Exclusive: Ridley Scott’s Scott Free has appointed Elyse Seder as EVP and Head of Nonfiction and named EVP Marjorie Chodorov Head of Physical Production.
In the newly created role, Seder will oversee creative, talent and partnerships for nonfiction content. Scott Free has ventured into unscripted programming, most recently with the multi-part Still Missing Morgan for Hulu/ABC News this year, but the company hadn’t had a dedicated nonfiction executive or department in more than eight years. Seder’s hire marks an expansion into the arena.
Meanwhile, Chodorov will be in charge of all aspects of physical and post-production for Scott Free’s TV division. She has been with the company since 2021 as EVP Production, with her role now expanding to include nonfiction and international.
Both Seder and Chodorov will report to Scott Free’s Cco David W Zucker, President of Television Clayton Krueger and President of Film Mike Pruss.
In the newly created role, Seder will oversee creative, talent and partnerships for nonfiction content. Scott Free has ventured into unscripted programming, most recently with the multi-part Still Missing Morgan for Hulu/ABC News this year, but the company hadn’t had a dedicated nonfiction executive or department in more than eight years. Seder’s hire marks an expansion into the arena.
Meanwhile, Chodorov will be in charge of all aspects of physical and post-production for Scott Free’s TV division. She has been with the company since 2021 as EVP Production, with her role now expanding to include nonfiction and international.
Both Seder and Chodorov will report to Scott Free’s Cco David W Zucker, President of Television Clayton Krueger and President of Film Mike Pruss.
- 10/18/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Winners of the 2023 CrimeCon Clue Awards were announced tonight at the World Center Marriott in Orlando, Fl during a ceremony hosted by ABC News Legal Analyst Matt Murphy. Presented by notables including Nancy Grace, Kelly Siegler, Camille Vasquez and Paul Holes, among others, networks, producers and publishers receiving honors at Clue's 2nd annualevent include Paramount+, NBCUniversal, Big Fish Entertainment, Oxygen True Crime, Shed Media, MTV Documentary Films, iHeartRadio and Algonquin Books.
The awards gala streamed live on Law&Crime's YouTube channel (5.2M subscribers), Facebook and TikTok, and was the "Day 2" climax of CrimeCon's annual event, which brings together experts, creators, enthusiasts and industry professionals for an immersive three-day experience.
Clue's 2022 "Crimefighter of the Year," The Black and Missing Foundation (Bamfi), presented the 2023 honor to The Gabby Petito Foundation. Bamfi Co-Founders Natalie and Derrica Wilson joined Petito's parents and stepparents onstage to present the award, and during their acceptance, the Petito...
The awards gala streamed live on Law&Crime's YouTube channel (5.2M subscribers), Facebook and TikTok, and was the "Day 2" climax of CrimeCon's annual event, which brings together experts, creators, enthusiasts and industry professionals for an immersive three-day experience.
Clue's 2022 "Crimefighter of the Year," The Black and Missing Foundation (Bamfi), presented the 2023 honor to The Gabby Petito Foundation. Bamfi Co-Founders Natalie and Derrica Wilson joined Petito's parents and stepparents onstage to present the award, and during their acceptance, the Petito...
- 9/25/2023
- Podnews.net
Oxygen’s “911 Crisis Center” and A&e’s “Secrets of the Chippendales Murders” were among the winners Saturday night at the second annual Clue Awards, held at the CrimeCon event in Orlando, Fla. Hosted by ABC News legal analyst Matt Murphy, the event included presenters Nancy Grace, Kelly Siegler, Camille Vasquez and Paul Holes. Networks, producers and publishers winning top prizes included Paramount+, NBCUniversal, Big Fish Entertainment, Oxygen True Crime, Shed Media, MTV Documentary Films, iHeartRadio and Algonquin Books.
Streamed live on Law&Crime’s social media channels, the event topped the three-day true crime convention. Among other awards, the first-ever “America’s Greatest Detective” honor was given to Cynthia Garza, Special Bureau Chief of the Conviction Integrity Unit in Dallas County, Texas. And the “People’s Choice: Creator of the Year” honor, voted by fans, was presented to Alice Lacour and Brett Talley, co-hosts of the podcast “The Prosecutors.”
As previously announced,...
Streamed live on Law&Crime’s social media channels, the event topped the three-day true crime convention. Among other awards, the first-ever “America’s Greatest Detective” honor was given to Cynthia Garza, Special Bureau Chief of the Conviction Integrity Unit in Dallas County, Texas. And the “People’s Choice: Creator of the Year” honor, voted by fans, was presented to Alice Lacour and Brett Talley, co-hosts of the podcast “The Prosecutors.”
As previously announced,...
- 9/24/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The CrimeCon Clue Awards will return for a second year with a new streaming partner — Law&Crime’s YouTube, Facebook and TikTok accounts — on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. Et. This year’s event will be hosted by ABC News legal analyst Matt Murphy, while presenters will include Camille Vasquez, Nancy Grace and prosecutor Kelly Siegler (“Cold Justice”).
