Pam Silverstein has joined the MGM Motion Picture Group as Director of Development. Silverstein joins the growing film development and production team at the studio. She will play a role in the development and production of the studio’s theatrical slate and will also assist in identifying new material to be developed into feature films. She will be based in Los Angeles.
“Pam has triple A taste and her experience in the book world, as well as film and television, makes her a very well rounded executive with a lot to draw from,” said Mary Parent, Chairman, MGM Worldwide Motion Picture Group. “She will be an integral part of the new MGM theatrical team and we all look forward to her insights and contributions.”
Silverstein joins MGM after serving as an executive in the film and TV department at Scholastic Media in New York for the last two years. In this post, she was responsible for the company’s development and production initiatives.
From January 2004 to July 2006, Silverstein served as a Manager and Producer at Key Creatives, LLC in Los Angeles, working closely with founding partner Ken Kamins. In this post, she represented filmmakers, writers and properties for motion pictures and television. Clients she worked with included Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens; Chris McQuarrie; Paul Anderson; Renny Harlin; John Boorman; Jonathan Frakes; and Chad Creasey & Dara Resnik. She also worked closely with clients to develop their pitches, treatments and/or screenplays.
A graduate of University Of Western Ontario, Canada, Silverstein first joined Great North Artists Management Inc. in Toronto as an assistant in the talent department and then moved to London, England, where she landed at International Creative Management as an assistant.
Following her stint in London, Silverstein relocated to Los Angeles to work as an agent trainee at ICM on Ken Kamins’ desk, the then Head of International Operations, MP Literary. Silverstein later served as a Book Coordinator at ICM and represented and negotiated sales for book authors’ and journalists’ subsidiary rights in television and film.
About Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.:
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