Condé Nast Entertainment Names Geneva Wasserman SVP of

Condé Nast Entertainment has named Geneva Wasserman as its new senior vice chairman of movement photos, the corporate introduced on Wednesday.

Wasserman can be based mostly in Los Angeles and report back to Oren Katzeff, president of Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE), the corporate’s content material era studio that produces throughout digital video, social, digital actuality, OTT channels, movie and tv.

Wasserman joins the corporate because the manufacturing studio expands its footprint with greater than 65 energetic movie and TV initiatives, 175 new digital pilots, two OTT channels and a brand new GQ Sports channel coming in fall 2019. At CNE, Wasserman will work intently with Katzeff to additional enhance the corporate’s world movie footprint and develop numerous characteristic properties.

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“I’m thrilled to have Geneva join the team to help lead our efforts in world-class storytelling through film,” Katzeff stated in an announcement. “Geneva’s mix of creative brilliance and business savvy made her the ideal candidate. I know she’ll bring an innovative spirit, helping CNE capture the best that this industry has to offer, and pushing us to expand the way we think about filmmaking.”

Prior to becoming a member of CNE, Wasserman was the co-founder of Project Z Entertainment and is credited as a producer on a number of movies, together with the Netflix animated characteristic “Gnome Alone” and “Seoul Searching.” Her upcoming options embody “The Doorman” and “Godfrey.”

Before becoming a member of Project Z, Wasserman served in government roles in movie and tv, the place she produced, financed and distributed content material. She additionally co-founded OEM Entertainment Media in partnership with Optimad Media, a brand new media promoting know-how firm for the movie business.

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Wasserman began her profession as an legal professional and has since served within the leisure business for almost 20 years. She has labored at Disney, Lionsgate, Oxygen, DreamWorks Animation, Fox Searchlight, Twentieth Century Fox and Discovery, amongst others.

CNE’s upcoming movie library contains “Mosul,” which is premiering on the Venice International Film Festival and later at Toronto.  Other upcoming productions embody Netflix’s “Spiderhead” directed by Joseph Kosinski and “Gilded Rage” produced by Jake Gyllenhaal. CNE additionally produced the movie “Only the Brave” and Robert Redford’s “The Old Man & The Gun.”