CreativeChaos vmg, a producer of documentary films and series, has signed with CAA for representation.
The company, founded by Ilan Arboleda and Tom Donahue in 2010, bills itself as a “venture media group” (hence the “vmg” in its name) and is behind films including HBO’s Casting By and Bleed Out and Netflix’s #MeToo doc This Changes Everything, among other titles.
Casting By, directed by Donahue, was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy in 2014 and played a role in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences creating a casting directors branch — which eventually led to an Oscar category for casting, set to make its debut at the 2026 awards. This Changes Everything won several festival awards.
CreativeChaos also produced Hulu’s feature documentary Thank You for Your Service (also directed by Donahue), which investigated problems with mental health services in the U.S. military and led to federal funding to...
The company, founded by Ilan Arboleda and Tom Donahue in 2010, bills itself as a “venture media group” (hence the “vmg” in its name) and is behind films including HBO’s Casting By and Bleed Out and Netflix’s #MeToo doc This Changes Everything, among other titles.
Casting By, directed by Donahue, was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy in 2014 and played a role in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences creating a casting directors branch — which eventually led to an Oscar category for casting, set to make its debut at the 2026 awards. This Changes Everything won several festival awards.
CreativeChaos also produced Hulu’s feature documentary Thank You for Your Service (also directed by Donahue), which investigated problems with mental health services in the U.S. military and led to federal funding to...
- 3/19/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Social change doc maker CreativeChaos has acquired rights to activist and author Klementyna Suchanow’s non-fiction non-fiction book This is War: Women, Fundamentalists and the New Middle Ages.
New York-based CreativeChaos will look to turn Suchanow’s story into a four-part doc series. Suchanow will executive produce alongside the production company’s co-founders Tom Donahue and Ilan Arboleda, and project co-creator Jan Swietlik. Suchanow will write the script.
The untitled project will follow Suchanow’s transformation from author to activist on trial for actions against Poland’s ultra-conservative government. She and two other Polish women were arrested for allegedly organizing protests against new anti-abortion laws during the Covid-19 crisis.
During this period, Suchanow — a co-founder of the grassroots women’s rights movement All-Poland Women’s Strike — began working with an international network of investigative reporters and activists to expose a fundamentalist global efforts to destroy human rights and turn democracies into authoritarian regimes.
New York-based CreativeChaos will look to turn Suchanow’s story into a four-part doc series. Suchanow will executive produce alongside the production company’s co-founders Tom Donahue and Ilan Arboleda, and project co-creator Jan Swietlik. Suchanow will write the script.
The untitled project will follow Suchanow’s transformation from author to activist on trial for actions against Poland’s ultra-conservative government. She and two other Polish women were arrested for allegedly organizing protests against new anti-abortion laws during the Covid-19 crisis.
During this period, Suchanow — a co-founder of the grassroots women’s rights movement All-Poland Women’s Strike — began working with an international network of investigative reporters and activists to expose a fundamentalist global efforts to destroy human rights and turn democracies into authoritarian regimes.
- 11/20/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CreativeChaos, the production company behind Paramount+’s The Murder of God’s Banker, and Above the Clouds, which produced Harvey Keitel and Sam Worthington feature film Lansky, have teamed up for a feature documentary about a group of youth climate activists.
This Is Planet Z follows a group of mostly young women of color who conceptualized, organized and mobilized youth across the United States to speak up and incite change. Their actions culminated in 7.5 million people striking on September 20, 2019, encouraging young voter turnout that influenced the 2020 presidential election and key races across the U.S.
The doc followed adolescents who were spurred into action when former President Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, effectively making the U.S. the only nation that abandoned its promises to curtail emissions.
CreativeChaos and Above the Clouds are planning a year-long effort of social action motivated around getting out the vote in...
This Is Planet Z follows a group of mostly young women of color who conceptualized, organized and mobilized youth across the United States to speak up and incite change. Their actions culminated in 7.5 million people striking on September 20, 2019, encouraging young voter turnout that influenced the 2020 presidential election and key races across the U.S.
The doc followed adolescents who were spurred into action when former President Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, effectively making the U.S. the only nation that abandoned its promises to curtail emissions.
CreativeChaos and Above the Clouds are planning a year-long effort of social action motivated around getting out the vote in...
- 6/26/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Paramount+ International is investigating Mafia Spies.
The streamer has ordered a six-part premium doc series, based on Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro by Thomas Maier, who wrote the book that Showtime’s Masters of Sex was based on.
