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Leif Cervantes de Reinstein is a partner in the firm’s prestigious Entertainment and Digital Media Practice Group in the Century City office. Leif also heads his group’s and office’s diversity & inclusion efforts.
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Leif is a leading entertainment lawyer for all business transactions related to television, digital and feature films. In 2020, he was named a Top Entertainment Attorney by both
Variety s Legal Impact and Dealmakers Impact Reports, and a Legal 500 US Recommended Lawyer for Media, Technology and Telecoms – Media and Entertainment: Transactional. He has a strong focus in all commercial and legal aspects of film finance, development, production and distribution, plus an expertise in “prestige” scripted TV and streamed programming. Having previously worked in corporate M&A, as a talent attorney, and in-house at Fremantle, Leif is a go-to outside general counsel and business affairs lawyer who provides 360° advice. F
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RTS Program Award Nominees Unveiled
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The Royal Television Society has revealed the nominees for its RTS Programme Awards 2021, in partnership with Audio Network, with the BBC leading the pack with 40 nominations.
Up for best drama series are
Save Me Too (World Productions for Sky Atlantic),
I Hate Suzie (Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic) and
In My Skin (Expectation for BBC Three and BBC One Wales).
Miniseries up for the award are
Adult Material (Fifty Fathoms for Channel 4),
Small Axe (Turbine Studios and Lammas Park for BBC One) and
I May Destroy You (Various Artists/FALKNA for BBC One).
The Real World Producer Bunim-Murray Elevates Julie Pizzi to President
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Bunim-Murray Prods. has a new boss: Julie Pizzi has been named president of the Banijay-owned studio. As president of Bunim-Murray Prods., Pizzi will report to Cris Abrego, chairman of the Americas for Banijay and president/CEO of Endemol Shine Holdings. She fills the void left by the departure of longtime Bunim-Murray chairman/CEO Gil Goldschein, who officially exited the shingle earlier this month.
Abrego made the announcement of Pizzi’s appointment on Wednesday. She was most recently president of entertainment and development at Bunim-Murray. The move comes as part of a reorganization following the announcement in November that Bunim-Murray would be part of Abrego’s oversight.
Endemol Shine Australia shuffles exec team, ups EPs Amelia Fisk, Marty Benson Endemol Shine Australia, part of Banijay, has restructured its topline team with executive producers Amelia Fisk and Marty Benson moving to director of content posts for Sydney and Melbourne, respectively.
The MasterChef . January 21, 2021
Endemol Shine Australia, part of Banijay, has restructured its topline team with executive producers Amelia Fisk and Marty Benson moving to director of content posts for Sydney and Melbourne, respectively.
The
MasterChef Australia producer also promoted Elliot Spencer, director of development and creative services, to the newly created position of creative director.
Spencer will work on the creative architecture of Endemol Shine Australia’s programs and its branding, in addition to his current developmen