 20+ years of executive experience leading creative + production teams. Experienced development leader with an excellent reputation for engaging both high-profile and diverse talent, overseeing company growth and improving content strategy from development, production through distribution. Highly skilled in working under pressure and adapting to challenges. Comfortable giving engaging presentations to establish new business and increase brand profile. || AREAS OF EXPERTISE || *Artistic Relationships and Talent Management *Storytelling + Content Strategy *Intellectual Property Acquisition *Creative Development and Full Cycle Production *Familiar with initiatives of $75 million *Pitches and Presentations *Empathetic Leadership *Design for film, television, digital, and stage *Established relationships with the global entertainment, tech, and media community
Sphere Studios is the premiere tech and entertainment division of Madison Square Garden Entertainment. The Sphere is a new entertainment medium, the world’s first immersive venue, using state of the art technology on an unprecedented scale. * Oversaw budgets ranging from $20 to $75 million. * Built and led new creative teams in Los Angeles, New York, and London. * Developed and curated unique creative concepts and an overall vision for Sphere Studios. * Responsible for identifying, pitching, and hiring award and Oscar-winning, high-profile directors, writers, composers, designers, artists, art directors, creative directors, producers, and storytellers. * Collaborators include: Es Devlin, Wayne McGregor, Stephen Wilkes, Max Richter, Renan Ozturk, Celine Tricart, Ron Fricke, Walter Campbell, Rebecca Skinner (Superprime), Julian Slater, Christine Jones, Rick Rothschild, Phil Crowe (Parliament), OSK, Gareth Pugh, James William Blades, Andrew Thomas Huang, TeamLab, Stufish, The Mill, Framestore, M ss ng P eces.
*Oversaw stages of script and production development for Academy Award winning films and stage plays. *Led producers, writers, directors, agents, streamers, and production studios that were the best partners to leverage the respective IP for film development and packaging. *Produced the launch of the U.S. theatrical tour for Finding Neverland. *Key Projects: The Current War and Finding Neverland
* Provided broad strategic thinking and industry advice on a go-to-market approach for First Look Media, a producer and financier of narrative feature films. * Targeted creative and business partners while defining strategic approach to the market and key factors such as green-light elements and filters for material. * Negotiated for the acquisition of original source material (ie: books, plays, etc.).
* Founding executive team member who curated and developed new IP material for Indian Paintbrush; specializing in independent, comedy-drama, and romantic films. * Oversaw feature IP from studios for film story adaptation. * Forged overall deals with Oscar winning writer/directors Jason Reitman and Wes Anderson. * In addition, recruited and signed writer/directors Alan Ball and The Duplass Brothers. * Key Projects: Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Darjeeling Limited, Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Labor Day, and Towelhead.
* Oversaw the full creative and production cycle for Focus Features, a film distribution company as part of the Universal | Comcast family. * Developed and maintained artist relations with Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, Peter Morgan, Justin Chadwick, and Martin McDonagh. * Key Projects: In Bruges, The Other Boleyn Girl, Talk to Me, Hollywoodland, A Little Game, and The Darling.