Margaret Riley, the agent, manager and Lighthouse Management & Media partner and producer on the 2019 film Bombshell, died Tuesday of ovarian cancer at her Brentwood home.
She was 58. Her friends Lainie Becky and Matthew Weinberg confirmed the news to Deadline. Riley’s more than 30-year career in Hollywood began in production on commercials, features and documentaries.
In 1992, she served as Director of Development for Tim Disney’s Virtual World Entertainment, a gaming/interactive company. While there, she developed sci-fi properties into films for New Line Cinema.
In 1995, she began working at production/management company Addis Wechsler and Associates, which later became Industry Entertainment, and was promoted from assistant to manager.
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