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Cream Productions Bolsters Creative Team

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Cream Productions has bolstered its senior creative team with a series of promotions, including upping Patrick Cameron to general manager.

Cameron, previously the company’s senior VP of production, will now primarily focus on corporate strategy, personnel and systems operations. He has been with Cream for nearly a decade and has been instrumental in productions such as Prime Video’s All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs and CNN’s History of the Sitcom.

Cameron also has credits on Stuff the British Stole (CBC), Beautiful Scars, The Story of Late Night (CNN) and Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan (Netflix).

Cream Productions has also promoted Matt MacLellan to head of production. MacLellan has served clients for Cream such as discovery+ (The Haunted Museum, Urban Legend, Fear Thy Neighbor and Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life), CNN (The Story of Late Night), Spyglass (Thanksgiving) and Netflix (Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer). He formerly served as a supervising line producer.

Francine Dibacco has been elevated to supervising producer in her seventh year at Cream. She previously served as supervising line producer and production manager. She has run point for series on Netflix (Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan), CNN (History of the Sitcom), ABC (The Game Show Show) and Meta (Eli Roth’s Haunted House: Trick VR Treat and Be Mine). In her new role, she will oversee a slate of series line producers.

Cameron and MacLellan will report directly to CEO David Brady and President Kate Harrison Karman. Dibacco will report to MacLellan.

“Patrick, Matt and Francine represent the cream of the crop in our industry and have impacted the company’s trajectory tremendously,” Harrison Karman said. “They each exude an exceptional business acumen and possess a keen vision for engaging viewers through best-in-class content.”







About Jamie Stalcup

Jamie Stalcup is the senior associate editor of World Screen. She can be reached at jstalcup@worldscreen.com.
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Cream Productions Bolsters Creative Team

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Seasoned series producer Matt Booi has joined Cream Productions as senior production executive.

Booi has a long history with Cream, having served as writer, producer, showrunner and executive producer on many of the company’s projects, including the recent six-part series The Dictator’s Playbook for PBS and Nat Geo International. In his new role, he will executive produce a slate of Cream series and specials. Booi will report directly to CEO David Brady and President Kate Harrison.

Booi has written and produced dozens of hours of television, including Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (BBC America), Breathing Fire: The Secret Weapon of the Somme (Channel 4), Weapon Hunter (Smithsonian Channel), World Without Canada (History Canada) and Blood and Fury: America’s Civil War (AHC).

“Matt has been with us for over a decade, and his versatility, intelligence, and humor are things that we want infused into all of our projects,” said David Brady, CEO of Cream. “We are so excited that we can get more of him now that he’s in a senior executive position across an entire slate.”

“I am thrilled to have this opportunity to continue to work with Cream, a company I regard as one of the top shops in the country, if not the continent,” said Booi. “I look forward to helping Dave and Kate continue to make the kind of thought-provoking and entertaining programs for which Cream has become internationally known.”







About Kristin Brzoznowski

Kristin Brzoznowski is the executive editor of World Screen. She can be reached at kbrzoznowski@worldscreen.com.
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