Joshua Deighton and Holly Becker are joining Sidney Kimmel Entertainment(SKE) as senior vice presidents of production.

Deighton previously served as vice president of production at Fox Searchlight,where he acquired such titles as Napoleon Dynamite and Broken Lizard's Super Troopers.

He was a production executive on Sideways, Sexy Beast, One HourPhoto, I (Heart) Huckabees and Danny Boyle's upcoming sci-fi epic Sunshine, which is currently in post-productionand is expected to open in the autumn.

Becker arrives following her role as vice president of productionand development at IFC Entertainment.

She served as executive producer on Me & You & EveryoneWe Know, American Gun, and Camp, among others, and helped superviseproduction on The Night Listener, Pieces Of April, and Monsoon Wedding.

Prior to that she was a programmer for the Seattle InternationalFilm Festival, and has also worked for the Sundance Institute.

Both executives will report to production president Bill Horbergand SKE president Jim Tauber.

SKE is currently finalising its deal with MGM to distribute aslate of to-be-determined projects.

The company recently SKE financed Paul Greengrass' United 93 in association with Universal Pictures,and its other credits include Trust The Man, Alpha Dog, and Griffin And Phoenix.