EXCLUSIVE: CatchLight Studios today announced the launch of Nuts & Bolts, a new division dedicated to production services, overseen by Executive Vice President of Production Yolanda T. Cochran.Nuts & Bolts’ mission is to serve global production, from basic production services and compliance requirements, to full third-party production services and EP/producer oversight.
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Cochran held the role of Senior Vice President of Live Production for Kids & Family at ViacomCBS, overseeing scripted and unscripted series and specials for Nickelodeon and AwesomenessTV.Notable projects include Paramount+’s iCarly reboot, Nickelodeon’s Nick News revival, and the launch of new series That Girl Lay Lay and NFL Slimetime.
The veteran executive previously served as vice president of production for Walt Disney Television’s Freeform studio and network, overseeing series such as Good Trouble, The Bold Type, Siren and Motherland: Fort Salem.Before that, she was executive vice president of physical production at Alcon Entertainment, a Warner Bros. company.
Cochran’s productions include The Book of Eli, Dolphin Tales 1 & 2, Something Borrowed, Happy Noise, Lottery, Travel Pants Sisterhood 2, Beautiful Creatures , Point Break and Blind Spot.In 2016, the USC alumni produced a documentary short and podcast miniseries called Breaking the Glass, which focused on and sought solutions to specific gender and racial challenges in the entertainment industry.Currently, she is the co-producer and co-host of the podcast series Dungeons ‘N’ Durags, a comical journey through a nerdy black man’s racial identity crisis and upside-down beliefs about Americans.
In 2005, Cochran co-wrote and produced an independent thriller called Paving the Way with Good Intentions.Other credits in the production area include Life, Blue Streak, Nutty Professor II, Coyote Ugly, and Dragonfly.The former CPA serves on the boards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (serving on the Board of Directors Governance Committee), the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Producers Guild of America.
“With Yolanda’s knowledge of tax benefits and longstanding relationships with banking, finance, insurance and bond companies, Nuts & Bolts is a significant player in the production services space,” said Jeanette Volturno, Head of CatchLight Studios.”Nuts & Bolts has created a menu of custom services to support the needs of studios, streaming and independent films.”
“In today’s production environment, our industry is increasingly challenged to set budgets at levels that optimize project locations for overall success as well as long-term staffing, while keeping the same strategy in mind, Nuts & Bolts provides a service of expertise and insight that goes beyond traditional production,” Cochran added.”We provide solutions for large corporations, studios and independent production houses alike, providing scalable and reliable support for launching and delivering these projects on schedule.”
Founded in Los Angeles in January 2020, CatchLight Studios is comprised of producers such as Marcei A. Brown, Jason Clark, Jessica Malanaphy, Rick A. Osako and Volturno with a proven track record in creative development and physical production.Its first release was Adam Mason’s popular thriller Songbird for STX Films.The company recently released writer-director Iris K. Shim’s horror film Umma, starring Sandra Oh, Dermot Mulroney, Fiver Stewart and Odeya Rush; and writer-directors Chris Cullari and Jennifer Raite’s Saban Films thriller via Sony’s Stage 6 The Aviary, starring Malin Akerman, Lorenza Izzo, Chris Messina and Sandrine Holt.Upcoming titles include Tim Story’s The Blackening for MRC, written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins; Russell Crowe’s Poker Face, written by Stephen Coates for Arclight; Christian Ditter’s The Present, written by Jay Martel for AGC; and Chris Pine The Poolman, by Pine and Ian Gotler.
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