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EXCLUSIVE: Yale Productions has signed producer Anne Clements of Idiot Savant Pictures to an overall deal, Deadline has learned.<\/p>\n
Clements\u2019 deal with the company led by partners Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman will see her shepherding the development and production of several new films in the coming year.<\/p>\n
Her first feature, Quincea\u00f1era\u2014helmed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland\u2014won several major awards including the Sundance Film Festival\u2019s coveted Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize, a Humanitas Prize and Film Independent\u2019s John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature. She\u2019s also worked on films including the Lili Taylor drama Paper Spiders and the comedy Stage Mother, starring Jacki Weaver, Lucy Liu and Adrian Grenier, along with such series as Fox\u2019s Fantasy Island and Starz\u2019s BMF.<\/p>\n
Past projects Clements has produced with Yale Productions include Chick Fight, starring Malin Akerman; Mayim Bialik\u2019s directorial debut, As Sick as They Made Us, starring Dianna Agron, Dustin Hoffman, Simon Helberg, and Candice Bergen; and Mark Neveldine\u2019s Panama, starring Cole Hauser and Mel Gibson. The latter two films are currently in post-production.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are beyond excited for this collaboration with Anne. In addition to being an amazing producer, to be able to work with a good friend in this capacity is extra rewarding for us,\u201d said Levine.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had such incredible experiences working with Anne on our prior films,\u201d said Beckerman. \u201cWe\u2019re so thrilled to be able to formalize what is already an amazing working relationship as our company continues to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYale Productions has a strong track record of supporting filmmakers,\u201d added Clements. \u201cIndependent film financing can be brutal. It\u2019s great to find partners you enjoy working with and trust. I\u2019m excited to be on the ground floor as the company expands.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yale Productions also announced today that it is revamping its team with the hiring of Doug Brown as Head of Operations, Michael Berchoff as Controller, and Sam Moazami as Coordinator.<\/p>\n
Brown is a New York native who previously served as a SFX Makeup Coordinator for Illusion Industries, also working as a production executive at Elijah Wood\u2019s company, Spectrevision. As Yale Productions\u2019 Head of Operations, he will oversee day-to-day company operations in support of all of its projects. <\/p>\n
Berchoff began his career working for an international brokerage firm, specializing in financial analytics, accounting, and business operations. He will be transitioning into the film industry to oversee Yale Productions\u2019 financials, as well as post-production accounting.<\/p>\n
Moazami is a Columbia University graduate, and former Executive Assistant to Scott Rudin. He will support Yale\u2019s new operations team.<\/p>\n
The Yale Productions team recently partnered with Katie Holmes to launch the production company, Lafayette Pictures, which has thus far produced two films: Alone Together (previously titled The Untitled Katie Holmes Project) and Rare Objects. Other recent titles released by the New York based production company include Rogue Hostage, starring Tyrese Gibson and John Malkovich; Netflix\u2019s Stowaway, starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, and Toni Colette; Separation, with Rupert Friend, Brian Cox and Madeline Brewer; and the thriller Becky, with Lulu Wilson and Kevin James.<\/p>\n
Clements\u2019 deal with Yale Productions was brokered by Elsa Ramo of Ramo Law.<\/p>\n
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