Veritas Entertainment

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Veritas Entertainment
Company type Private
IndustryProduction
FounderAlan Gasmer Peter Jaysen
HeadquartersCalifornia, United States
Website veritas-entertainment.gg

Veritas Entertainment is an American independent film and television production company founded in 2014 that focuses on optioning IPs, particularly books, and developing them into fully packaged projects ready for production. [1] [2]

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The company is run by industry veterans Alan Gasmer and Peter Jaysen. [3] Alan Gasmer, a former senior agent at William Morris Agency was once described by Vanity Fair as "the King of Specs" for his role in the spec screenplay marketplace. [4] His contributions have led to the production of several major films, including Rush Hour , Soul Food , Cowboys & Aliens , Mouse Hunt , Empire Records , and NBC's Las Vegas. [5]

Peter Jaysen, with over three decades of experience in content creation and monetization across film, television, digital, and branded entertainment, is a media executive and Emmy-nominated producer. [6]

Jaysen, along with Gasmer, won the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Television Movie for Fahrenheit 451 on HBO in 2018. [7]

Filmography

FilmYearProduced WithNotes
A Complete Unknown 2024 Searchlight Pictures Starring Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Edward Norton, and Monica Barbaro

Television

SeriesInitial ReleaseProduced WithNotes
A Spy Among Friends 2022MGM+/ITVXStarring Damian Lewis & Guy Pearce

Created by Alex Cary

Vikings Valhalla 2022NetflixCreated by Jeb Stuart
The Mosquito Coast 2021Apple TVStarring Justin Theroux/Created by Neil Cross
Dublin Murders 2019Starz/BBCCreated by Sarah Phelps
Fahrenheit 451 2018HBOWritten & Directed by Ramin Bahrani/ PGA Award Winner
Elvis Presley: The Searcher 2018HBODirected by Thom Zimny
American Playboy 2017AmazonDirected by Richard Lopez
You Me Her 2016AT&T/NetflixCreated by John Scott Shepherd
Iverson2014ShowtimeDirected by Zatella Beatty
Vikings 2013History ChannelCreated By Michael Hirst

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References

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