Amblin Vet John Buderwitz Joins Aggregate Films
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films has hired John Buderwitz to become VP of Film.
Having just exited an 8-year stint at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, Buderwitz will shepherd feature projects for Aggregate through creative development and production. “We have known John for a long time and always were impressed with his great eye for talent and his deep love for movies,” said Bateman and Costigan in a statement. “We are thrilled to have him at Aggregate.” Buderwitz reached the title of Director of Development for Amblin and DreamWorks, before Spielberg severely downsized that company.
While there, he brought in and developed projects with filmmakers, writers, and producers including Edgar Wright, Simon Rich, Andy and Barbara Muschietti, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V.
Gordon, among others. The new veep got his start in the industry at management company Principal LA, before later moving to UTA where he worked with both the Motion Picture and TV Literary Departments.
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