{"id":6790,"date":"2016-02-09T12:15:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T17:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/epix-taps-former-samuel-goldwyn-films-exec\/"},"modified":"2016-02-09T13:09:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T18:09:19","slug":"epix-taps-former-samuel-goldwyn-films-exec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/epix-taps-former-samuel-goldwyn-films-exec\/","title":{"rendered":"EPIX Taps Former Samuel Goldwyn Films Exec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: EPIX has appointed Ian Puente, who previous worked for Samuel Goldwyn Films, as the company&#8217;s senior VP of business and legal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Puente served as general counsel and VP of business development at Samuel Goldwyn Films. During his time with the company, he contributed to the acquisition of such productions as <em>Renoir, Robot &amp; Frank<\/em>, <em>The Island President<\/em>, <em>SOMM<\/em>, <em>Waiting for Lightning<\/em> and <em>The Whistleblower<\/em>. Earlier in his career, he worked for Sony Pictures Classics, where he helped negotiate the agreements for <em>Rachel Getting Married<\/em>, <em>Midnight in Paris<\/em>,<em> Animal Kingdom<\/em> and <em>The Secret in Their Eyes<\/em>, among other films.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to have Ian join our growing team at EPIX,\u201d said Mark Greenberg, the president and CEO of EPIX. \u201cHis vast experience in film and entertainment makes him a valuable partner as we continue to expand our programming slate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The opportunity to join EPIX at such a pivotal moment in the company\u2019s history is both incredibly exciting and rewarding,\u201d added Puente. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be joining such a dynamic team and to help grow the business as we set out into 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: EPIX has appointed Ian Puente, who previous worked for Samuel Goldwyn Films, as the company&#8217;s senior VP of business and legal affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":6791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[301],"class_list":["post-6790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-epix"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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