‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Producer Archer Gray Elevates Vinay Singh To CEO
12.01.2023 - 19:33
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Archer Gray Partner Vinay Singh has been promoted to CEO at the media company, known for such projects as the Oscar-nominated Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the Tony-winning musical Once and the SXSW-winning documentary, Transmilitary.
Singh has been with Archer Gray since 2015, previously serving as the company’s COO and Vice-Chair. He takes over the CEO post from Amy Nauiokas, the Wall Street exec and investor who launched the company in 2010 and will now focus on her role as its Chair. In his new role, Singh will oversee a rapidly expanding media business, which now spans scripted and unscripted content, live experiences, and brand and retail strategy. He will, at the same time, guide the company’s launch of a venture studio focused on talent-led brands and experiences, reporting to Nauiokas.
During his time at Archer Gray, Singh has directed investments in disruptive media companies like Sharegrid, the production equipment rental marketplace acquired by Backstage last January, as well as the Vox-acquired Epic Magazine, such films as Michael Moore’s Where to Invade Next, and theater productions including The Elephant Man.
News of his promotion marks the latest major shakeup at Archer Gray, which last year pushed into unscripted with the hire of industry vet Liza Keckler, prior to that launching a Co-Lab division headed by former Disney and Fox executive Jim Fielding. (The NYC-based company also notably expanded into Los Angeles early last year.)
While fulfilling her duties as Chair, Nauiokas will continue to focus on various development and production projects, as well as further opportunities for the company at the intersection of the arts and social change.
“I am deeply proud of the work that our team has