Rome-based Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment has appointed Emily in Paris producer Stephen Joel to its board of directors.
His main goals will be related to both the business and artistic spheres: with him predominantly overseeing international projects, accompanying the realization of film products at every stage.
Beyond working on recent TV shows such as Emily in Paris and Uncoupled, the experienced exec was also oversaw the production of a raft of seminal features including The Fugitive, Seven, The Devil’s Advocate and A Perfect Murder.
“We are very proud to welcome a professional like Stephen Brown to our team”, said ILBE Group CEO Andrea Iervolino.
“His professionalism will allow us to strengthen ILBE’s positioning. Stephen will join us in our new projects, in line with the roles he has played so far, helping us to make increasingly successful international productions.”
IBLE said Brown’s appointment marked a milestone in its journey to consolidate the Group on the national and international stage.
“I am excited to join the Board of Directors of ILBE, which has enormous potential internationally,” said Brown. “I look forward to working together on many future projects with the ILBE Team with confidence that they will be positively received by the public.”
Brown has previously served as President of Production for Kopelson Entertainment. He was also President and CEO of USA-Intertainment Inc. and Deputy Chairman and a member of the Board of Directors of its publicly traded Munich, Germany-based parent company, Intertainment AG, where he was responsible for the co-financing of several films with Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount Pictures.
