Fremantle has struck an unique first-look cope with Oscar- and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Amy Berg.
Underneath the settlement, Berg’s Disarming Movies and Fremantle will collectively develop a slate of documentaries, with Berg working carefully with Fremantle’s international head of documentaries Mandy Chang to supply premium initiatives.
Berg’s firm, Disarming Movies, has been producing documentary options and docuseries for broadcast for over a decade. Berg produced “The Case Towards Adnan Syed” for HBO and is at present engaged on a particular follow-up episode set to premiere this fall. Different initiatives embody “We Are: The Brooklyn Saints” (Netflix), “Canine” (Netflix) and “Maintain This Between Us” (Freeform). Her newest movie, “Phoenix Rising,” premiered at Sundance Movie Competition in 2022 and on HBO and HBO Max.
The deal marks the primary of its sort below Fremantle’s devoted documentaries division. The super-indie will present Berg with editorial and manufacturing experience. Particulars concerning the first mission from the deal are forthcoming.
Jennifer Mullin, international CEO for Fremantle, stated: “We’re delighted to be partnering with Amy on this landmark deal, which additional demonstrates Fremantle’s dedication to the documentaries style and our ambition inside it. Amy and her staff at Disarming Movies share the identical ardour and ambition to inform compelling and various tales from throughout the globe and we sit up for working carefully with them.”
Berg added: “We’re delighted to be becoming a member of forces with the extremely proficient staff at Fremantle. Led by Mandy Chang, we all know Fremantle is not going to solely provide unbelievable help, and inventive freedom, their intensive worldwide infrastructure and experience will present Disarming Movies with the platform to have our work seen around the globe.”
Change stated: “It’s a thrill and an honor having this chance to work with Amy, whom I’ve lengthy admired and revered. She is a vastly regarded and proficient filmmaker with an incredible physique of labor behind her. I’m excited concerning the collaborations between Fremantle Documentaries and Amy and the staff at Disarming Movies. We’re already in discussions about some good initiatives so watch this area.”
Fremantle’s latest premium characteristic doc slate consists of “Mrs. America”; “Kim’s Video,” which had its world premiere at Sundance in January; and new style collection “Kingdom of Goals.”
The corporate not too long ago took majority stakes in doc firms together with 72 Movies (“All or Nothing: Arsenal”), Silvio Productions (“Shadow of Fact”) and Wildstar Movies (“America the Stunning”).
(Pictured, L-R: Jennifer Mullin, Amy Berg, Mandy Chang)
