Two-time Oscar-winning banner Passion Pictures (One Day in September, Searching for Sugar Man) has named Nick Southgate as its new CEO.
Southgate, the ex-Shed Group CEO turned media investor, replaces John Battsek, who left London-based Passion Pictures after two decades earlierthis year to help launch Ventureland as a Los Angeles- and London-based film and TV company.
Passion Pictures founder Andrew Ruhemann moves to the post of chairman while continuing to creatively lead the indie producer.
Battsek co-founded Passion Pictures Films in 1999 with Ruhemann, and together they also produced documentaries like Restrepo and Winter on Fire.
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