Look At Us — World Builder

When it comes to putting together the right deals, experience matters. We bring expertise built over decades in the industry. We also understand the unique needs and day-to-day realities of the entertainment business as well as the art of storytelling. It is this combination that enables us to work with various stakeholders to craft the right deals for everyone involved.

DANNIE FESTA

Founder & CEO

Prior to founding Festa Entertainment and World Builder Entertainment, Dannie Festa honed her expertise by years of working in film and television development with top-flight producers and directors including Michael London (SIDEWAYS, THIRTEEN), Gil Netter/ David Zucker (SCARY MOVIE, LIFE OF PII), and Gary Fleder (KISS THE GIRLS, CSI). Being a manager/producer combines two things Dannie loves most about the entertainment industry: closely collaborating with writers and directors and producing projects that speak to her. A native Chilean, Dannie’s international background allows her to represent a wide variety of creative talent, companies, and brands. She manages the iconic brands Dam Things (Good Luck Troll Dolls) and the Merian C. Cooper/ DeVito Artworks King Kong Skull Island property as well publisher Markosia and various global animation and VFX studios. She also manages New York Times best-selling authors and an expansive IP library. She is the Executive Producer of the animated features TROLLS, TROLLS WORLD TOUR and TROLLS BAND TOGETHER at DreamWorks Animation/ Universal. Her production slate includes MERMAIDS at AMAZON (TV series), MYTH EXPLORERS at Disney+ (TV series), KING KONG SKULL ISLAND with Atomic Monster at Disney+ (TV series), MERCY RUN with Thunder Road Productions and Capstone (Feature), REVIVED at Capstone (Feature), and OPERATION PANDORA with Sugar23 at Netflix (TV Series).

NICK TERRY

Manager (Literary / Talent)

Nick began his entertainment career working at Buena Vista Pictures Marketing, the theatrical marketing arm of The Walt Disney Company, and then earned papercuts in the mailroom at Paradigm Talent & Literary Agency and then as an assistant in both the talent and literary departments. After Paradigm, he moved into talent management, learning the trade from veteran manager Jeri Scott, and mentored by the late Bernie Brillstein. Prior to joining World Builder Entertainment, Nick was a Manager and Producer at Zero Gravity Management, where he worked with actors, writers, and directors. At World Builder, he represents a wide range of creators in multiple genres and mediums and is very active in the day-to-day business of his clients. He is heavily engaged in developing motion picture, television and animation content, career planning, relationship building, identifying new content and new business opportunities for his clients and the company. He takes pride in being a liaison between clients and external partners, including producers, casting directors, network and studio executives and agents. Nick is a member of the Television Academy, a mentor with the Jr. Hollywood Radio and Television Society and member of the HRTS.

CAROL GINSBURG

Executive Coordinator

Carol Ginsburg always wanted to become an elementary school teacher but after graduating from UCLA with a credential in hand, she soon found herself on the 20th Century Fox lot working alongside production and development executives in both TV and film for almost 10 years. She later worked at Tri-Star Pictures and with Mace Neufeld, among others, before finding her way to World Builder Entertainment.

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THE MOVIES THAT MADE ME PODCAST - “STRANGE DARLING WRITER/DIRECTOR JT MOLLNER” HOSTED BY JOSH OLSEN AND JOE DANTE

‘STRANGE DARLING’: THE EROTIC SERIAL-KILLER THRILLER THAT WILL KEEP YOU GUESSING

SHOT BY GIOVANNI RIBISI, THIS SERIAL KILLER TALE DELIGHTS IN TWISTS.WILLA FITZGERALD’S KNOCKOUT PERFORMANCE ELEVATES “STRANGE DARLING,” WRITER-DIRECTOR JT MOLLNER’S TAUT THRILLER IN WHICH NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS.

“DIDN’T PULL ANY PUNCHES”: THE LONG WALK SCREENWRITER PROMISES FAITHFUL & R-RATED STEPHEN KING ADAPTATION

‘DARUMA’ WRITER AND DIRECTOR DUO ON MAKING — AND SCREENING — THEIR AUTHENTICALLY CAST DISABILITY INDIE

FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL

‘DUM AND DUMBER’ DIRECTORS PETER AND BOBBY FARRELLY DISCUSS PORTRAYING DISABILITY

HBO’S THE LAST OF US WINS BIG ON NIGHT 1 OF CREATIVE ARTS EMMYS

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY EMMYS: THE COMPLETE WINNERS LIST

LIONSGATE PICKS UP STEPHEN KING’S ‘THE LONG WALK’ WITH FRANCIS LAWRENCE ATTACHED TO DIRECT (EXCLUSIVE)

GBH ADDS JULIUS HARPER AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR GBH KIDS

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE NAMES THE 2023 EPISODIC LAB FELLOWS

‘STRANGE DARLING’: TERRIFYING CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME UNFOLDS IN FIRST LOOK AT J.T. MOLLNER HORROR-THRILLER

SKULL ISLAND: RISE OF KONG ANNOUNCED, RELEASING THIS FALL

DISABLED ACTORS ARE CENTER STAGE IN INDIE FILM ‘DARUMA’

DISABLED ACTORS ARE CENTER STAGE IN INDIE FILM ‘DARUMA’

‘UNICORN ACADEMY’ TRAILER OFFERS COLORFUL FIRST LOOK AT MAGICAL AND MUSIC-FILLED SPIN MASTER ADAPTION (EXCLUSIVE)

‘STAR WARS: YOUNG JEDI ADVENTURES:’ YOUNGLINGS NOW HAVE AN ANIMATED DISNEY PLUS ‘STAR WARS’ SHOW (EXCLUSIVE)

UNIVERSAL & DREAMWORKS SET CAST, OFFICIAL TITLE FOR ‘TROLLS’ THREEQUEL BOWING THIS FALL

‘TROLLS BAND TOGETHER’ TRAILER: CAMILA CABELLO, TROYE SIVAN, KID CUDI AND MORE JOIN ANIMATED MUSICAL

TIKTOK FAMOUS ACTOR CHRIS GUERRA TURNED A GROUNDLINGS SKETCH INTO AN ALL-IMPROV COMEDY FEATURE

NBC TO CELEBRATE CAROL BURNETT’S 90TH BIRTHDAY WITH TWO-HOUR SPECIAL

‘WOMEN TALKING: AN EVENING OF WILD FEMALE IMAGINATION’ ONE-NIGHT THEATER EVENT COMING TO NEW YORK CITY (EXCLUSIVE)

DEVITO ARTWORKS, GAMEMILL ENTERTAINMENT TEAM FOR ‘KING KONG OF SKULL ISLAND’ VIDEO GAME

‘DEATH STRANDING’ FILM BASED ON HIT VIDEO GAME IN WORKS FROM ‘BARBARIAN’ EP ALEX LEBOVICI’S HAMMERSTONE STUDIOS, KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS

PARAMOUNT GLOBAL ANNOUNCES PARTICIPANTS FOR 2022-2023 WRITERS MENTORING PROGRAM

WALMART REVIVES ‘OFFICE SPACE’ IN BID TO SHAKE UP BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING

STUDIO71’S FOUND-FOOTAGE ANTHOLOGY ‘V/H/S/’ UPDATE GREENLIT BY SHUDDER WITH GENRE FILMMAKER GUEST SPOTS

KING KONG LIVE-ACTION SERIES IN EARLY DEVELOPMENT AT DISNEY+

EXCLUSIVE: PENNER & FESTA TALK ABOUT THEIR NEW SHORT ‘DEDE AND SAM’

SWCA 2022: GATHER YOUR YOUNGLINGS FOR THE YOUNG JEDI ADVENTURES SERIES

MIDDLE GRADE PAPERBACK

‘PETER PAN’: “THE LOST GIRLS”

THE MEMORY THIEF (THIRTEEN WITCHES SERIES #1) FEATURED ON BARNES & NOBLE’S APRIL PICKS

'MARMADUKE': ANIMATED MOVIE WITH PETE DAVIDSON COMING TO NETFLIX IN MAY 2022

HENDRIX YANCEY JOINS MCKENNA GRACE IN ‘A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY’ TRUE-CRIME LIMITED SERIES AT PEACOCK

PEACOCK ORDERS TRUE CRIME SERIES ‘FRIEND OF THE FAMILY’ WITH ANNA PAQUIN, JAKE LACY, COLIN HANKS, LIO TIPTON

'THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHILDREN' CASTS ZACH GILFORD, AMANDA CREW, ALISHA WAINWRIGHT, CARLOS SANTOS IN HORROR-THRILLER (EXCLUSIVE)

'DRIVER' LIVE-ACTION SERIES BASED ON VIDEO GAME FRANCHISE IN THE WORKS FROM BINGE & UBISOFT

ABBY QUINN, SHILOH FERNANDEZ, JOSHUA LEONARD JOIN BLUMHOUSE AND EPIX THRILLER SET IN MUSIC CITY (EXCLUSIVE)

KATEY SAGAL TO TOPLINE BLUMHOUSE MOVIE FOR EPIX (EXCLUSIVE)

JOSH DUHAMEL TO STAR IN HEIST THRILLER 'BANDIT' (EXCLUSIVE)

NETFLIX PICKS UP SXSW SHORT ‘SELFIE’ FOR FEATURE TREATMENT; JOHN POLIQUIN & COLIN MINIHAN ADAPTING

UNIVERSAL’S ‘TROLLS WORLD TOUR’ AMONG 450 FILMS HEADING TO U.K. CINEMAS

'IT' PRODUCER, PARAMOUNT PLAYERS TEAM FOR UNTITLED BORDER TOWN THRILLER (EXCLUSIVE)

‘TROLLS WORLD TOUR’ CONTINUES TO LEAD DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE IN 9TH WEEKEND, CROSSES $3M

DWAYNE JOHNSON AND EMILY BLUNT SUPERHERO MOVIE ‘BALL AND CHAIN’ LANDS AT NETFLIX

‘TROLLS WORLD TOUR’ BREAKS DIGITAL RECORDS AND CHARTS A NEW PATH FOR HOLLYWOOD

‘TROLLS WORLD TOUR’: UNIVERSAL REPORTS RECORD DIGITAL WEEKEND; 10X HIGHER THAN ‘JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM’ OPENING DAY

THE HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE IS MOVING TO YOUR LIVING ROOM

TROLLS WORLD TOUR EXCLUSIVE MOVIE CLIP - K-POP VS. REGGAETON (2020)

NBCUNIVERSAL BREAKS THEATRICAL WINDOW, WILL MAKE MOVIES AVAILABLE ON DEMAND IMMEDIATELY

COLIN MINIHAN TO DIRECT SCREEN GEMS THRILLER ‘URBAN LEGEND’

KELLY CLARKSON JOINS ‘TROLLS 2’ & WILL PERFORM ORIGINAL SONG

DIRECTOR STRICKEN WITH ALS VOWS TO FINISH HER FINAL MOVIE: "DOING WHAT I LOVE WILL BE PART OF MY LEGACY"

KING KONG FEMALE-LED TV SERIES IN WORKS AT MARVISTA ENTERTAINMENT & IM GLOBAL TV

UNIVERSAL DREAMWORKS ANIMATION ANNOUNCES ‘TROLLS 2’; SETS FOR APRIL 10, 2020

DANNIE FESTA: MEET THIS CHILEAN WHO IS A SUCCESSFUL PRODUCER IN HOLLYWOOD.

'TROLLS' LONG TRIP TO THE BIG SCREEN IS AN 'UGLY CUTE' STORY

EXCLUSIVE: BOOM! STUDIOS' "KONG OF SKULL ISLAND" NOW AN ONGOING SERIES

REBEL GIRL APPOINTS AGENT

INTREPID PICTURES SUPERNATURAL THRILLER ‘BYE BYE MAN’ FINDS FUNDING FROM LOS ANGELES MEDIA FUND

‘ROONE’ BOON FOR WEINSTEINS

'MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE!' SHOW BLOWS AWAY SIBLING TEAM WHO PENNED SCRIPT

WEINSTEINS DEVELOPING THRILLER ‘THE BYE BYE MAN’

ANNA KENDRICK TO STAR IN DREAMWORKS ANIMATION’S MUSICAL ‘TROLLS’

MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE! SNEAK PEEK

UNIVERSAL-BASED SYFY FILMS GOES 'LIGHTS OUT'

DARK HORSE DELUXE OFFERS A UNIQUE TAKE ON THE GOOD LUCK TROLLS

DREAMWORKS PLANS GOOD LUCK TROLLS MOVIE

ELIJAH WOOD HELPS OUT ANIMALS IN CHILE

RKO REAWAKENING WITH THE 'DEAD'

DE NIRO, ROSENTHAL TEAM ON ‘DRAGON’

ADRIAN ALONSO

SIBS’ DIBS ON ‘RAPUNZEL’

SHOT BY GIOVANNI RIBISI, THIS SERIAL KILLER TALE DELIGHTS IN TWISTS.
WILLA FITZGERALD’S KNOCKOUT PERFORMANCE ELEVATES “STRANGE DARLING,” WRITER-DIRECTOR JT MOLLNER’S TAUT THRILLER IN WHICH NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS.