Cineflix Rights recruits ITV Studios’ Greg Johnson to lead Americas & APAC sales

Greg Johnson (Source: Cineflix Rights)

Cineflix Rights has appointed ITV Studios exec Greg Johnson to the newly created role of EVP of Americas and Asia Pacific.

He joins the business in April and will report directly to CEO Tim Mutimer. Based in Los Angeles, Johnson will lead the distributor’s scripted and unscripted sales strategy across North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.

Working alongside James Durie, head of scripted, and Richard Life, SVP acquisitions and co-productions, Johnson will also be responsible for identifying creative partners and IP, as well as securing financing from US and global networks and other sources to see projects through co-productions, pre-sales, and co-financing.

Johnson will be a member of the senior leadership team and as such will also have a wider remit to exploit growth opportunities for Cineflix Rights, along with Cineflix Media and its joint venture companies and producer partners.

He currently serves as EVP of distribution, Americas, at ITV Studios, where he leads the LA-based team distributing all global Ppartnerships content across the US, Canada, and Latin America.

Johnson also manages the company’s US network relationships and collaborates with creative partners on international format and drama co-production and financing models in the US.

Prior to joining ITV Studios, Johnson held roles including SVP, sales & co-productions – factual at BBC Worldwide Americas, and VP sales, Disney-ABC International Television Asia Pacific.

“Greg’s exceptional expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and personality make him the perfect fit for the Cineflix Rights team, and we are looking forward to working with him to significantly grow our business,” said Mutimer.