EXCLUSIVE : On the eve of the Cannes market, Stuart Ford and Miguel Palos have signed three-year extensions to their service contracts as CEO and COO of stalwart film and TV producer-seller-financier AGC Studios , which they founded in 2018. Ford also retains the title of Chairman and remains the largest shareholder in the company. Palos also retains his founding ownership stake in the company alongside founding investors ImageNation (out of Abu Dhabi), Latin American investment fund Media Net and Silicon Valley private equity investor Greg Clark. Ford, the former IM Global and Miramax exec, has been a staple of the independent film scene. While at AGC, the company has backed more than 51 projects but has also diversified into TV drama and factual. AGC Television is currently shooting Embassy , the geo-political action thriller series starring Anna Kendrick, Sam Heughan and J.K. Simmons, and also Beatles biopic series Hamburg Days .…