Fremantle has made Mark Reynolds its everlasting World Head of Documentaries.
Deadline revealed that the previous BBC Studios Unscripted Portfolio Director was taking up the position on an interim foundation when Mandy Chang stepped again to run Fremantle label Plain earlier this 12 months.
Reynolds will now oversee the unit after a number of months spent “positioning technique,” in line with the Mrs. America and Elizabeth Taylor: Insurgent Celebrity super-indie. He beforehand had a protracted profession at BBC Worldwide, delivering the business and content material technique for factual for international distribution. He was consulting earlier than transferring to Fremantle.
“Mark has been a key member of the Fremantle household since he joined earlier this 12 months, and I’m delighted he has taken this position,” mentioned Andrea Scrosati, Fremantle’s Group COO and CEO Continental Europe. “Along with his intensive business experience within the unscripted style on a world scale, Mark will proceed to spearhead our exercise within the premium Documentary area.”
Fremantle owns greater than 20 doc labels together with Plain, Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story producer 72 Movies and Wildstar Movies.
Chang was World Head of Docs for greater than two years however stepped again to give attention to Plain earlier this 12 months. Plain is engaged on a doc primarily based on Ruth Wilson’s one-woman play The Second Girl.