The series comes from CreativeChaos, Danny Strong Productions and Jackson Pictures.
Based on never-before-released JFK files, the series tells the shocking connections between the CIA, the mob, and Sinatra’s Rat Pack from Vegas to Miami to Havana. It explores America’s most remarkable espionage plots ever—with CIA agents, mob hitmen, “kompromat” sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top-secret mystery full of surprise twists and deadly intrigue.
In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba’s Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themselves...
The streamer has ordered a six-part premium doc series, based on Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro by Thomas Maier, who wrote the book that Showtime’s Masters of Sex was based on.
The series comes from CreativeChaos, Danny Strong Productions and Jackson Pictures.
Based on never-before-released JFK files, the series tells the shocking connections between the CIA, the mob, and Sinatra’s Rat Pack from Vegas to Miami to Havana. It explores America’s most remarkable espionage plots ever—with CIA agents, mob hitmen, “kompromat” sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top-secret mystery full of surprise twists and deadly intrigue.
In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba’s Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themselves...
- 5/4/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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White Lotus, Abbott Elementary, Better Call Saul, Barry and This Is Us were among the shows honored by the Hollywood Critics Association (Hca) on Saturday.
The 2022 Hca TV Awards began its two-night event at the Beverly Hilton with a ceremony for the honorees in the Broadcast Network and Cable edition, which was hosted by The Daily Show’s Dulcé Sloan. On Sunday, Tig Notaro will host the streaming awards ceremony.
HBO’s White Lotus led all shows with five wins including best limited series. Additionally, Mike White prevailed for writing and directing, while the series picked up prizes for Jennifer Coolidge for supporting actress and Murray Bartlett for supporting actor.
ABC’s Abbott Elementary won four trophies, including best broadcast comedy, actress for Quinta Brunson and supporting actress for Janelle James. AMC’s Better Call Saul also won four awards ahead of Monday’s series finale.
White Lotus, Abbott Elementary, Better Call Saul, Barry and This Is Us were among the shows honored by the Hollywood Critics Association (Hca) on Saturday.
The 2022 Hca TV Awards began its two-night event at the Beverly Hilton with a ceremony for the honorees in the Broadcast Network and Cable edition, which was hosted by The Daily Show’s Dulcé Sloan. On Sunday, Tig Notaro will host the streaming awards ceremony.
HBO’s White Lotus led all shows with five wins including best limited series. Additionally, Mike White prevailed for writing and directing, while the series picked up prizes for Jennifer Coolidge for supporting actress and Murray Bartlett for supporting actor.
ABC’s Abbott Elementary won four trophies, including best broadcast comedy, actress for Quinta Brunson and supporting actress for Janelle James. AMC’s Better Call Saul also won four awards ahead of Monday’s series finale.
- 8/14/2022
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Mystery of Picasso
Blu ray
Milestone/Kino Lorber
1956/ B&w, Color / 1.33:1, 2.35:1/ 78 Minutes
Starring Pablo Picasso
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
Attending a performance in the artist’s studio is one thing—to be there at the precise moment that inspiration strikes is quite another. Peter Jackson gives us the next best thing in Get Back, his new film about the Fab Four grappling with a distinctly Beatlesque dilemma—surrender the crown or continue their reign. The Beatles, musical geniuses to be sure, have also proven marketing geniuses as well—especially when it comes to repackaging their catalogue. And with Jackson’s help, this new documentary, cobbled together from over 60 hours of film shot 52 years ago, is the ultimate repackaging project—Get Back is the only reality show we’ll ever need.
The press describes Jackson’s film as a “fly on the wall” experience but it’s more like...
Blu ray
Milestone/Kino Lorber
1956/ B&w, Color / 1.33:1, 2.35:1/ 78 Minutes
Starring Pablo Picasso
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
Attending a performance in the artist’s studio is one thing—to be there at the precise moment that inspiration strikes is quite another. Peter Jackson gives us the next best thing in Get Back, his new film about the Fab Four grappling with a distinctly Beatlesque dilemma—surrender the crown or continue their reign. The Beatles, musical geniuses to be sure, have also proven marketing geniuses as well—especially when it comes to repackaging their catalogue. And with Jackson’s help, this new documentary, cobbled together from over 60 hours of film shot 52 years ago, is the ultimate repackaging project—Get Back is the only reality show we’ll ever need.
The press describes Jackson’s film as a “fly on the wall” experience but it’s more like...
