Baseline Media
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Studio-level expertise for independent film and television.

We act as the CFO, COO and business affairs team for producers, production companies and financiers.

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Why Baseline

Based in Los Angeles and New York, we provide integrated financial, legal and operational support, with fractional CFO, COO and General Counsel services for media and entertainment companies. We partner with producers and creators, bringing efficiency, agility and real depth of expertise to help bring their vision to life.

Services

Everything under one roof, as an ongoing partner or on a single project.

Finance and Operations

  • Capital strategy and fund structuring
  • Corporate finance, accounting and reporting
  • Capital raising and business strategy
  • Production finance
  • Operational oversight

Business and Legal Affairs

  • Single-picture and slate financing
  • Talent and development agreements
  • Domestic and international distribution
  • Production legal, guild and residuals
  • Cross-border services agreements

Clients

Clients across the entire entertainment value chain, from development to distribution. We also work alongside the leading entertainment banks, specialty lenders, agencies, law firms and investors.

AGC Studios · Asteria · Blue Fox Entertainment · Brookstreet Pictures · Candle Media · Candle True Stories · Faraway Road · Felix Culpa · HappyNest · Kaplan Morrison · Ketchup Entertainment · Monarch Media · North.Five.Six. · Parallel 42 Entertainment · PHNTM · Resurgence Media · Sherborne Media · Two Parts Flour · Wieden+Kennedy

Leadership

We have built and run this infrastructure at studios and independents. Now we do it for our clients.

Wifreddy Chiang

Wifreddy Chiang

Co-Founder · Finance and Operations

Wifreddy has provided senior finance and operational leadership across the entertainment industry, most recently supporting Candle Media’s portfolio of production companies, including Hello Sunshine, Exile Content, Candle True Stories and Faraway Road. As part of AGC Studios’ founding team, he built the company’s financial and operating infrastructure. Earlier, he held senior positions at Qualia Legacy Advisors, IM Global and Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios.

Anant Tamirisa

Anant Tamirisa

Co-Founder · Business and Legal Affairs

Anant most recently served as EVP of Business and Legal Affairs at AGC Studios, leading dealmaking across film and television development, financing, production and distribution. He structured and negotiated financing for more than 25 independently financed projects and was an executive producer on The Order, Giant and The Journeyman. Before AGC, he was Director of Business and Legal Affairs for Acquisitions and Co-Productions at Lionsgate, and held roles at Pantelion Films.

Team

Danice Woodley
Business & Legal Affairs

Former EVP of People & Culture and SVP of Business & Legal Affairs at Participant, with earlier roles at Miramax, NBCUniversal and O’Melveny & Myers.

Ryan Scharwath
Strategic Finance

Finance executive across film, TV and distribution. Senior roles at 20th Century Fox, Amazon MGM Studios and Hello Sunshine.

Tamar Sarkissian
Controller & Corporate Accounting

CPA and financial leader. Former Controller at Hello Sunshine and Executive Director at Warner Bros., with a career rooted at Ernst & Young.

Sharon Yeh
Controller & Corporate Accounting

CPA with experience at Ernst & Young, Disney and Warner Bros. Focused on operating models, systems implementation and financial reporting.

Colleen Castle
Operations & Client Management

Producer and operations leader whose career spans global brand campaigns at Ogilvy, independent film and nonprofit operations.

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