EXCLUSIVE: The Farewell and Honey Boy producer Kindred Spirit is expanding with the appointment of Sam Intili who joins the company as Head of Creative after departing Animal Kingdom.Intili will be responsible for “cultivating materials and talent relationships”, with an eye towards strengthening Kindred Spirit’s foothold in the international space.
In addition, Caroline Clark has been promoted to Development and Production Executive.Both roles will report into Kindred Spirit founder Anita Gou as the company gears up on Agnieszka Smoczynska’s English-language debut Silent Twins starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance.
The movie is now in post with Focus Features.At Animal Kingdom, Intili sourced financing and distribution for emerging filmmakers.
Exec producer credits include Andrew Cummings’ The Origin and Joaquin del Paso’s The Hole in the Fence. Intili is producing Jane Schoenbrun’s feature I Saw The TV Glow with Fruit Tree, A24, and Sarah Winshall, and previously worked at FilmNation, assisting with the international sales effort on films such as Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain & Glory, Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience and Lisa Joy’s Reminiscence.Clark has been at Kindred Spirit since its inception, working on the development, production and release of The Farewell and Honey Boy as well as Found, We Are Little Zombies, and Together Together.
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