Amazon Studios UK Scripted Production Head Frank Murray Exiting To Launch Transatlantic Production Venture
deadline.comAnother senior Amazon Studios UK executive is exiting for the indie production sector. Frank Murray, UK and Pan-English Scripted Head of Production, is exiting after two years in post to launch a Transatlantic film and TV production venture with operations in London and New York.
Currently unnamed, the company has “eight-figure equity investment” from New York, according to Murray. His departure comes days after we revealed Amazon Studios UK and Northern Europe chief Dan Grabiner was exiting.
He is launching Orchard Studios with former The Garden Productions exec Nicola Hill. A sources said the exits are unconnected, with the two execs working in different parts of the Amazon Studios UK operation.
At Amazon Studios, Murray was in charge of the global streamers UK production output, reporting into Laine Kline in LA. He was worked on Peter Capaldi drama The Devil’s Hour and Wilderness, starring Jenna Coleman.
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