ABOUT US

Branded Pictures Entertainment is a Los Angeles-based content company that acquires, develops, and packages branded intellectual properties to play across multiple platforms in both traditional and new media. The company was formally established in 2014 by independent film and theatre producer J. Todd Harris, who works with veteran production and development executive Thomas Pettinelli

The company’s dual theses are that branded IP dominates both traditional and emerging platforms and that technology has democratized the creative process, opening doors for creatives to establish new properties and audiences more fluidly than ever before.  BPE’s history of independently producing over 60 projects and working with a wide spectrum of creators in film, TV and theatre, makes the company an ideal partner for realizing untapped potential of existing brands and developing new ones for exploitation across all media. The company also participates in late-stage financing of independently financed films.

The team

J. Todd Harris is the president of Branded Pictures Entertainment. Previously, he was the president of production for Intellectual Properties Worldwide and the president of Davis Entertainment Classics.  Has produced 60 feature films, including Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated films in addition to six Sundance Film Festival entries.  He has produced four stage musicals in New York.

Harris is a 26-year-member of the Motion Picture Academy, a member of the Producers Guild, and a Broadway League member (2015-2018).  He is a founding board member of the Napa Valley Film Festival and a former adjunct professor at Chapman University and Syracuse University (LA campus).  He earned his BA and MBA from Stanford University.  He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Amy Powers. 

Thomas Pettinelli

VP of Development
tapettinelli@brandedpixent.com

Thomas Pettinelli has been with Branded Pictures Entertainment since its founding in 2014, and has served in producing capacity on over a dozen of the company's projects

Prior to that, Perrinelli worked at NBCUniversal in Film and Television Development. His work there in acquiring and developing valuable IP with franchise worthy potential translates perfectly to the core mission statement of Branded Pictures Entertainment. Thomas is a graduate of Emerson College with a double major in Marketing and Writing, Literature and Publishing.

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