Get ready for some exciting news! The renowned film/TV production company Automatik has just merged with Range Media Partners, expanding Range’s production capabilities and slate ambitions. As part of the merger, Partners Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger have been named Co-Presidents of Film & Production at Range. These two have produced over 70 films and television shows, including Academy Award and Emmy winning projects and commercial franchises. They’ve worked with top filmmakers like Damien Chazelle, Jeff Nichols, Alma Har’el, James Wan, and many more.
Berger even won a Golden Globe, BAFTA, and PGA awards for the Damien Chazelle-directed La La Land, which grossed just short of half a billion dollars worldwide. Kavanaugh-Jones and Berger also won an Emmy for the Cory Finley-directed black comedy Bad Education, which starred Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney and was acquired at Toronto by HBO for a then-record sum.
Kavanaugh-Jones and Berger bring to Range a robust slate of projects, including Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders, Oz Perkins-directed Longlegs, and the James Mangold-directed Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, among others. Other key executives from Automatik are also joining Range to support the growing project pipeline.
The merger will allow Range clients more opportunity to generate projects with Automatik’s seasoned producers. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Automatik was represented by Evolution Media Capital and Paul Bernstein of Venable LLP.
