CJZ makes former Shine boss Matt Campbell CEO
Matt Campbell
The former managing director at Shine Australia Matt Campbell has been appointed CEO of production company Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder.
Campbell, who was program director at SBS for seven years before he joined Shine, left the company after just over a year when Carl Fennessey returned as joint CEO this time last year.
At CJZ Campbell will oversee program sales with co-owners Michael Cordell and Nick Murray as the company aims to boost its pre-sales of productions overseas.
Murray, managing director of CJZ, said the appointment will allow himself and Cordell, CJZ’s creative director, to maintain high level of involvement in championing and developing shows as Campbell helps grow the business.
Murray said: “We needed some extra firepower and Matt fits our culture incredibly well so we thought it’s a great opportunity to bring him in.
“It gives everyone some more thinking time, as having some extra strategic minds at the table is always helpful in this business.”
Campbell joins as the company focuses on growing and rationalising its international operations through the distribution company it launched 18 months ago. Murray said CJZ is working to take back some of their shows from third party distributors and relaunch Cordell Jigsaw Distribution in April.
Cordell Jigsaw Productions and Andrew Denton’s Zapruder’s Other Films – two of Australia’s largest independent production companies – merged to form CJZ in February last year, before Denton departed in June.
CJZ is currently working on developing drama for the commercial networks and on the miniseries about Gina Rhinehart for Channel Nine, as well as other light entertainment and factual shows.
This is brilliant news. Great bloke meets great company. Congratulations Matt.
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the new HBO of Oz?
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