Village Roadshow Entertainment has made a wave of additions and promotions with Nic Gordon elevated to Vice President of Feature Film for Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP), and Anne MacKay named Creative Executive of VRP. Elizabeth Elliott joins VREG as Executive Vice President of Business Affairs. Gordon and MacKay will report to Jillian Apfelbaum and Tristen Tuckfield, Executive Vice Presidents of Feature Film at VRP. Elliot will report to Louis Santor, COO, VREG.
“We are very pleased that VRP homegrown executives Nic and Anne continue to demonstrate the creative thinking and initiative that has allowed us to create a diverse slate of feature films based on our deep library as well as original IP. Their The department’s contributions are outstanding and we will continue to benefit greatly from their work on all of our projects as we bring them to fruition,” said Apfelbaum and Tuckfield.
Gordon previously supported VRP’s feature slate as Director of Development, joining the company in 2019. He most recently oversaw the production of Heathers: The Music and has been instrumental in the packaging and development of such VRP projects such as Night of the Living Dead, sold in a competitive situation to MGM in December 2022; the remake of the hit Russian horror SPUTNIK, produced by Matt Reeves; and an untitled comedy written by star comedian Taylor Tomlinson and directed by Paul Weitz. He also runs Village Roadshow’s BloodList initiative, overseeing their pipeline of genre features from emerging voices. Prior to VRP, Gordon was a Development Executive at Imperative Entertainment, working across film and TV on projects including Palme d’Or-winning films. The Square and Triangle Of Sorrowby Martin Scorsese Killers of the Flower Moonand Mindy Kaling and Nisha Ganatra’s It’s night.
MacKay has been with VRP since January 2022. He joins the company from Yale Productions, where he oversaw production and finance for a slate of titles, including Alone Togetherwritten and directed by Katie Holmes, titles directed by John Malkovich Rogue Hostage and The Survivalist and As They Do Uswritten and directed by Emmy nominee Mayim Balik, and starring Dustin Hoffman and Simon Helberg.
Elliott joins VREG after three years with Netflix, where he served as Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs, managing development, production, and financing deals for the high-budget film group, contributing to titles like Don’t Search, Luther and Enola Holmes 2. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for Lionsgate, negotiating and drafting acquisition and co-financing agreements for the film, home entertainment, and acquisitions departments, working with domestic and international partner in films including Knives Out, The Long Shot and Bomb shell.
Gordon, MacKay and Elliot will support VRP’s slate of upcoming releases, which include titles such as Cinnamonstarring Pam Grier and Damon Wayans, and City of Killing starring Mike Colter — two titles stemming from the company’s Black Noir Cinema initiative, launched in partnership with NBA legend Kevin Garnett’s Content Cartel, to produce scripted and unscripted projects that inspire the empowerment of Black audience.
