Global production giant Fremantle has appointed Andrew Llinares as its director of global entertainment.
Llinares — who may be primarily based totally in London and record to organization CEO Jennifer Mullin — takes over from Rob Clark, set to retire on the give up of February after twenty years with the company. The function sees the exec anticipate usual obligation for Fremantle’s massive international enjoyment manufacturing, improvement and acquisitions teams, and with them hit franchises inclusive of Got Talent, Idol, The X Factor, Too Hot to Handle, The Masked Singer and I Can See Your Voice. Llinares’ hiring comes much less than weeks after Fremantle promoted Christian Vesper to CEO international drama, overseeing the company’s enormous portfolio of scripted manufacturing companies.
A seasoned executive producer, Llinares has an extended records with Fremantle. He changed into formerly head of Thames/Syco co-productions withinside the U.K. and changed into the authentic showrunner on The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent after they first released withinside the U,K, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. Since 2011, at the same time as residing and running withinside the U.S., he changed into additionally an government manufacturer and showrunner for the U.S. model of The X Factor, earlier than turning into EP and showrunner on Dancing With The Stars in 2018.
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“I am so excited to be taking on this role at Fremantle, it feels like coming home to me,” said Llinares. “Not only am I returning to the U.K., but I am also coming back to a company that has felt like home for a long, long time. I am honored to be taking over from Rob Clark; someone I have loved working with and greatly admire. I cannot wait to get started and work with Jen and the brilliant team at Fremantle.”
Fremantle’s network of entertainment and factual entertainment labels and investments includes Eureka (Holey Moley, The Real Love Boat), Label 1 (Five Dates a Week, Hospital), Thames (Britain’s Got Talent, I Can See Your Voice, Eating With My Ex), Talkback (Too Hot To Handle, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, QI), Naked Entertainment (Grand Designs, The Rap Game, The Apprentice), Man Alive Entertainment (Dolly Parton: Here I Am) and Full Fat TV (Shipmates) in 2022.
Its entertainment division produced 456 shows across 67 territories.
“I am thrilled that Andrew has agreed to take on this hugely important role within Fremantle,” said Mullin. “Our Global Entertainment business has been and always will be crucial to our success. Andrew is a seasoned producer and a creative executive that has been within our family for many years; he knows our business, our formats and most importantly, our people. Rob Clark has been instrumental in designing our Global Entertainment division and I believe Andrew is well poised to build on that, ensuring that creative and production excellence remain at the heart of our company.”