Variety has the full list of nominees, as well as this year’s recipient for the Clue Awards’ annual “Crimefighter of the Year” honor: The Gabby Petito Foundation. Per CrimeCon, the award was created to “spotlight an individual or organization’s significant impact and commitment to seeking justice for crime victims.” Derrica and Natalie Wilson, who received the award in 2022 for co-founding the Black and Missing Foundation, will present the award to Petito’s parents and step-parents during the ceremony. Petito went missing in 2021, and it was later discovered that her fiancé,...
Variety has the full list of nominees, as well as this year’s recipient for the Clue Awards’ annual “Crimefighter of the Year” honor: The Gabby Petito Foundation. Per CrimeCon, the award was created to “spotlight an individual or organization’s significant impact and commitment to seeking justice for crime victims.” Derrica and Natalie Wilson, who received the award in 2022 for co-founding the Black and Missing Foundation, will present the award to Petito’s parents and step-parents during the ceremony. Petito went missing in 2021, and it was later discovered that her fiancé,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The true-crime docuseries are coming thick and fast for ABC News Studios.
The company has set up its latest series – The Lesson Is Murder – at Hulu. It follows criminology professor and former FBI Special Agent Dr. Bryanna Fox.
Fox asks why killers kill and is now teaching a class to shed new light on the mind of murderers as she tries to help the next generation of criminologists.
The series, which launches on March 23, will see Fox and her team of graduate students study three different murderers and interview them on-camera.
These include serial killer Will Davis, a former nurse who was convicted of killing four patients, who gives his first ever-broadcast interview from death row, former public safety officer Robert Fratta, who was convicted of killing his wife in a murder-for-hire plot and Ivié DeMolina, a self-proclaimed successful businesswoman-turned-sex worker, who was convicted of leading a series of...
The company has set up its latest series – The Lesson Is Murder – at Hulu. It follows criminology professor and former FBI Special Agent Dr. Bryanna Fox.
Fox asks why killers kill and is now teaching a class to shed new light on the mind of murderers as she tries to help the next generation of criminologists.
The series, which launches on March 23, will see Fox and her team of graduate students study three different murderers and interview them on-camera.
These include serial killer Will Davis, a former nurse who was convicted of killing four patients, who gives his first ever-broadcast interview from death row, former public safety officer Robert Fratta, who was convicted of killing his wife in a murder-for-hire plot and Ivié DeMolina, a self-proclaimed successful businesswoman-turned-sex worker, who was convicted of leading a series of...
- 3/16/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Ridley Scott and his Scott Free Productions banner is getting in on the true-crime trend.
The director is exec producing a four-part documentary series for Hulu that comes from ABC News Studios’ burgeoning slate.
Still Missing Morgan documents two parallel kidnapping cold cases as investigators uncover new leads in the case of missing six year old Morgan Nick, two decades after disappearing.
The series, which will air on the streamer on February 16, tells the story of the tragedy that struck the Nick family when 6-year-old Morgan Nick vanished while playing just a few feet from her mother, Collen Nick, in the summer of 1995. Colleen found solace in Patty Wetterling, whose son Jacob had gone missing six years prior.
Two decades later, Still Missing Morgan explores the cases of Morgan and Jacob as their grief-stricken mothers continue to search for answers. It follows the new investigators who reexamined the Morgan Nick...
The director is exec producing a four-part documentary series for Hulu that comes from ABC News Studios’ burgeoning slate.
Still Missing Morgan documents two parallel kidnapping cold cases as investigators uncover new leads in the case of missing six year old Morgan Nick, two decades after disappearing.
The series, which will air on the streamer on February 16, tells the story of the tragedy that struck the Nick family when 6-year-old Morgan Nick vanished while playing just a few feet from her mother, Collen Nick, in the summer of 1995. Colleen found solace in Patty Wetterling, whose son Jacob had gone missing six years prior.
Two decades later, Still Missing Morgan explores the cases of Morgan and Jacob as their grief-stricken mothers continue to search for answers. It follows the new investigators who reexamined the Morgan Nick...
- 2/10/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Scott Free Productions has recently inked a 2-year extension for Justin Alvarado Brown to continue to serve as President and C.O.O. of the company through 2024. Brown will continue to oversee all dealmaking and operations for the company across film and television, as well as heading up strategic planning, primary responsibility for P&l, and all business and legal affairs matters for the company’s US and UK offices.
“Justin has proven to be a dedicated Senior Executive and COO bringing a strategic perspective to maximizing our business opportunities through these fluid times,” said Ridley Scott. “Justin is always able to elegantly negotiate the most complex of deals and this makes him a real asset to Scott Free. We are delighted he will continue to be part of Scott Free.”
In over a decade at the production shingle founded by Scott and his late brother, Tony Scott, Brown...
“Justin has proven to be a dedicated Senior Executive and COO bringing a strategic perspective to maximizing our business opportunities through these fluid times,” said Ridley Scott. “Justin is always able to elegantly negotiate the most complex of deals and this makes him a real asset to Scott Free. We are delighted he will continue to be part of Scott Free.”
In over a decade at the production shingle founded by Scott and his late brother, Tony Scott, Brown...
- 1/24/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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