Olivia Colman‘s indie South of the River Pictures has engaged Emmy-triumphning creater Lucy Barzun Donnelly.
Donnelly will administer film enlargement and production activities, with a cgo in on nurturing new and set uped creators from diverse backgrounds on and off screen. In graspition to the new engage, Lina Stroud is upgraspd to Director of Development, Film & TV. She has been with the Sister-backed company since its inception.
Donnelly began her atgentle at John Lyons’ production company, Kalkaska, where she co-created the Oscar-nominated drama Pieces of April and toiled apass the appreciates of Austin Powers: Gelderlymember. She then begined her own production company, enlargeing and producing pics including The Go Getter and the Emmy-triumphning Grey Gardens, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange. Other plifts include Friends with Kids and Maggie’s Plan.
South of the River was set uped by Oscar-triumphner Colman and Ed Sinclair in 2019. It was behind Sky’s BAFTA-triumphning Landscapers, starring Colman and David Thewlis, alengthened with Studiocanal movie Wicked Little Letters. Upcoming is twisted romance Wicker starring Colman and Dev Patel.
Colman and Sinclair shelp: “We’re thrilled to have Lucy on board to help us steer South of the River thcdisesteemful this exciting new chapter. She’s hugely sended, with relationships spanning decades on both sides of the Atlantic, and has a wonderful eye for an idea and the connections that will transport it to life.”
