MK2 Films Hires Former Protagonist MD Vanessa Saal to Advise and Scale Up Acquisitions, Co-Productions, Launch U.K. Presence (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent MK2 Films has tapped Vanessa Saal, the former managing director at Protagonist Pictures, as executive consultant and U.K.
lead. The key strategic hire underscores the company’s ambitions to scale up co-productions and acquisitions, including with English language projects.
Based in London, Saal will work alongside the company’s co-CEO Nathanael Karmitz and managing director Fionnuala Jamison. Saal started collaborating with MK2 Films earlier this year on a freelance basis and helped the banner secure its most ambitious lineup to date in Cannes, including Andrew Haigh’s “Belly of the Beast” starring Ben Stiller and Colin Farrell, “Alpha Gang” starring Cate Blanchett, and “Late Fame” by Kent Jones with Willem Dafoe, Sandra Hüller and Samy Burch.
Saal will continue to serve in this capacity as well as advise on company strategy, work on the scaled-up co-production activity, as well as launch a U.K.
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