MarVista Taps Development & Production VP

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has appointed Larry Grimaldi, a former Real Housewives producer and Hearst Entertainment exec, as the company's VP of development and production.

In his new role, Grimaldi will work under Robyn Snyder, MarVista's executive VP of development and production. He will help to create and produce entertainment programming in the TV movie, scripted series and digital spaces for all audiences. Throughout his career, he has produced content for such networks as CBS, Lifetime, Bravo, MTV, TLC, ABC Family and Animal Planet, among others.

Grimaldi most recently served as supervising producer on Rich Kids of Beverly Hills for E!, and as a senior producer on several seasons of Bravo's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Real Housewives of Orange County. Prior to producing and directing reality shows and docs, he was a TV movie executive at Hearst Entertainment. His scripted producing credits include The Soul Collector, Sex & Mrs. X and Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story.

Snyder commented: "As MarVista's development and production slate has grown significantly in the last few years across all genres of programming, from our television movies for Disney XD, Lifetime, Hallmark, UPTV and ION, to our productions in the theatrical space—most recently including Satanic, Most Likely to Die and Sleepwalker—so has our need for a seasoned production executive. Larry's expertise is ideal for this role, and we are delighted to have him on board as part of our growing team."

"Over the past ten years, MarVista has become firmly established as a prominent and well-respected producer and distributor of television programming," added Grimaldi. "And as they are furthering expansion on development and production of theatrical programming and content for the new digital platforms, this is an incredibly exciting time to join the company, and I'm thrilled to be a part of the team."