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EXCLUSIVE: EST N8, nan world accumulation and income institution established done a business betwixt EST Studios and Bangkok-based N8 Studios, has appointed manufacture seasoned veteran Jan Paul (JP) Villanueva arsenic Executive Vice President of Acquisitions & Global Distribution.
With a profession backed by much than $100M successful gross generated crossed world markets, Villanueva will caput up acquisitions and world partnerships arsenic EST N8 expands its income and distribution activity crossed nan premium independent movie space.
Reporting to EST N8’s Head of Studios, Sophie Shi, he will attraction connected connecting high-value IP and curated movie slates to audiences and distributors worldwide.
Villanueva antecedently held executive posts astatine Vertical Entertainment and Viz Media, wherever he led nan integer income and distribution of complete 100 titles. Prior to that he had stints astatine Disney, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. Over nan people of his career, he has worked pinch much than 40 SVOD, AVOD and FAST platforms and had acquisition successful distributing films done some nan awesome workplace and indie ecosystems.
“We are thrilled to person JP subordinate our team; his heavy knowing of nan world movie acquisition and distribution scenery will importantly heighten our efforts successful Asia and beyond,” stated Kris Eiamsakulrat, Co-CEO of EST N8.
Founded by Jaeson Ma and Eric Tu successful 2022, EST Studios is progressive successful production, financing and world income of Asian contented crossed each genres, pinch credits including Hidden Letters and TIFF-selected K-Pops!, directed by Anderson .Paak.
N8, founded by Kris Eiamsakulrat and Rachel Y. Wu successful 2023, is an independent movie and TV workplace based successful Bangkok pinch offices successful New York and LA. The institution co-produced and released Thai deed scary Home For Rent, moving pinch GDH 559, arsenic good arsenic co-producing Cannes Critics Week victor A Useful Ghost, Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s Morte Cucina and Bhutanese Oscars submission The Monk And The Gun, More recently, N8 collaborated pinch GDH to grip Southeast Asian distribution of Michael Mann’s Ferrari.
