In his role Mark will continue to support the growth of the Fremantle Global Documentaries business, driving collaboration across production companies and labels around the world.
Fremantle announced the appointment of Mark Reynolds as our new Global Head of Documentaries, reporting to Andrea Scrosati, Group COO and CEO Continental Europe.
Mark joined the company as Interim Global Head of Documentaries in January 2024, in which time he has set the positioning strategy for our Global Documentaries unit. In his role Mark will continue to support the growth of the Fremantle Global Documentaries business, driving collaboration across production companies and labels around the world.
Prior to his role at Fremantle, Mark was a consultant advising producers and platforms on programming, co-production and distribution strategies. Preceding this, he was Unscripted Portfolio Director at BBC Studios, responsible for growing the company’s portfolio of creative relationships and IP pipeline for all unscripted genres. Mark also had a long career at BBC Worldwide delivering the commercial and content strategy for factual for global distribution.
Andrea Scrosati, Group COO and CEO Continental Europe, commented: “Mark has been a key member of the Fremantle family since he joined earlier this year, and I am delighted he has taken this role. With his extensive commercial expertise in the unscripted genre on a global scale, Mark will continue to spearhead our activity in the premium Documentary space, working with our world-class production companies and labels to position Fremantle as one of the leading players in this genre.”
Mark Reynolds, Global Head of Documentaries, Fremantle, added: “I am excited to continue my role at Fremantle working with such an experienced and talented team. I look forward to continuing to collaborate with some of the world’s finest and most innovative storytellers, across a diverse range of critically acclaimed documentaries, to continue to grow a world class reputation of quality for Fremantle Global Documentaries.”
Fremantle has made a number of strategic investments to support and bolster its growth strategy within the documentary and non-scripted market which includes more than 20 Fremantle documentary labels, producing in over 12 territories. Most recently they welcomed Beach House Pictures and Asacha Media Group to the Fremantle family. This follows the acquisition of 72 Films, Wildstar Films and Silvio Productions in 2022, as well as the launch of premium documentaries label, Undeniable last year at CPH:DOX.
