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David Linde (born February 8, 1960) has served as the CEO of Participant, [1], chairman of Universal Pictures, co-founder of Focus Features, partner in the New York production company Good Machine, and owner of Lava Bear Films, where he produced the multi-Oscar nominated film Arrival.
Oct 13, 2015 · LOS ANGELES (October 13, 2015) — Participant Media, the global company dedicated to media that inspires social change, announced today that David Linde will be its chief executive officer (CEO), beginning November 1. Jeff Skoll, founder and chairman of Participant Media made the announcement.
Apr 16, 2024 · Veteran studio executive David Linde has been running Participant since 2016; previous execs involved in Participant include Ricky Strauss. It was heavily involved in the nonfiction space,...
Apr 16, 2024 · Participant, the 20-year-old film and television production company whose mission was to inspire social justice and humanitarian action, is shutting down. Founder Jeff Skoll broke the news to a...
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Apr 16, 2024 · For 20 years, Participant Media has been Hollywood’s pre-eminent maker of activist entertainment, backing socially conscious films like “An Inconvenient Truth,” a climate change cri de coeur, and...
Apr 16, 2024 · Veteran film executive David Linde has been CEO of Participant since 2015, during which they had their “Green Book” and “Roma” successes. “I founded Participant with the mission of creating world-class content that inspires positive social change, prioritizing impact alongside commercial sustainability,” Skoll wrote.
Apr 5, 2023 · Participant will follow a model similar to “Descendant” for its upcoming Netflix Shirley Chisholm biopic starring Regina King. The roots of that project go back to voting rights connections ...
