New Regency has hired Colin Greten as Vice President of Film in an ongoing expansion of its leadership team and global footprint.
The company recently added Tesha Crawford as EVP, Head of International Television.
Greten, who reports to Natalie Lehmann, president of Motion Pictures and Television, was most recently a creative production executive at Disney-owned 20th Century Studios. He joins during a period of growth for New Regency as the company builds out a slate of high-profile film and TV projects, including Blood Meridian based on the Cormac McCarthy novel, written by John Logan and directed by John Hillcoat; Watch Dogs, an adaptation of Ubisoft’s best-selling video game franchise starring Tom Blyth and Sophie Wilde; and Psycho Killer, written by Andrew Kevin Walker and starring Georgina Campbell. Additional recent and upcoming titles include Steve McQueen’s Blitz (Apple TV+); The Bikeriders (Focus Features), untitled Elon Musk documentary from Alex Gibney (HBO); 2073, directed by Asif Kapadia; and Jimi, a Jimi Hendrix documentary from Bao Nguyen.
New Regency television projects include the Emmy-winning Mr. & Mrs. Smith (returning for Season 2 on Prime Video), a Malcolm in the Middle limited series (Disney), Man on Fire (Netflix), and Prime Target starring Leo Woodall (Apple TV+).
“Colin is a sharp, forward-thinking executive with a strong creative sensibility and valuable industry experience,” said Lehmann. “As we continue to expand our slate and invest in bold, filmmaker-driven storytelling across platforms, Colin’s taste, relationships, and strategic approach make him an ideal fit for where we’re headed. We’re excited to have him join the team at such a dynamic moment for the company.”
At Fox, Greten shepherded films including Free Guy, The First Omen, Fear Street (1–3), White Men Can’t Jump, Prey, Vacation Friends (1–2), West Side Story, The Last Duel, The Amateur and the upcoming Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
He began his career in freelance production in New York before working as an assistant to Academy Award winning producer Scott Rudin from 2013 to 2015 on projects including Ex Machina, Top Five, Inherent Vice and Steve Jobs. In 2016, he moved to he joined 20th Century Fox in LA as a creative assistant to Kira Goldberg and later Emma Watts, contributing to films like The Greatest Showman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Deadpool 2, and Ford v Ferrari.
