Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has announced that Sydney-based production company Playmaker Media has rebranded as Curio Pictures. This rebrand follows a change of management after the 2021 departure of founders David Taylor and David Maher. The company is now under the leadership of managing director Jo Porter and recently commenced creative director Rachel Gardner.
Porter joined Playmaker from Fremantle and Gardner was previously with See-Saw Films.
“The Playmaker name was synonymous with the great work of the founders and the business they built together. We are using the rebrand to Curio Pictures, to define our own focus and the future growth of our business,” said Curio Pictures managing director Jo Porter.
Curio Pictures’ Jo Porter
“We see our new name as standing for rareness, intrigue and curiosity, which are at the heart of creativity. We want to be known for championing and curating distinctive scalable projects from exciting talent, who have a story that demands to be told – in so doing, becoming the home of compelling, authored stories with a clear focus on entertaining and moving global audiences. We have several projects in the pipeline and look forward to unveiling them under the Curio banner soon.”
With a focus on delivering compelling projects for premium local and international commissioning platforms alike, Curio Pictures is currently working with a team of experienced, ambitious, and passionate creatives such as Jennifer Kent (The Nightingale, The Babadook), Andrew Bovell (A Most Wanted Man, Things I know to be True) and Marcia Gardner and John Ridley (Wentworth), among others. Curio Pictures will also continue to work with Taylor and Maher on select projects.
Curio Pictures’ Rachel Gardner
About Curio Pictures
Curio Pictures, born out of Playmaker Media, an award-winning and critically acclaimed production company, is a Sony Pictures Television Company. The label rebranded in February 2022 under the new leadership of managing director Jo Porter and creative director Rachel Gardner with a focus on delivering clearly authored, compelling and entertaining projects for premium local and international commissioning platforms.
About Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is one of the television industry’s leading content providers, producing, distributing and carrying programming worldwide in every genre and for every platform. In addition to managing one of the industry’s largest libraries of award-winning feature films, television shows and formats, SPT is home to a thriving global content business, operating a robust portfolio of wholly-owned and joint-venture production companies across the US, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific, as well as linear and digital channels around the world. SPT is a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.
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