Don’t Let the Fire Die
I challenge anyone reading this newsletter to tell me things aren’t broken. Ask any 25 people if they still love the business, twenty people will say they hate it, and the other five are lying. That’s not because there is a lack of creative energy, nor is it because people in the content business have […]
TGC Global Entertainment staffs up for expansion
Gurin’s Los Angeles-based distributor recruits global sales network Los Angeles-based TGC Global Entertainment (TGC GE), the global distribution company launched in January by format veteran Phil Gurin to represent premium formatted content, factual entertainment and documentaries, has added a string of international sales agents to its growing team. The new team members, who have been […]
Gurin’s view from between the battle lines
As the strike action by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) continues to polarise the industry, it’s unusual to find somebody with a foot in both camps. As president and CEO of LA prodco The Gurin Company and member of the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, you wouldn’t immediately think Phil Gurin would […]
Phil Gurin launches new distribution firm to shop formats, unscripted series
US format veteran Phil Gurin, president and CEO of The Gurin Company, has launched a LA-based global distribution company to represent premium formats from some of the world’s leading producers.
The Gurin Company to represent unscripted content from Ukraine’s Film.UA
MIPCOM: LA-based formats specialist The Gurin Company is to represent unscripted programming from Ukrainian indie Film.UA Group in the US and other international territories. Under the deal, announced on day one of Mipcom here in Cannes, The Gurin Company will select Film.UA formats and readymade properties that have international potential and provide development, distribution and […]
‘Shark Tank’ EP Phil Gurin strikes international partnership with Ukrainian producer Film.UA Group
EXCLUSIVE: Shark Tank EP Phil Gurin’s The Gurin Company has struck an international partnership with Ukrainian indie Film.UA Group and set the first project, a home makeover series titled Rebuilding Ukraine Together. The deal will see the veteran U.S. format exec’s indie select Film.UA shows that have global potential and provide development, distribution and co-production services to help sell them […]