Ed Carroll Promoted To President Of Kino Lorber Media Group

Kino Lorber Chief Strategy Officer Ed Carroll has been named President, Kino Lorber Media Group, reporting to chairman-CEO Richard Lorber.

Carroll, the 30+-year veteran and former COO of AMC Networks left the company in 2021, and joined Kino Lorber a year ago as chief strategy officer helping oversee its expansion into digital, including the acquisition of MHz Choice SVOD and creating a joint venture that includes the Topic streaming service. Last fall, Kino launched a new SVOD service, Kino Film Collection, on Amazon Prime Video Channels.

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Kino Lorber has been layering streaming and digital alongside its core theatrical and home entertainment releases. Two from 2023 were shortlisted for Academy Awards – Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters in both the Best International Feature and Best Documentary Feature; and Nancy Buirski’s Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy in Best Documentary Feature. Recent theatrical acquisitions include Agnieszka Holland’s Venice award-winner Green Border, and crowd-pleasing doc Remembering Gene Wilder about the beloved comedic actor.

“We’ve had unprecedented revenue and subscriber growth in our new SVOD division, and business expansion from new investment since Ed joined the company. Ed’s top-shelf skills and experience profoundly deepen our executive bench, positioning us for overall profitable growth across theatrical, home entertainment, and our new digital paths,” said Lorber.

“It is not easy to be on the growth side of the equation in media these days, but we are doing it. Kino Lorber’s vast library of high-quality films and series is a great foundation that attracts loyal subscribers looking for something different from the huge content aggregators. And we remain committed to elevating independent artists through theatrical, home entertainment, and digital distribution,” said Carrolll.

At AMC Networks, Carroll oversaw and greenlit the development of some of TV’s most iconic and successful series including Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Killing Eve, The Walking Dead and Portlandia. He served in various leadership roles including General Manager at Bravo and COO of AMC Networks. He also oversaw AMC Networks’ streaming channels including Acorn, Sundance Now, IFC Unlimited and Shudder, and presided over the launch of AMC+.

Reporting to Carroll will be Martha Benyam, Chief Operating Officer, who will oversee the MHz Choice and Topic SVODs and the Home Entertainment group; Lisa Schwartz, Chief Revenue Officer, formerly President of IFC Films, who will oversee content sales and platform distribution as well as Kino Lorber’s film division, which includes the Kino Film Collection SVOD; and Judy Silverman, recently promoted to Chief Financial Officer, who was previously SVP Finance at First Look Media and SVP Finance and Strategic Planning at IFC Films.

Frederick Thomas, Founder and President of MHz Networks, will transition to the role of Senior Advisor to the company.

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