Who We Are
Current and upcoming Vertical Entertainment releases include Rodrigo García’s Four Good Days starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis and featuring Diane Warren’s Academy Award® nominated original song "Somehow You Do"; 2022 SXSW thriller The Cow directed by Eli Horowitz and starring Winona Ryder and John Gallagher Jr.; 2022 Sundance pic Emily the Criminal by director John Patton Ford starring Aubrey Plaza and Theo Rossi; Krystin Ver Linden’s Alice which premiered at Sundance 2022 and stars Keke Palmer, Common, Gaius Charles and Jonny Lee Miller; Phillip Noyce’s The Desperate Hour starring Naomi Watts; and romantic comedy The Hating Game starring Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell.
Vertical’s past successes include Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Joe Bell starring Mark Wahlberg, Reid Miller and Connie Britton; Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr.’s Wild Indian starring Michael Greyeyes and Chaske Spencer, receiving four 2022 Independent Spirit Award nominations including Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay, and Best Male Lead; Channing Godfrey Peoples’ Miss Juneteenth, starring Nicole Beharie in her Best Actress Gotham Independent Film Award-winning performance and four Independent Spirit Award nominations including Best Female Lead and Best First Feature, and NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture; Eytan Rockaway’s Lansky starring Harvey Keitel and Sam Worthington; the Toronto Film Festival Midnight Madness breakout Shadow in the Cloud, directed by Roseanne Liang and starring Chloe Grace Moretz; Robin’s Wish, the revelatory account of iconic comedian Robin Williams' final days, directed by Tylor Norwood; Tate Taylor's Ava with John Malkovich, Geena Davis, Joan Chen, Colin Farrell and Jessica Chastain; and John Pollono’s directorial debut Small Engine Repair starring Jon Bernthal, Shea Whigham, Jordana Spiro and Ciara Bravo. Chris Kelly’s Other People, with Molly Shannon in her Independent Spirit Award-winning performance is also among Vertical’s slate; and Babak Anvari’s BAFTA and British Independent Film Award-winning thriller Under the Shadow.
Meet the Team
Peter Jarowey
Partner
Kristin Harris
SVP, Production & Development
Rich Goldberg
Partner
Tony Piantedosi
SVP, Acquisitions
Mitch Budin
Partner
Nick Muntz
VP, Digital Sales & Distribution
Andrew Prosser
VP, Sales
Gabby Chelini
Coordinator, Marketing
Channing Abers
SVP, Marketing
Ashley Stephens
Assistant, Marketing & Administrative
Caroline Miller
Director, Marketing
Ben Godfrey
Director, Content Operations
Justin Roach
Manager, Sales & Distribution
Sean Quigley
Finance Executive
Itzel Rousseau
Coordinator, Distribution
Karishma Bhagat
Analyst
Christian Dawahare
Chief Financial Officer
Courtney Demorest
Rights Management
Sonia Cudiamat
Senior Accountant
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Drew Peiffer
Attorney
Michael Pollock
Theatrical Distribution
Ryan Keller
UK Sales & Distribution
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