Toby Hill Joins Embankment Films As Head of Production & Acquisitions
deadline.comUK production and sales company Embankment Films has hired former WestEnd Films executive Toby Hill as Head of Production & Acquisitions.
At Embankment, Hill will manage company IP with the goal of converting IP to production and global distribution. He will work closely with Embankment CEO Tim Haslam, co-founding partner Hugo Grumbar, and producer Kevin Loader — who teamed with Embankment earlier this year to create a new label, Free Range Entertainment.
Hill succeeds Max Pirkis, who leaves Embankment after nine years. Hill was previously Head of Acquisitions & Development at WestEnd Films, where he worked on titles like Mr.
Malcolm’s List, The Last Rifleman, and the forthcoming Freud’s Last Session, starring Anthony Hopkins. Prior to that, he was Head of Global Acquisitions at the UK-based financing company AI Film.
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