Marna Grantham, a veteran entertainment executive who led content acquisition and distribution teams most recently at Epix, and also at Miramax, Turner, Fox, and Upn, died February 18 in Los Angeles due to complications of Covid-19, an MGM spokesperson announced Monday.
Grantham most recently served as Senior Vice President, Programming Acquisitions at Epix.
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Marna twice, both at Turner Broadcasting and here at Epix. Marna was one of the most thoughtful people I’ve ever worked with, and her deep and loyal relationships built over decades in the business were one of the reasons she excelled at her job. Beyond the business, Marna was a dear friend to many, and she will be greatly missed by all,” said Michael Wright, president of Epix and MGM Scripted Television.
Known for her volunteer work and giving back to the industry through the many people she mentored,...
Grantham most recently served as Senior Vice President, Programming Acquisitions at Epix.
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Marna twice, both at Turner Broadcasting and here at Epix. Marna was one of the most thoughtful people I’ve ever worked with, and her deep and loyal relationships built over decades in the business were one of the reasons she excelled at her job. Beyond the business, Marna was a dear friend to many, and she will be greatly missed by all,” said Michael Wright, president of Epix and MGM Scripted Television.
Known for her volunteer work and giving back to the industry through the many people she mentored,...
- 2/28/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Marna Grantham, senior vice president of programming acquisitions at Epix and a longtime TV industry veteran, has died due to complications related to Covid-19. She was 63.
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Marna twice, both at Turner Broadcasting and here at Epix,” Michael Wright, president of Epix and MGM Scripted Television, said in a statement to Variety Monday. “Marna was one of the most thoughtful people I’ve ever worked with, and her deep and loyal relationships built over decades in the business were one of the reasons she excelled at her job. Beyond the business, Marna was a dear friend to many, and she will be greatly missed by all.”
Most recently SVP of programming acquisitions at Epix, Grantham previously led content acquisition and distribution teams at Miramax, Turner, Fox and Upn. In 2012, Grantham joined Miramax as senior vice president of domestic and Latin America sales, while...
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Marna twice, both at Turner Broadcasting and here at Epix,” Michael Wright, president of Epix and MGM Scripted Television, said in a statement to Variety Monday. “Marna was one of the most thoughtful people I’ve ever worked with, and her deep and loyal relationships built over decades in the business were one of the reasons she excelled at her job. Beyond the business, Marna was a dear friend to many, and she will be greatly missed by all.”
Most recently SVP of programming acquisitions at Epix, Grantham previously led content acquisition and distribution teams at Miramax, Turner, Fox and Upn. In 2012, Grantham joined Miramax as senior vice president of domestic and Latin America sales, while...
- 2/28/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Wrenn Schmidt, Pablo Schreiber, Aaron Staton, Cody Saintgnue, Michael Chacon, Nick Saso | Written and Directed by Christopher Denham
A camping trip for newlyweds Mike and Wit takes an unexpected turn when they are joined by Mike’s brother, Sean, a former marine. When their tent is stolen overnight and they are left without food or water, the brothers turn on each other. A random act of violence becomes a game of cat and mouse. A weekend in the woods becomes survival of the fittest. A young couple must survive their failing marriage. An Iraq veteran must survive his violent past. And Wit must outsmart the predators hunting their prey.
Right off the bat, the first thing that strikes you about Preservation is the soundtrack. From the opening tune, the soundtrack is very reminiscent of early the work of John Carpenter – very much synth driven with that slightly off-key, off-kilter...
A camping trip for newlyweds Mike and Wit takes an unexpected turn when they are joined by Mike’s brother, Sean, a former marine. When their tent is stolen overnight and they are left without food or water, the brothers turn on each other. A random act of violence becomes a game of cat and mouse. A weekend in the woods becomes survival of the fittest. A young couple must survive their failing marriage. An Iraq veteran must survive his violent past. And Wit must outsmart the predators hunting their prey.
Right off the bat, the first thing that strikes you about Preservation is the soundtrack. From the opening tune, the soundtrack is very reminiscent of early the work of John Carpenter – very much synth driven with that slightly off-key, off-kilter...
- 6/3/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Preservation (2014) Film Review from the 13th Annual Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), a movie directed by Christopher Denham and starring Wrenn Schmidt, Aaron Staton, Pablo Schreiber, Cody Saintgnue, Nick Saso, and Michael Chacon. There’s no shortage of films that are explicitly about our society’s relationship to technology. As our computers and phones [...]
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- 4/19/2014
- by Michael Smith
- Film-Book
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