ANASTASIA BROWN APPOINTED CHIEF CONTENT STRATEGIST OF VISIONARY MEDIA GROUP
ANASTASIA BROWN APPOINTED CHIEF CONTENT STRATEGIST OF VISIONARY MEDIA GROUP
Anastasia Brown – Photo Credit: Ashley Hylbert
Visionary Media Group (VMG) announced today that Anastasia Brown has been appointed to Chief Content Strategist of the entertainment and media company. In this role, the Emmy and DOVE award-winning Brown will direct the creation and allocation of all digital and physical content across all platforms for the company’s music, film, television and scoring projects. Brown joins the growing VMG team, guided by CEO Cory B. Savage, President Ronald Zamber, M.D., Senior Advisor Nick Sciorra and Chief Financial Officer Robert Grenley.
“Anastasia Brown brings an exceptional level of experience and stature in the music industry to VMG,” says CEO Cory B. Savage. “Her expertise and incredible eye for spotting talent is unmatched. I couldn’t be happier to have Anastasia on our team as we help artists prosper in the entertainment industry.”
“My long-term goal is to grow a prolific and self-sustaining film, TV, podcast and gaming production center as well as an audiovisual scoring industry in Nashville, and with VMG’s leadership and dedication, this goal is finally becoming a reality,” says Brown. “Content has been and always will be ‘king.’ VMG will provide the resources to attract and grow content creators, and support innovative production strategies for creative works to be launched from idea through completion. Their unique brand of business strategy will benefit recording artists, songwriters, producers of soundtracks, and the development of authentic films, TV, podcast and gaming entertainment. VMG has cutting-edge technology that will transform the ability to distribute content internationally. My career over these last three decades has encompassed bits and pieces of all that VMG is supporting me to lead, all under one roof.”
In addition to steering the content creation for VMG’s flagship recording artist, American Idol finalist Kree Harrison, signed to the subsidiary One Vision Music Group, Brown will also be working in tandem with the team on Visionary Media Group’s film productions and scores. To date, VMG’s productions and scores have been featured across a body of work that includes performances by Paul Rudd, James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Robert Duvall, Vincent D’Onofrio, Selena Gomez, Ed Harris, Sam Shepard, Jeremy Renner, Alec Baldwin Anjelica Houston, Josh Hartnett, Mira Sorvino, Finn Wittrock, Josh Peck, Aubrey Peeples, Valerie Cruz and Robbie Kay.
Before VMG, Brown had carved out a unique, award-winning path that encompasses music, film and television constructing a creative bridge between Nashville and Hollywood. With a career featuring milestones including DOVE and Emmy wins and Grammy and Oscar nominations, Brown’s traversed a three decade career honing expertise as a music supervisor, artist manager, music publisher, film/soundtrack/TV producer, author, TV personality, A&R/label executive and content creator. As a celebrated content curator and trailblazing female entertainment industry executive, Brown’s work has included the following projects:
- The Shack (2016)– Music Supervisor/Co-Producer of Soundtrack (earning a DOVE Award)
- Footloose (2011) – Music Consultant (earning a Grammy nomination)
- Billy Graham: The Early Years (2008) – Executive Producer/Music Supervisor (earning a DOVE nomination)
- August Rush (2007) – Music Supervisor (earning Oscar & Grammy nominations)
- Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken (2002) – Music Supervisor (earning an Emmy win)
- I Saw the Light (2016) – Associate Producer
- Hot Pursuit (2015) – Music Consultant
- FX’s The Americans (2013) – Music Supervisor
- It’s Complicated (2009) – Additional Music Consultant
- USA Network’s Nashville Star (2005-2007) – On Air Judge
- Charlie’s War (2003) – Music Supervisor
- Waylon Jennings “Closing In On the Fire” (1998) – Executive Producer
- Leon Russell “Hank Wilson Vol. 3: Legend In My Time” – Executive Producer
Her career has soared as a result of her talent for developing content and recognizing the most appropriate home for it utilizing multiple platforms. While heading up Miles Copeland’s Nashville division of Firstars Management and Ark 21 Records, Brown worked with Keith Urban, Waylon Jennings, Peter Frampton and Leon Russell in various capacities to both launch and propel their careers. Serving as distribution consultant and music supervisor for the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation, Brown coordinated the distribution of the documentary “For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville” on ABC. As a TV music consultant for Warner Nashville, she made an applauded 27 sync placements in a six-month period, including songs by Blake Shelton, the Zac Brown Band, Brett Eldredge and Hunter Hayes.
In the production arena, Brown has developed four television series and two films including the aforementioned Sony Classics biopic on the life of Hank Williams, Sr. titled “I Saw the Light” starring Tom Hiddleston. On the other side of the camera, Brown starred as a judge for three seasons of the USA Network talent competition “Nashville Star.” Understanding the value of a team and that stronger networks helps everyone excel, Brown led the charge to grow a self-sustaining film, TV, scoring and post-production industry in Nashville establishing Southern Lights, a Content Creation Alliance in 2019. This industry leadership is one of the many reasons why she was honored with the 2014 “Trailblazer Award” from the Council on Workforce Innovation and Variety magazine’s 2015 “Music City Impact Award.” In Tennessee, former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and Gov. Bill Haslam have both awarded Brown with the “Trailblazer Award” for her endeavors that have changed the landscape of the Nashville entertainment industry and for her support to encourage opportunities and equality for women in the workforce.
About Visionary Media Group
Visionary Media Group (VMG) is a diversified entertainment and media company specializing in the development and acquisition of film and music assets. VMG has an experienced team with over 100 years of high level entertainment, finance and legal expertise. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Visionary Private Equity Group, VMG targets opportunities with high growth potential. VMG has benefitted from its joint venture agreement with acclaimed international music company BMG for purposes of investing in the acquisition of music publishing and film score catalogs. This joint venture has given VMG access to film and music assets with a renowned music industry partner. VMG also focuses on the production of independent and commercially viable feature films for the global marketplace. This includes feature film Locating Silver Lake, starring Finn Wittrock, Josh Peck and Aubrey Peeples. Locating Silver Lake was screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, as well as the Newport Beach, Phoenix, Florida, and Cinequest Film Festivals. VMG has also acted as Executive Producer for two documentaries. The first, Forty Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic, narrated by Sylvester Stallone, was sold to MGM. VMG’s second documentary, Stallone: Frank That Is is currently on the Film Festival circuit, and has won multiple awards and honors. These include “Best Feature Length Documentary” at the Garden State Film Festival; “Best Feature Documentary” at the Hell’s Kitchen NYC Film Festival; “Best Feature Documentary” at the Burbank Film Festival; and the “Award of Excellence” Winner at the Accolade Global Film Festival. To learn more about its projects, visit www.visionarymediagroup.com.