Properly Leisure has tapped David Hickey (pictured above proper) as its first head of manufacturing to supervise its new mini studio in Arizona, CEO Vanessa Shapiro revealed on Wednesday.
Hickey, who was most just lately inventive govt producer at Canada’s Actual One Leisure, will report back to Shapiro and oversee operations and productions together with “Mysteries of the Coronary heart,” starring Ansley Gordon (“Loopy Ex-Girlfriend”), pictured above left.
“Mysteries of the Coronary heart” is the primary movie on Properly’s 2023 Arizona manufacturing slate.
L.A.-based Properly, which launched three years in the past as an unbiased manufacturing and distribution studio, has launched over 50 films since its inception.
Hickey has 25 years expertise and over 90 improvement and manufacturing credit, together with A&E films together with “Right here Kills the Bride” and “Loopy Neighbourhood Mothers.”
“Along with our distribution operations in Los Angeles and Paris, we’re targeted in 2023 in constructing a preeminent mini-studio in Arizona, with a aim of taking pictures roughly 4 films per yr there,” mentioned Shapiro. “With greater than 50 films launched over simply three years, we’re excited to develop our operations and welcome a inventive govt of David’s calibre to move our content material manufacturing slate. We anticipate this yr to be an enormous milestone in Properly Leisure’s progress, each within the variety of productions on our roster and our international distribution footprint.”
Hickey added: “I’ve been observing the expansion of Properly Leisure over the previous couple of years and am impressed by the standard and quantity of initiatives that the corporate has produced with Vanessa on the helm. With its numerous vary of initiatives, from romcoms to thrillers and teenage dramas, and extra TV sequence within the pipeline, I’m so excited to work with Vanessa and her crew to assist construct the corporate right into a mini-studio powerhouse.”
