Fremantle has announced that Nicola Maccanico, the ex-CEO of Italian studio Cinecittà, will run its Italian division. In this newly created role, the executive will oversee a portfolio that includes Wildside, The Apartment Pictures, Lux Vide and Fremantle Italy, with their CEO’s Sonia Rovai, Annamaria Morelli, Luca Bernabei, and Marco Tombolini respectively reporting into Maccanico.
Maccanico resigned over the summer from Cinecittà, the studio that hosted work from the likes of Roland Emmerich, Joe Wright, Edward Berger, Angelina Jolie and Luca Guadagnino during his tenure. He left after his three-year term at the government-owned facilities had ended. Past roles include EVP Programming at Sky Italia, CEO at Vision Distribution and Managing Director of Theatrical at Warner Brothers Italy.
Meanwhile, Fremantle promoted France boss Bruno Fallot to oversee the company’s business in France, Spain, Portugal and Israel. Fallot’s promotion comes around six months after Southern Europe CEO Jaime Ondarza exited the company after falling victim to a $1M fake M&A scam.
Andrea Scrosati, Group COO and CEO Continental Europe, Fremantle, said: “I am excited to work with Nicola and Bruno to drive the business in Southern Europe forward as we continue to invest and grow our portfolio of Fremantle business and labels.” He added that he has “known and worked with Nicola for many years and always admired his business acumen and leadership,” while he is “delighted to work more closely with Bruno in his expanded role.”
Maccanico stated: “I am proud to be joining the Fremantle family and I feel the great responsibilities that come with it. Fremantle has become a leading company in the global content and entertainment market through courageous choices and investments that have always centered creativity and talent. Italy has played a key part in this journey and my commitment will be to the further growth of our group in the Italian market and to highlighting the Italian talent to the global market.”
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