- 12/14/2021
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Dean Martin in "The Silencers" (1966), the first of the Matt Helm spy spoofs.
Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
Turner Classic Movies (TCM), now in its 27th year as a leading authority in classic film, will present the U.S. broadcast premiere of the documentary Dean Martin: King of Cool on Nov. 19, 2021. Director Tom Donahue and producer Ilan Arboleda will appear alongside TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz to introduce the documentary and four of Dean Martin’s most iconic films, including Ocean’s 11 (1960) and The Caddy (1959).
Dean Martin epitomized cool. A founding member of the Rat Pack, Dean was a multi-talented performer who was part of the number one comedy act in America, a chart-topping singer for over half a century and one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and on TV. He was the consummate charmer on stage and off. Yet for all his celebrity, fame, and adoration,...
Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
Turner Classic Movies (TCM), now in its 27th year as a leading authority in classic film, will present the U.S. broadcast premiere of the documentary Dean Martin: King of Cool on Nov. 19, 2021. Director Tom Donahue and producer Ilan Arboleda will appear alongside TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz to introduce the documentary and four of Dean Martin’s most iconic films, including Ocean’s 11 (1960) and The Caddy (1959).
Dean Martin epitomized cool. A founding member of the Rat Pack, Dean was a multi-talented performer who was part of the number one comedy act in America, a chart-topping singer for over half a century and one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and on TV. He was the consummate charmer on stage and off. Yet for all his celebrity, fame, and adoration,...
- 11/19/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Doc NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers on Mel Brooks in the Special Event screening of Lisa Hurwitz’s The Automat: “This is a real New Yorker’s film.”
In the final instalment with Doc NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers, we discuss a number of the films that are screening in the 12th edition of Doc NYC. I start with Marc Shaffer’s Exposing Muybridge which has comments from Eadweard Muybridge admirer Gary Oldman; Tom Donahue’s Dean Martin: King Of Cool; Alessandro Rossellini’s The Rossellinis; Andrea Arnold’s Cow; Vincent Liota’s Objects; Eva Orner’s Burning; Abby Epstein’s The Business Of Birth Control; Mads Brügger’s The Mole; Robert B Weide and Don Argott’s Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time; Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s The Real Charlie Chaplin; Lisa Hurwitz’s The Automat As A Special Event, and end with the Closing Night selection,...
In the final instalment with Doc NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers, we discuss a number of the films that are screening in the 12th edition of Doc NYC. I start with Marc Shaffer’s Exposing Muybridge which has comments from Eadweard Muybridge admirer Gary Oldman; Tom Donahue’s Dean Martin: King Of Cool; Alessandro Rossellini’s The Rossellinis; Andrea Arnold’s Cow; Vincent Liota’s Objects; Eva Orner’s Burning; Abby Epstein’s The Business Of Birth Control; Mads Brügger’s The Mole; Robert B Weide and Don Argott’s Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time; Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s The Real Charlie Chaplin; Lisa Hurwitz’s The Automat As A Special Event, and end with the Closing Night selection,...
- 11/15/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Dean Martin: King Of Cool director Tom Donahue: “I worked with a really brilliant story producer, author, professor, named Ron Marasco. And Ron really wanted to break down the elements of cool and did it in such an interesting way.”
What is the mystery of cool? What about Dean Martin makes him the epitome of cool and so irresistible to so many different types of people? Food and style and how all the parts relate is what Tom Donahue untangles through interviews, ranging from Dean’s daughter Deana to Jerry Lewis’s son Scotty. There is former assistant choreographer Tommy Tune speaking about Dean’s dancing prowess and Angie Dickinson, Florence Henderson, Peter Bogdanovic and Alec Baldwin singing his praises. Jon Hamm reads excerpts from a poem in his honor, Henry Jaglom quotes Orson Welles on Dean’s genius, and the owner of his favourite restaurant talks about him as a dinner guest.
What is the mystery of cool? What about Dean Martin makes him the epitome of cool and so irresistible to so many different types of people? Food and style and how all the parts relate is what Tom Donahue untangles through interviews, ranging from Dean’s daughter Deana to Jerry Lewis’s son Scotty. There is former assistant choreographer Tommy Tune speaking about Dean’s dancing prowess and Angie Dickinson, Florence Henderson, Peter Bogdanovic and Alec Baldwin singing his praises. Jon Hamm reads excerpts from a poem in his honor, Henry Jaglom quotes Orson Welles on Dean’s genius, and the owner of his favourite restaurant talks about him as a dinner guest.
- 11/12/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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