Brent Montgomery

Brent Montgomery

Brent Montgomery is CEO of Wheelhouse Entertainment, a media group he launched in 2018, which focuses on high-profile content and talent around which it creates and builds “360” businesses. Under the Wheelhouse banner also is Spoke Studios, the content arm of Wheelhouse Entertainment, which creates programming across a variety of platforms and genres. Wheelhouse Entertainment and Spoke Studios operate on both the East and West Coasts. In November 2018, Wheelhouse forged a partnership with comedian, writer and producer Jimmy Kimmel – host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! – forming the new entertainment and content company Kimmelot, which operates as part of Wheelhouse Entertainment. Through the deal, Kimmel also became a partner in Wheelhouse Entertainment. The first project announced from Kimmelot is the revival of the puppet comedy, Crank Yankers for Comedy Central. In January 2019, Wheelhouse Entertainment secured an investment and partnership deal with digital content studio Portal A, through which they will offer their combined resources to traditional and new media platforms, and to brands, CMOs and ad agencies. Montgomery, who previously was CEO of ITV America, also currently serves as strategic advisor to ITV America, which maintains a production partnership with Spoke Studios; the companies work together on a range of series and projects produced by ITV America’s in-house production team. Montgomery was named CEO of ITV America in 2015 following the 2014 acquisition of his company, Leftfield Entertainment, for $360 million by UK-based, multi-national media company ITV. ITV America encompasses production companies including ITV Entertainment, Leftfield Pictures, Sirens Media, Outpost Entertainment, High Noon Entertainment and Thinkfactory Media. Under Montgomery’s leadership, in 2017 ITV America’s revenue increased by 33%.


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Novitiate (2017)

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