Katie Sinclair has been appointed as the new head of development at Riff Raff Entertainment, a development and production company co-founded by actor Jude Law and creative partner Ben Jackson.
She joined from Blueprint Pictures, where her credits as Executive Director of Development include Martin McDonagh’s upcoming movie “Banshees of Inisherin,” which is seen as a major player in awards season and will be shown at both the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals. “The Beautiful Game” by Thea Sharrock; Andrew Hay “Strangers” starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell. Sinclair worked on “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” on Sony 3000 and Netflix. She has been heavily involved in sourcing and sponsoring the Blueprint list of feature film projects.
Prior to Blueprint, Sinclair worked with Rose Garnett and Eva Yates on BBC Film. She previously worked in production and development for BBC Studios, Sugar Films, Disney and Lionsgate, as well as producing award-winning short films.
Sinclair marks the second significant hiring for Riff Raff, which recently brought in veteran Stephen Foss, a media veteran with senior positions at Stargrove Pictures and Ingenious Media, as CEO to support the growth of the television and film production company.
It also comes after Riff Raff received a multi-million dollar capital injection from Calculus Capital, including the Calculus Creative Content EIS Fund, which will provide overhead for key new hires and enable the company to acquire and develop more projects. The company says the funding, along with a first-look deal with New Republic Pictures signed in 2021, will help Riff Raff source much-needed materials and attach premium writers across both sides of the Atlantic.
“I am really excited to be joining Riff Raff at such a pivotal time as the company is developing and growing an already very exciting roster of film and TV projects,” said Sinclair. “I can’t wait to start working with Judd, Ben and Stephen to help make Riff Raff a home for exciting writers, directors, and intellectual property.”
“We are extremely excited to have Katie Sinclair join our team as Head of Development. As we grow and continue to develop and produce new and exciting projects across film and television, her great knowledge, experience and flair is a perfect match and is sure to be of great use to us,” added Law, Jackson and Voss on behalf of Riff Ruff Entertainment.
Sinclair officially began her new position in early September 2022.
Law, whose credits include “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Captain Marvel,” and “Sherlock Holmes,” co-founded Riff Ruff with Jackson in 2017. The company has produced the psychological drama, as well as “True Things,” a film adaptation of Deborah Kay’s book. Davis, “Real Things About Me,” originally selected by Lou and Jackson and directed by BAFTA Award-winning Harry Wutliff. It also has several series and films in various stages of development and production, including the contemporary Sharon Horgan comedy set in London, the political drama Best Enemies, written and directed by David Ursell, and a new major TV drama written by Jonathan Glatzer is the writer of “Succession” and “Better Call Saul.”
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