London – FremantleMedia International (FMI) has hired former Shine International exec, Georgia Brown, as SVP Scripted as it seeks to further strengthen its primetime drama and comedy portfolio.
Reporting to CEO of FMI, Jens Richter, Georgia will work with the distribution teams at FMI to establish demand for new scripted projects and will work with third party writers and producers to deliver against these opportunities. She will also report to Sarah Doole as part of the Global Drama team, where Georgia will work with the in-house teams at FremantleMedia to develop projects and bring them to the market.
Jens Richter said, “Georgia is one of the industry’s rising stars; she has excellent working relationships with some of the best writing and production talent in the business and a fantastic track record in deal closing. She will be instrumental in helping us become a powerhouse in primetime scripted drama.”
Sarah Doole added, “I’m delighted to be working with Georgia again. She brings with her an infectious energy, industry knowledge and passion for drama and comedy. She also gets FremantleMedia’s ambition for scripted and our desire to tell audiences the best stories from around the world.”
Georgia Brown commented, “I have been immensely proud of my time at Shine International, where I have worked with some of the top creative in the industry. It’s always difficult to leave such a talented group of people, and I’d like to wish the new Endemol Shine Group all the best for the future, but the opportunity to join FremantleMedia at such an exciting time and with their ambitious plans for scripted was something I just couldn’t resist.”
Brown joins FremantleMedia from Shine International where she was SVP of Acquisitions and oversaw projects such as Broadchurch and Code of a Killer and secured a first look deal for Shine International with scripted indie, Ecosse Films. Before Shine, Brown was previously commercial manager, indie drama at BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster. She worked with over 120 independent producers in the UK and internationally to manage rights acquisitions and early investment. She worked on BBC Worldwide-distributed programming including Sherlock, Misfits, Primeval and Mad Dogs.
