EXCLUSIVE: Former Warner Bros Europe executive Josh Berger has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees at the UK’s Brit School.The UK school, founded in 1991, has trained more than 10,000 young people in music, theatre, dance, media production, and visual arts.
Alumni include Adele, Tom Holland, Amy Winehouse, Cush Jumbo and Loyle Carner.The school was founded with the support of The Brit Trust, who remain its largest sponsor.Berger was previously President and Managing Director of Warner Bros.
UK, Ireland and Spain, and chair of the BFI, the UK’s lead organization for film. He most recently turned to producing on Guy Ritchie’s upcoming movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, The Interpreter.
He is executive producer of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore and a producer of the Tony-winning musical Ain’t Too Proud.Berger, who is also a Board Director of RADA, said: “The Brit school takes young people from every background and turns them into our next generation of talent.
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