Jonathan King, the formerhead of production at Sony-based Laurence Mark Productions, is joining FocusFeatures as executive vice president of production.

King begins work this weekbased in the company's West Coast offices. He will report to Focus' productionpresident John Lyons.

At Laurence Mark ProductionsKing's credits included Bill Condon's upcoming musical Dreamgirls, and Scott Frank's upcoming thriller The Lookout.

Prior to Laurence Mark, Kingserved as an independent producer, where his credits included Audrey Wells' Guinevere and Sebastian Gutierrez' Judas Kiss.

He previously worked as aproduction and acquisitions executive at Miramax and began his career working atMGM/UA's East Coast offices.