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Exclusive: London-based Lark is one of the buzziest new boutique film and TV agencies in Europe.
The company was quietly set up by former Troika Director Harriet Pennington Legh in 2020 but gained momentum this year with the addition of former Casarotto and 42 rep Sophie Dolan and longtime Independent Talent agent Roxana Adle. Exiting bigger agencies usually comes with some bumps and bruises (and temporary no-press gags) but the trio took the plunge and are now reaping the rewards.
Together, the three UK agenting dynamos now lead Lark and join a new wave of vibrant UK rep businesses that launched a decade ago with 42 and most recently spawned B-Side Management, which opened shop last year.
Lark’s list is curated and cerebral but also fresh and increasingly acclaimed. The stable of global writers and filmmakers includes Sebastián Lelio, Joanna Hogg, Ritesh Batra, Karim Aïnouz, Shannon Murphy, Maria Schrader, Oliver Hermanus, Ali Abbasi,...
The company was quietly set up by former Troika Director Harriet Pennington Legh in 2020 but gained momentum this year with the addition of former Casarotto and 42 rep Sophie Dolan and longtime Independent Talent agent Roxana Adle. Exiting bigger agencies usually comes with some bumps and bruises (and temporary no-press gags) but the trio took the plunge and are now reaping the rewards.
Together, the three UK agenting dynamos now lead Lark and join a new wave of vibrant UK rep businesses that launched a decade ago with 42 and most recently spawned B-Side Management, which opened shop last year.
Lark’s list is curated and cerebral but also fresh and increasingly acclaimed. The stable of global writers and filmmakers includes Sebastián Lelio, Joanna Hogg, Ritesh Batra, Karim Aïnouz, Shannon Murphy, Maria Schrader, Oliver Hermanus, Ali Abbasi,...
- 12/8/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios will release Ritesh Batra’s romance feature Photograph stateside on May 17, the weekend before the Memorial Day stretch. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
The pic follows a struggling Mumbai street photographer who is pressured to wed by his grandmother. He convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée during a family visit. Despite vast cultural differences, the pair develops a surprising connection that challenges their worldviews.
Photograph is screening as part of the official line-up at the Berlin International Film Festival. When the movie opens in May, it will be a limited release.
Pic stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra, Farrukh Jaffar, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Vijay Raaz, Jim Sarbh, Akash Sinha and Saharsh Kumar Shukla. Producers are Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani, Ritesh Batra, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen and Michel Merkt. EPs are Smriti Jain, Gaurav Mishra, Arun Rangachari and Vivek Rangachari.
The pic follows a struggling Mumbai street photographer who is pressured to wed by his grandmother. He convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée during a family visit. Despite vast cultural differences, the pair develops a surprising connection that challenges their worldviews.
Photograph is screening as part of the official line-up at the Berlin International Film Festival. When the movie opens in May, it will be a limited release.
Pic stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra, Farrukh Jaffar, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Vijay Raaz, Jim Sarbh, Akash Sinha and Saharsh Kumar Shukla. Producers are Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani, Ritesh Batra, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen and Michel Merkt. EPs are Smriti Jain, Gaurav Mishra, Arun Rangachari and Vivek Rangachari.
- 2/12/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles-set productions ‘total lottery system’, agent says.
European soft money is often a first port of call as opposed to Us incentives because it is easier to access, leading agents revealed in a Zurich Summit session called Behind The Powerful Agency Curtain this weekend.
The agents emphasised the continuing reliance on soft money in packaging and financing films for their clients. Subsidies and tax breaks are easier to access in Europe than in the Us, and that, they said, is why so much attention is paid to Europe and there is now often a reluctance to shoot in Hollywood itself.
European soft money is often a first port of call as opposed to Us incentives because it is easier to access, leading agents revealed in a Zurich Summit session called Behind The Powerful Agency Curtain this weekend.
The agents emphasised the continuing reliance on soft money in packaging and financing films for their clients. Subsidies and tax breaks are easier to access in Europe than in the Us, and that, they said, is why so much attention is paid to Europe and there is now often a reluctance to shoot in Hollywood itself.
- 9/30/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Ambitious La and London-based management and production outfit 42 is bolstering its production ranks with a trio of key hires.
Former Cohen Media Group and Miramax exec Erica Steinberg is joining as Senior Vice President, Film, and former Red Wagon Entertainment exec Charlie Morrison is newly on board as Vice President, Film.
Both will be based in 42’s Los Angeles office — where they join TV exec Tara Tucker — and start this month.
Meanwhile, former Ecosse exec Tom Williams has been hired as Development Executive, based in London, also starting this month.
Steinberg most recently served as Senior Vice President of Production at Cohen Media Group where she developed Andrew Bovell’s adaptation of Stoner, and Operation Mincemeat, which has John Madden attached to direct. She is an exec producer on Christoph Waltz’s Georgetown, currently in post.
She started out at Miramax where she was exec producer on the Kill...
Former Cohen Media Group and Miramax exec Erica Steinberg is joining as Senior Vice President, Film, and former Red Wagon Entertainment exec Charlie Morrison is newly on board as Vice President, Film.
Both will be based in 42’s Los Angeles office — where they join TV exec Tara Tucker — and start this month.
Meanwhile, former Ecosse exec Tom Williams has been hired as Development Executive, based in London, also starting this month.
Steinberg most recently served as Senior Vice President of Production at Cohen Media Group where she developed Andrew Bovell’s adaptation of Stoner, and Operation Mincemeat, which has John Madden attached to direct. She is an exec producer on Christoph Waltz’s Georgetown, currently in post.
She started out at Miramax where she was exec producer on the Kill...
- 8/8/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a coup for growing management and production outfit 42, agent Sophie Dolan has joined the firm from Casarotto.
Dolan joined London and Los Angeles-based 42 this week as Literary Manager, responsible for managing film and TV talent in the company’s Literary Department. She was previously at UK outfit Casarotto Ramsay & Associates for more than ten years.
Dolan brings with her a prominent list of international filmmakers including recent Oscar-winner Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman), The Lunchbox and Our Souls At Night director Ritesh Batra, and Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir).
Also among her client list are Sundance Jury Prize-winning director Anne Sewitsky, director Juan Carlos Medina (The Limehouse Golem) as well as writers Alice Addison (Picnic At Hanging Rock), Claire Wilson (The Little Drummer Girl) and Francesca Gardiner (The Night Manager 2).
Dolan’s list further bolsters the strong filmmaker stable at 42, whose ranks already include the likes of Lynne Ramsay,...
Dolan joined London and Los Angeles-based 42 this week as Literary Manager, responsible for managing film and TV talent in the company’s Literary Department. She was previously at UK outfit Casarotto Ramsay & Associates for more than ten years.
Dolan brings with her a prominent list of international filmmakers including recent Oscar-winner Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman), The Lunchbox and Our Souls At Night director Ritesh Batra, and Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir).
Also among her client list are Sundance Jury Prize-winning director Anne Sewitsky, director Juan Carlos Medina (The Limehouse Golem) as well as writers Alice Addison (Picnic At Hanging Rock), Claire Wilson (The Little Drummer Girl) and Francesca Gardiner (The Night Manager 2).
Dolan’s list further bolsters the strong filmmaker stable at 42, whose ranks already include the likes of Lynne Ramsay,...
- 7/11/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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