UK line producers and production managers to meet US studios and independents
British Film Commissioner Colin Brown is taking eight UK line producers and unit production managers out to Los Angeles next week to meet US studio executives and major independents.
LONDON – Monday 9 June 2008. As part of the UK Film Council's strategy to further stimulate inward investment production for the British film production sector, British Film Commissioner Colin Brown is taking eight UK line producers and unit production managers out to Los Angeles next week to meet US studio executives and major independents.
The initiative comes as a result of a UK infrastructure workshop day organised by the Office of the British Film Commissioner in April this year and has been co-ordinated with the Production Guild of Great Britain. The guild is an industry organisation which supports line producers and production management working in film and television.
Colin Brown, British Film Commissioner says: "Our line producers and production managers have a long and much valued relationship with the studios and US production executives handling films of all genres, budget size and complexity, bringing films in on time and budget whilst achieving the highest level of production quality and many are currently working on major US movies. The UK executives we are bringing out to LA are representative of the UK's ability and capacity to deliver on a range of films, and they will be talking about the actualities of working on medium and high budget levels, and on inward investment films."
David Martin, Chief Executive of the Production Guild says: "We are delighted to be working with the Office of the British Film Commissioner on this timely initiative. The Guild members participating in the event are the up and coming generation of line producing talent, and represent the future of feature film production in the UK. We very much hope that new working relationships will arise with the US executives they meet, which will strengthen and enrich the already deep history of features production between us."
The line producers and production managers going out to Los Angeles are:
- Jo Burn, whose credits include The Mummy, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, The Beach, The Hours, Hellboy II and Johnny English.
- Mark Cooper, whose credits include Derailed,The Other Boleyn Girl, Chocolat, Proof, Amazing Grace, Much Ado about Nothing, Wings of a Dove, The Madness of King George and Shakespeare in Love.
- Sally French, whose credits includeWanted, Children of Men, Cold Mountain, Hotel Rwanda, Born Romantic, and Final Curtain;
- Mark Hubbard, whose credits include The Warrior, St Trinian's, The Lost Prince and Is There Anybody There?;
- Cindy Irving, whose credits include The New World, French Film, Alexander and Spy Game;
- Angus More Gordon, whose credits include The Quantum of Solace, Inkheart, Wanted, Stardust, Thunderbirds, As You Like It, Amazing Grace, Eyes Wide Shut, The Hours and The Mummy Returns;
- Richard Sharkey,whose credits includeThe Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Brothers Grimm, Doom, Eragon, Mission: Impossible, The World is Not Enough, GoldenEye and the Lord of the Rings trilogy; and
- Kathy Sykes, whose credits includeMamma Mia!, In the Name of the Father, Oscar and Lucinda, The End of the Affair and Five Children and It.
For further information contact:
Tina McFarling
UK Film Council
T + 44 20 7861 7900 / + 44 7879 421 578
tina.mcfarling@ukfilmcouncil.org.uk
Notes to Editors
The UK Film Council is the Government backed lead agency for film in the UK in the UK ensuring that the economic, cultural and educational aspects of film are effectively represented at home and abroad. We invest Government grant-in-aid and Lottery money in developing new filmmakers, in funding exciting new British films and in getting a wider choice of films to audiences throughout the UK. We also invest in training, promoting Britain as an international filmmaking location and in raising the profile of British films abroad.
