WatchWorks makes work for screen and stage, built from the character outward. We work as translators between a writer’s instinct and a buyer’s appetite, developing and producing across the US, UK and Europe with people whose work could not have come from anyone else.
WHO WE ARE
Dante Di Loreto
Founder + Producer
Dante Di Loreto is the Founder and Principal of WatchWorks, a television, film, and theater production company launched in 2026. Current projects include the Baywatch relaunch for Fox and Hulu and the upcoming AMC+ drama series Kill Jackie.
WatchWorks builds on three decades of producing and studio leadership. As founding president of Ryan Murphy Television, Di Loreto oversaw Glee and American Horror Story. As president of Chernin Entertainment, he produced P Valley for Starz. As president of Fremantle Studios North America, he led a slate that included Fellow Travelers for Showtime, The Mosquito Coast for Apple TV+, and American Gods for Starz. His film work includes the Emmy Award–winning HBO films Temple Grandin and The Normal Heart, and his international work includes The Iris Affair for Sky and Little Bird for Crave. Across that body of work, his productions have been honored with multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, Peabody, and Tony Awards.
In theater, his credits include Dear Evan Hansen, winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical; the West End revival of Funny Girl; Antony Sher's Primo; and The Glass Menagerie, starring Jessica Lange and Sarah Paulson.
Di Loreto holds a BA from UC Santa Barbara and an MFA from the American Film Institute. A Santa Barbara native, he serves on nonprofit boards in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.
Nathan Keyes came to producing the way most good producers do: through every other job on set first. A decade of running an immersive theatre company, Firelight Collective taught him how to build worlds an audience steps into. A lead role opposite Lena Olin in Maya Dardel, which premiered at SXSW, taught him what a strong performance actually needs. A season shadowing showrunner Ron Nyswaner on Fellow Travelers taught him how a season of prestige television actually gets made. Producing 'Water Music' and 'Fake Muse', from independent filmmakers Magdalena Zyzak and Zachary Cotler , taught him how to actually get something made. And developing projects with Imagine Entertainment for Audible, alongside his own material, taught him the last piece: how to be the one who starts the story, not just the one who finishes it.Â