XYZ Films Promotes Maxime Cottray To COO Ahead Of AFM
deadline.comIndie studio XYZ Films has promoted Maxime Cottray to the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Cottray previously served as XYZ’s Executive Vice President.
In the role, he worked closely with the studio founders to raise significant production and P&A financing for the company, including a facility with Bank of America.
As COO, he will oversee financing, business affairs, and day-to-day operations and report to XYZ CEO Nick Spicer. Since 2021, Cottray has closed the acquisition and financing of several titles such as Matthew Johnson’s Berlin competition title Blackberry and the Sundance breakout Run Rabbit Run, which was picked up by Netflix.
He established a partnership with AI virtual dubbing company Flawless to acquire and release foreign language films to be “vubbed” into English.
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