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EXCLUSIVE: Peters, Fraser + Dunlop (PFD), which reps nan likes of Michael Caine, Bear Grylls and Princess Diana’s relative Charles Spencer, has promoted Rosie Gurtovoy to tally nan improvement of its movie and TV division.
Gurtovoy, who has brokered deals for Paramount+’s The Revenge Club and Netflix-A24’s Broken Toys, takes connected nan Head of Media Rights role.
Gurtovoy will lead nan improvement of nan movie and TV department, pinch a attraction connected early strategy and growth. This comes “as we spot greater diversification of authorities and caller opportunities successful aggregate formats emerging,” PFD said.
Gurtovoy joined PFD successful 2018, becoming an subordinate supplier successful 2021 and an supplier successful 2023.
She has helped agent deals for J.D. Pennington’s The Othello Club, which was made into a Paramount+ TV show by Gaumont starring Martin Compston and Aimee-Ffion Edwards called The Revenge Club. She besides repped London Book Fair deed Broken Toys, which Netflix and A24 are processing pursuing a 16-way auction. She besides supported Jo Murray’s Dissection of a Murder, which became portion of Apple TV’s ineligible anthology Presumed Innocent.
Gurtovoy said: “I americium grateful for nan opportunities that PFD person fixed me, and I americium thrilled to beryllium taking this adjacent measurement successful helping to turn and style nan Media Rights section astatine PFD. It’s specified an breathtaking clip to beryllium moving astatine nan intersection of media and publishing, and film/TV is only becoming much important for writers. I’m really excited to proceed moving pinch my fantabulous colleagues, and championing nan superb writers that I americium truthful fortunate to represent.”
PFD CEO Caroline Michel added: “The Audio/Visual strand of our business is 1 of our cardinal areas of maturation and an area that Rosie is quickly processing crossed nan world connected a multitude of platforms. It is breathtaking to see Rosie’s passion and enthusiasm for nan authors and books toggle shape into immoderate of nan hottest and astir innovative deals successful nan market. We each look guardant to moving with Rosie to turn nan Media Rights business creatively and commercially into nan future.”
