Ex-Television Corp Exec Launches New Venture

LONDON, August 24: Andrew Brann, the former commercial
director of The Television Corporation, has joined forces with Vivian McGrath,
the former managing director of RedBack Films, to launch an independent outfit
that has already clinched a U.S. representation deal with William Morris as it
looks to roll out its factual entertainment formats and documentary titles.

McGrath will serve as chief executive of the new venture,
while Brann will be managing director. Gecko aims to build on McGrath’s
reputation as a leading factual producer, having done titles for Channel 4, the
BBC, Five and Sky in the U.K. and ABC and Discovery in the U.S. “We are keen to
build on our core documentary output,” McGrath says, “such as my recent work
for U.S. broadcaster ABC, with an expansion into factual and factual
entertainment formats.” McGrath recently did The American Imposter for ABC, and has just completed another title for
the network, tentatively named The Man with His Twin Inside.