Live Nation Productions today announced two key hires for its production and development departments. Veteran producer and studio exec Matthew Stein will be the company’s new Head of Scripted Development and Production, while Emmy Award-winning producer Ryan Kroft has been named Head of Unscripted Development and Production. Both will report into Heather Parry, Live Nation Productions’ President of Production, Film and Television.
Stein joins the company just before the release of the company’s first scripted features, “A Star Is Born” and “After Party.” He joins after several years at Sony, where he most recently had a film and television production deal and earlier served as a VP at Sony Pictures International Productions. Earlier in his career, he spent 12 years at Dimension Films, rising through the ranks to co-chairman and ultimately Evp of Production, overseeing all phases of production, development and casting for the division.
Kroft joins after 20 years at Viacom,...
Stein joins the company just before the release of the company’s first scripted features, “A Star Is Born” and “After Party.” He joins after several years at Sony, where he most recently had a film and television production deal and earlier served as a VP at Sony Pictures International Productions. Earlier in his career, he spent 12 years at Dimension Films, rising through the ranks to co-chairman and ultimately Evp of Production, overseeing all phases of production, development and casting for the division.
Kroft joins after 20 years at Viacom,...
- 8/6/2018
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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