Marisa Clifford and Davud Karbassioun have formally unveiled their next-gen manufacturing home Magna Studios.
They’re billing it as a “a brand new sort of studio constructed to guide in a dynamic, platform-agnostic period,” sitting on the intersection of movie, unscripted, manufacturers and music content material. It has been quietly working for over a yr, and we first wrote about it again in December 2024, however the founders have waited till now to formally launch.
Clifford and Karbassioun are co-CEOs of Magna, with Thomas Benski – who ran Pulse Movies with Clifford till 2022 – the Chairman. Benski’s Lumina is an investor of what’s being described as a “effectively capitalized” enterprise with bases in London, New York and L.A.
The senior administration staff contains SVP of Non-Fiction Olly Calleja, Artistic Director of Non-Fiction Louis Mole, Head of Music Documentaries Sam Bridger, Group Director of Industrial & Enterprise Affairs Tim O’Shea and Managing Director, Commercials James Sorton.
Magna’s bosses say the corporate will assist expertise “by way of each stage” from improvement, financing, manufacturing, and world distribution. As such it has been constructing a expertise roster, notably signing Brutalist director Brady Corbet in January, together with Oscar Hudson, James Marsh, Sam Pilling, Goldstein & Daley, Julien & Quentin, Haley Anderson, Jeff Tremaine, Asif Kapadia and Ariel Fisher.
Magna already has made a debut scripted characteristic, Straight Circle, which we revealed in February has Movie Constellation on board for gross sales, and is producing the upcoming Oasis reunion tour doc. Additionally in place are model campaigns with Apple, Nike, Beats and Spotify.
