Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer The Cinemart, the production company behind Amazon’s “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” and Netflix’s “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal,” has signed an overall deal with Banijay‘s Truly Original.
Under the new pact, The Cinemart will expand its development and production operations in premium documentaries and other genres of unscripted programming through Truly Original, a subsidiary of Banijay backed by co-CEOs Steven Weinstock and Glenda Hersh.
Run by co-CEOs and producing partners Julia Willoughby Nason and Michael Gasparro, The Cinemart was founded by Nason in 2011.
The production company’s programming lineup currently includes “Welcome to Leith” (PBS), “The Kalief Browder Story” (Paramount), “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story” (Paramount), “Fyre Fraud” (Hulu), “LulaRich” and “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” (Amazon), “The Pharmacist” and “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal” (Netflix), with numerous features and series in production and development.
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