Breakwater Studios Promotes Nana Adwoa Frimpong To Executive Media And Communications Director And Chief of Staff
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning Breakwater Studios, a leading maker of premium short documentaries, has promoted Nana Adwoa Frimpong to Executive Media and Communications Director and Chief of Staff.
The appointment takes effect immediately. Frimpong, a Ghanaian-Canadian filmmaker, joins Breakwater’s executive management team and will report to CEO Ben Proudfoot, the Oscar-winning director of The Queen of Basketball. “Frimpong started at Breakwater in the Office of the C.E.O.
and quickly moved up the ranks to Chief of Staff before her current position,” a release noted. “She has been a key driver in managing Breakwater’s bustling slate of dozens of original and branded short documentary projects and speaking engagements on behalf of the company.” Led by Ben Proudfoot and backed by Gigi Pritzker among others, “Breakwater Studios is a world leader in short documentaries and often partners with brands to underwrite their projects, a business model that has grown the company for 11 years to a headcount of nearly 20 staff,” Breakwater states.
Breakwater is noted not only for the quality of its films, but its success reaching audiences with original short form nonfiction content.
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