Thomas J. Ciampa Joins Italy’s Increasing Bamboo Manufacturing

Veteran Rome-based distribution and manufacturing exec Thomas J. Ciampa, who in June exited WarnerMedia the place he was Italy, Spain and Portugal nation supervisor, is becoming a member of distinguished Italian producer Marco Belardi’s increasing Bamboo Manufacturing shingle as its chief of worldwide operations. 

Ciampa, who labored at Warner Bros. in Italy for 25 years in varied guises, in January 2022 had changed Barbara Salabè as the highest WarnerMedia exec when she exited after three a long time. However Ciampa was then changed in June by Alessandro Araimo as a part of the restructuring because of the Warner Bros. Discovery merger.

Ciampa’s obligations had included total theatrical distribution for Warner Bros. in addition to for Sony Photos, which had a take care of Warner Bros. in Italy. Nevertheless, Sony from 2023 can be releasing its titles in Italy by way of native indie Eagle Photos, a sign of how the theatrical market is altering with studios shifting their priorities as streaming makes larger positive factors.

Moreover Ciampa managed native productions in Italy and Spain, in addition to content material licensing, video games, residence leisure, client merchandise, advertising and marketing as properly as advert gross sales and affiliate distribution for WarnerMedia’s channels and streaming companies.

Bamboo Manufacturing was launched earlier this yr by Belardi, who previously headed movie and TV firm Lotus Manufacturing, which moreover producing Italian megahit “Excellent Strangers,” additionally spawned a gentle stream of different hits similar to Gabriele Muccino’s “There Is No Place Like Dwelling,” which in 2018 pulled in additional than $10 million regionally, and has been spun off lately right into a profitable TV sequence for Sky. They’ve a multi-picture take care of Netflix to provide two or three nonetheless unspecified Italian unique movies for the streamer. 

Leone Movie Group in 2014 acquired a majority stake in Lotus, the place Belardi remained in cost. However the rapport with Leone soured, so Belardi lately parted methods with them to arrange Bamboo.

Ciampa will now play a key function within the improvement of all of Bamboo’s worldwide tasks, the primary of which can be a beforehand introduced high-profile TV sequence written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore based mostly on his Oscar-winning traditional “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso.”

“It’s a nice privilege to be a part of the staff at Bamboo. Marco is among the most proficient producers in Italy and I really feel honored to help the corporate because it grows to turn out to be an necessary and dynamic worldwide participant,” mentioned Ciampa.

Belardi commented: “It’s an honor for me to welcome Thomas in our staff, a extremely skilled and succesful skilled. We’re sure that together with his help, Bamboo will make an incredible leap ahead within the worldwide area.”