Nat Abraham Takes On New Role at Breakthrough

TORONTO, November 14:
Breakthrough Entertainment has named Nat Abraham as its head of distribution to
oversee daily operations such as worldwide sales, presales and co-production
opportunities.

Abraham, who most recently
served as the head of Canadian sales and acquisitions at Breakthrough, was key
in the company's recent acquisitions of Science
of the Senses, Fraud Squad and The World Without US. Abraham also led
Breakthrough's collaboration with Partners in Motion, producers of Crime Stories, Re-Inventors and Disasters of
the Century, all of which are distributed by Breakthrough.

Abraham held previous
roles at companies such as Nielsen Media Research and Twentieth Century
Fox/Astral Communications, and represented programming from companies such as
HBO, Showtime, Columbia Tri-Star and Dick Clark Productions.

"Nat
has had a tremendous impact on our distribution division," said Peter
Williamson, a partner and executive producer for Breakthrough Films &
Television. "As our new head of distribution he will continue to drive
international sales as well as our growing library of programming."

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski