Virgil Films Tim Maggiani as Co-Chairman; Exec shares corporate oversight with President and CEO Joe Amodi

Virgil Films and Entertainment has promoted former CEO Tim Maggiani to co-president.

Effective immediately, he will share oversight of the company in the Philadelphia area with its president, founder and CEO, Joe Amodi.

“Tim is a proven leader and in many ways one of the drivers behind Virgil Films’ continued growth,” Amodei said in the official announcement. “Since joining the team in May 2016, Tim has managed to adapt and lead the company to the ever-evolving industry and changes in how content is consumed today. From DVD to streaming to transactional releases, Tim has always been my right hand.

Founded in 2003, Virgil has developed, acquired, marketed and distributed a range of films in the feature, documentary, special interest and sports categories. The company works with Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, National Geographic, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, Network Entertainment, Pureflix Entertainment and Morgan Spurlock’s Warrior Poets. Releases include Oscar-nominated documentaries Glen Campbell: I’ll be myself and rest repo as well as general commercial dishes Forks over knives. The company’s current projects include Kelsey Grammer’s Dramedy High expectationsDocumentary film Holocaust Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Monk and music doc Anne Murray comes full circle.

While some Virgil titles are in theaters, the company operates on a variety of platforms, including transactional video-on-demand, SVOD, electronic resale, ad-supported streaming and television licensing, cable and satellite VOD, and cable television.

After graduating from Indiana University in rural Pennsylvania, Maggiani joined Virgil as an intern, working with the staff to market films to DVD. He then led the company’s digital transformation.