She's going to be a great addition to our team as we continue to identify compelling material for our visual slate.
Working with AMG and its diverse acquisitions of IP and content is a great opportunity to get quality international productions up and running
(1888PressRelease) August 07, 2019 - Toronto - AMG in Toronto has hired Meng Shang to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, International Acquisitions & Visual Production Development. Shang is a rising star who spent the last decade developing her business and acting skills with a keen eye for international content, most recently overseeing AMG productions such as General Two Gun, a Chinese-Canadian joint Co-Production. With many more in the development stages.
“Meng has shown immense strength shepherding a wide array of projects, with a keen eye for taking literary hits and developing them for the big and little screens,” AMG Chairman Mark Berry said in confirming the hire. “She’s going to be a great addition to our team as we continue to identify compelling material for our visual slate.”
Shang states that, "Working with AMG and its diverse acquisitions of IP and content is a great opportunity to get quality international productions up and running". Shang starts right away overseeing pre-production for the studio on the "General Two Gun" multi-episodic period piece.
Before entering entertainment industry, Meng worked at public and private companies for private placement and fund raising. She has been actor and producer for local Canadian TV productions before she moved to AMG Visuals in 2019.
About Mark S. Berry & AMG:
AMG is a leading Toronto-based entertainment & media company with an unparalleled client list of artists and content creators across film, television, music and digital media. Led by an experienced and innovative management team, AMG was formed in 1998 by international record producer, engineer & mixer Mark S. Berry and operates under his leadership as Chairman. Berry, whose extensive production, engineering & re-mixing talents has earned him 36 international gold & platinum records for such notable Grammy & Juno nominated musical icons as, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Yes, Boy George, Billy Idol, Kool & The Gang, Cameo, Carly Simon, Joan Jett & many, many more. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices in NYC, LA, Hong Kong, Seoul & Beijing.
Since its founding, AMG Visuals has executive produced, financed or distributed several movies, including Drake: Homecoming and the upcoming Jeff Healey Band documentary; and has almost an equal amount in development, under production, or completed but not yet released.
Through its partner companies, including award-winning global creative music supervision agency AttackTrax, AMG also provides clients with unique music advertising, music brand integration and marketing opportunities across traditional, social media, mobile, film, television and gaming platforms. Already the owner of an extensive music publishing catalogue in affiliation with BMG Music, AMG's mission is to target potential acquisitions in the music, film & television industries ranging from independent record labels, artists, writers, DVD, feature length films, extreme sports content to purchases in the music publishing sector. AMG's focus is music distribution through its deal with Universal Music Group Distribution, the insertions of music into international feature film & television, as well as the development of reality based and documentary television programming.
About AttackTrax:
AttackTrax is one of the world's leading providers of 100% pre-cleared production music in all media. AttackTrax is committed to quality and offers 10,000+ tracks of music in all genres from world renowned music publishing catalogues. Previous AttackTrax insertions have included Making of The Matrix Reloaded, Coach Carter, Urban Legend, Harvard Man, Dawsons Creek, Roswell, MTV, Viacom, VH1 and many more including major sports programs internationally. The attacktrax.com website has been designed as a state-of-the-art, automated, online customer experience and decision engine that functions on all platforms and complements an already world-class AttackTrax brand.
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