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Insurgent Media Taps Veteran Sales Executive Christian De Gallegos As Head Of International Sales

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Published on Friday, 04 November 2016 06:05

Insurgent Media announced today that Christian De Gallegos will be joining the Los Angeles team as Head of International Sales. De Gallegos will report to CEO Ezna Sands and will oversee international sales for Insurgent Media's growing slate.  

"I'm thrilled to start our International Sales Division with such an esteemed veteran in the sales world," said Insurgent CEO Ezna Sands. "We share the same passion and drive. With our dynamic slate at Insurgent, it is going to be an exciting partnership for us."

De Gallegos added, "I couldn't be more excited for this next chapter in my career. Insurgent is the home I've been looking for; a dynamic team with cutting edge taste and the relationships to make the movies I want to make a reality."

Most recently, De Gallegos ran sales for Green-Light International for titles including: Imperium starring Daniel Radcliffe; Urge starring Pierce Brosnan; and Custody starring Viola Davis, among others.  Prior to Green-Light, De Gallegos served as President of International Film Trust, with titles ranging from: Cymbeline starring Ethan Hawke, Milla Jovovich and Dakota Johnson which premiered at the Venice Film Festival; Stephen King's Cell starring Samuel L Jackson and John Cusack; and Werner Herzog's Salt & Fire. 

He previously served as Vice President of Sales at Voltage Pictures and handled International Distribution for over seventy titles, including Academy Award® Winning The Hurt Locker, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Don Jon, Academy Award® Nominated Dallas Buyers Club and Robert Redford's The Company You Keep. De Gallegos started his career at Paradigm Talent Agency.

Insurgent Media recently partnered with VICE Films, 20th Century Fox and Chimney Pot to produce and finance Lords of Chaos, co-written and to be directed by Jonas Åkerlund and starring Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Jack Kilmer, Valter Skarsgård and Sky Ferreira. Insurgent Media's current and past slate projects include Cathy Conrad's TV thriller Cicada 3301; Academy Award® Winning documentary The Cove and the Leonardo DiCaprio documentary, Before The Flood, among others. 

About Insurgent Media

With offices in New York and Los Angeles, Insurgent Media develops, produces and finances an extensive slate of film, television, transmedia and Broadway properties.  Primarily driven by edgy subject matter with a focus on nurturing its talent relationships, the company produces heavyweight scripted drama and bold non-scripted formats.

Insurgent Media's Los Angeles based executive team is headed up by Ezna Sands (CEO), with Dean Zanuck (Road to Perdition) driving physical production while Ashley Richardson leads the company's unscripted and digital activity. 

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