EXCLUSIVE: Antigravity Academy, the production company behind Focus Features’ award-winner Dìdi, has appointed Adina Luo as its new Chief Operating Officer. Luo joins from the shuttered Participant, where she spent four years as Director, Strategy & Business Development. During her time there, she played a key role in shaping corporate planning processes and advancing socially conscious film and television projects and campaigns.
The young exec is just the latest addition to the company on the heels of Holly Stanton, who recently came aboard as Head of Development for Narrative and Documentary, amid the company’s drive to scale its community-driven approach to filmmaking.
“We are so lucky to welcome Adina into our family. She shares our dream to reimagine how communities and stories can come together,” said Antigravity Founder Carlos López Estrada. “We’re building a new ecosystem of artists, collaborators, and audiences, and even though there’s lots of work to do, we believe we’re on the right path – and Adina is going to be a key part of getting us there.”
Luo told us that “Antigravity Academy has already proven itself as a powerful creative voice. I am so honored to join this incredible team at such an exciting moment as we look to grow and expand our approach. I really see Antigravity Academy as a company that has cracked the code on building a differentiated brand and authentic community, and is now truly well positioned to scale that approach and begin to bring audiences back again and again across projects.”