MUMBAI: Wayne Garvie has joined Sony Pictures Television as chief creative officer for international production.

He will be responsible for driving creative activity at the company‘s production studio outside of Los Angeles and global network of production companies and joint ventures.

SPT?s international production business covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the US.

It runs wholly-owned SPT production companies in Russia, Germany, France, Lebanon, Egypt, Dubai and Miami.

The business also operates joint-venture production companies in the UK (Gogglebox Entertainment, Victory Television and Silver River), France (Starling), Netherlands (Tuvalu Media), Russia (Lean-M), Italy (Toro), China (Huaso), Brazil (Floresta), Colombia (Teleset) and the US (Embassy Row).

Garvie will be responsible for identifying potential hits at SPT‘s companies outside its Los Angeles studios.