Sing Sing duo hire Giulia Caruso to lead Ethos slate with Netflix
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar have appointed producer Giulia Caruso as head of production and development at Ethos, their production company.
The appointment was reported by The Hollywood Reporter on 13 October 2026. Caruso will oversee finding new projects and taking them through to filming.
Bentley and Kwedar are the film-makers behind Sing Sing and Train Dreams. They have made five films together across a 15-year partnership, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Ethos has a pact with Netflix. Under the arrangement, Netflix will fund the development and production of the company's films and release them.
The plan is to build a slate with emerging film-makers drawn from leading film festivals, film schools and labs. Ethos will use the same financing and production model it used on Jockey and Sing Sing.
The pay is equal. Under that model, above-the-line talent such as writers, directors and actors and below-the-line crew such as camera, sound and art department staff receive the same wage and share ownership in the film.
What makes this stand out is Caruso's background in both producing and film finance. She is a graduate of CalArts. Her producing credits include Kogonada's Columbus and Andrew Ahn's Spa Night, for which she earned an Independent Spirit Award.
Caruso previously served as director of Catalyst and Industry at the Sundance Institute. That unit acts as the Institute's financing arm, pairing film-makers with potential investors.
Rachel Bentley leads business affairs and operations at Ethos. Bentley and Kwedar are currently in post-production, the editing and finishing stage after filming, on Saturn Return for Netflix.
Saturn Return is directed by Kwedar and stars Charles Melton, Rachel Brosnahan and Will Poulter. Kwedar is a Fort Worth native and Bentley is Dallas-based.
Train Dreams was acquired by Netflix as a Sundance Official Selection, Netflix said. It is adapted from the novella by Denis Johnson and follows logger Robert Grainer.
