EXCLUSIVE: After 5 and a half years as President of Danny Robust Productions, veteran producer and govt Mandy Safavi has joined Kang & Co Leisure as President of TV and Movie Improvement, Deadline has discovered.
In her new function, Safavi will oversee the corporate’s increasing slate throughout each mediums underneath its general deal at Amazon MGM Studios.
Mentioned Kang & Co’s founder, writer-producer Angela Kang, in an announcement to Deadline: “Mandy has devoted her profession to championing writers and I couldn’t be extra thrilled to have her come on board to work at my aspect. Her distinctive style and observe file of accomplishment as a producer will likely be invaluable as we proceed constructing out an thrilling, curated slate of initiatives with our companions at Amazon MGM Studios.”
Commented Safavi: “I’m excited to have joined Angela and the workforce at Kang & Co Leisure, together with our companions at Amazon MGM Studios. Angela’s imaginative and prescient for elevated, character-driven tales is really inspiring, and I’m keen to assist convey these compelling narratives to life. I stay up for collaborating on initiatives that may resonate deeply with audiences and set a brand new normal for participating storytelling.”
Throughout her time at Danny Robust Productions, Safavi performed a pivotal function in shaping one of many firm’s largest latest hits, co-executive producing the critically acclaimed restricted sequence Dopesick for Hulu, which acquired 14 Emmy nominations in 2022. Most just lately, she produced the Paramount+ docuseries Mafia Spies and facilitated the sale of the function mission Changing into Houdini to Walt Disney Studios.
Safavi’s different earlier govt expertise contains serving as President of Manufacturing at Melissa Rosenberg’s Tall Women Productions (ABC Studios), EVP and Government Producer at Alex Kurtzman and the late Roberto Orci’s KO Paper Merchandise, and SVP of Improvement and Manufacturing at Sid Ganis’ Out of the Blue Leisure. Further producing credit embody Ender’s Sport, Locke & Key, The Artwork of Extra, and the Emmy-winning Transformers Prime. Safavi started her govt profession at Lynda Obst Productions and bought her begin at Mirage Enterprises underneath Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella.
Kang is maybe greatest identified for her work as showrunner of AMC’s The Strolling Lifeless and as an govt producer on The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon, in addition to her writing on FX’s Terriers. Most just lately, she served as showrunner of Silk: Spider Society for Amazon MGM Studios. Kang launched her Kang & Co Leisure banner, targeted on good and elevated popcorn leisure, in 2020.
