Anonymous Content (AC) is an American
entertainment
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company founded in 1999 by
CEO Steve Golin
Steven Aaron Golin (March 6, 1955 – April 21, 2019) was an American film and television producer and the founder and CEO of Anonymous Content LLP, a multimedia development, production and talent management company and co-founder and CEO of Pr ...
. It is based in
Los Angeles
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with offices in
Culver City,
New York City
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and
London
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.
History
Anonymous Content was founded in 1999 by CEO
Steve Golin
Steven Aaron Golin (March 6, 1955 – April 21, 2019) was an American film and television producer and the founder and CEO of Anonymous Content LLP, a multimedia development, production and talent management company and co-founder and CEO of Pr ...
. In 2001, negotiations occurred for it to merge with Ridley Scott Associates, but no deal was reached. In 2002, AC made its first foray into television with ''
Crime & Punishment
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'', a reality show that ran for three seasons on
NBC
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.
In May 2011, it was announced that AC's talent management division had added managers Tony Lipp, Sandra Chang and Doug Wald, who brought several major talents with them.
In March 2014, AC appointed David Fierson as Head of Business Operations. In May, it signed a three-year
first look production deal with
Paramount Television, where Paramount would produce and distribute scripted programming developed by AC.
Michael Sugar
Michael Sugar is an American film and television producer and principal at Sugar23, best known for producing ''Spotlight'', ''13 Reasons Why'', '' Maniac'' and ''The Knick''.
Life and career
Sugar attended the Armand Hammer United World Coll ...
became a partner of the company.
In September 2015,
Alix Madigan
Alix Madigan is an American film producer known for her work on the 2010 film ''Winter's Bone'', for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.
Career
Madigan's first production credit was for ''Sunday (1997 film), Sunday'' in 1997, which won t ...
left AC and joined
Broad Green Pictures
Broad Green Pictures was a production and financing company. It was founded in 2014 by CEO Gabriel Hammond and Chief Creative Officer, Daniel Hammond.
Management
On February 25, 2015, Broad Green Pictures acquired a 45% stake in David Garrett ...
, previously working staff producer.
In January 2016, AC signed a deal with
MBC Group
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MBC ...
's 03 Productions to advise them on developing and producing Arabic and English-language content.
In February, Kevin Cotter was hired as Director of Literary Affairs at the company's New York office, where he would oversee researching books, articles and other intellectual property for development and production. More recently, Dawn Olmsead was invited to join the company after leaving
Universal Content Productions
Universal Content Productions (UCP) is an American television production company operating within the Universal Studio Group division of NBCUniversal.
History Universal Cable Productions
In July 2008, Universal Cable Productions was split off ...
.
In-development projects
Television projects
In October 2021, AC announced it would adapt
Lillian Hellman
Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway, as well as her communist sympathies and political activism. She was blacklisted aft ...
's play ''
The Children's Hour'' into a television series, with
Bess Wohl
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Early life
W ...
writing the screenplay. It also announced that it would adapt
Ursula Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...
's 1974 novel ''
The Dispossessed
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'' as a series.
Catalog
Films
Television
References
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