Escapade Media adds Magnify’s Anthony Appell for US & Scandinavia sales

Anthony Appell

Sydney-based distributor Escapade Media has appointed Magnify Media exec Anthony Appell to oversee sales in the US and Scandinavia.

He will cover selected linear and streaming clients in these regions and will work with James Braham, each taking care of their own US clients, while broadening the company’s reach in relation to commissioning, co-productions and pre-sales, as well as original content creation across all genres.

Appell most recently served as head of sales and co-productions at Magnify Media, part of Plimsoll Productions, where he looked after the English-speaking world, including the US, UK and Australia. Prior to that, he was the head of pre-sales and co-productions consultant for Viacom International/VIS UK for three years. He also previously served as MD of Twofour Rights.

“Escapade continues to build a strong and extremely experienced team. Anthony Appell joins the company with the exact experience and skill that supports Escapade’s commissioning and finance strategies. We are so excited that he joined our team and has already closed significant sales,” said Escapade MD Natalie Lawley.

Esapade Media is the distributor of titles including Britestar Productions’ travel and lifestyle series, Whisky Trails and Storyfirst and Hispter Films’s six-part drama series Grassroots, for which it holds Asia Pacific distribution rights.