Exclusive: Kelly Carmichael, the former production exec at The Weinstein Company and Miramax and co-founder of indie film and TV production company 375 Pictures, has been hired as president of production and development at Jessica Chastain’s Freckle Films. In her new role she will oversee the New York-based production and development company’s original slate with a focus on nurturing and supporting female talent across all aspects of production.

Carmichael is right now overseeing production on Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s The Current War starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon and Untouchables starring Bryan Cranston. Both of those pics are at The Weinstein Company, which inked a first-look deal with her 375 Pictures last year. While at the Weinstein companies her exec producer credits included My Week With Marilyn and Rob Marshall’s Nine.

She most recently was head of production at Ivanhoe Pictures and there spearheaded the acquisition of Crazy Rich Asians...