Skillset announces the participants for Inside Pictures 2010
Inside Pictures has announced the 15 successful applicants for the 2010 programme.
20 January 2010
Inside Pictures has announced the 15 successful applicants for the 2010 programme. The group was chosen from hundreds of applications through a committee selection process and a shortlist of interviews.
- Richard Aseme, Director, Sales & Distribution EMEA, Paramount Pictures International
- Jon S. Baird, Producer/Writer/Director, Logie Pictures
- Claire Beswick, Senior Film Booker, Odeon Cinemas Ltd
- Alice Clough, Head of Business Affairs, Future Films Ltd
- Christopher Granier-Deferre, Producer, Poisson Rouge Pictures
- Uzma Hasan, Development Producer, Slingshot Productions
- Anna Higgs, Producer and Co-Founder, Quark Films
- Toby Hill, Head of Acquisitions, Icon Film Distribution
- Teddy Leifer, Managing Director, Rise Films
- John Letham, Managing Director, Park Circus Ltd
- Benjamina Mirnik, Head of Acquisitions & Co-Production, Universum Film GMBH
- Hamish Moseley, Vice President, Theatrical Sales, Momentum Pictures
- Kieran Parker, Producer, Black Camel Pictures
- Jezz Vernon, Head of Marketing, Metrodome Distribution
- Faye Ward, Producer & Head of Production, Ruby Films
Neil Peplow, Skillset's Director of Film, said:
"Now more than ever, we need executives and producers who understand and are able to respond to the myriad of changes the film industry faces - Inside Pictures arms its participants to do just that. It is a great example of leading figures passing on their business expertise to the next generation. We believe that with a thorough understanding of the value chain, these future leaders can help the UK remain competitive on a global scale."
Michael Kuhn, Chairman of Qwerty Films, said:
"The standard is high. Our previous graduates are now leaders of our industry. The burden is heavy. I am sure, having seen this year's group, that they will rise to the occasion and repay Inside Pictures with equal career success."
Jill Tandy and Julia Short, the Programme Directors, said:
"Inside Pictures has always been responsible for attracting and developing the future talent that the British film industry relies upon to stay ahead of the game. This year is no exception with the selection of fifteen professionals taken from the fields of production, sales, distribution, exhibition, business affairs and finance who will each embark on a journey of learning and self-development. It will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience - unique to Inside Pictures - which continues taking the brightest hopes of today and turning them into the stars of tomorrow."
Inside Pictures is an executive development programme based around three intensive one-week modules that take place in London and Los Angeles between January and July 2010. It comprises a high level education in the global business of film combined with meetings and events with industry leaders, seminars, case studies, projects, and studio and other off site visits.
Inside Pictures is presented by Qwerty Films and supported by Skillset. The programme is funded through the Skillset Film Skills Fund, which is supported by the National Lottery through the UK Film Council and the film industry through the Skills Investment Fund.
The LA module is assisted by the UK Film Council US office. Additional scholarship funding has been donated by the Film Distributors Association, Ingenious Media and Revolver Entertainment.
See the website www.inside-pictures.com for the most up to date list of Speakers.
Speakers confirmed at January 2010:
- Jane Barclay, Consultant, Aramid Capital Partners, and Founder, Capitol Films
- John Bates, Adjunct Professor of Strategic and International Management and Entrepreneurship, London Business School
- Peter Bazalgette, Former Chief Creative Officer, Endemol Group
- Tim Bevan, Co-Chairman, Working Title Films
- Kieran Breen, Senior Vice President Marketing International Theatrical, 20th Century Fox
- Jeremy Brock, Screenwriter
- Alan Brunswick, Partner, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
- Peter Buckingham, Head of Distribution and Exhibition, UK Film Council
- Katherine Butler, Senior Commissioning Executive, Film4
- Sally Caplan, Head of the Premiere Fund, UK Film Council
- James Clayton, Chief Operating Officer, Ingenious Media
- Chris Collins, Development Producer, UK Film Council
- Christine Corner, Partner, Media and Entertainment Group, Grant Thornton
- Andrew Cripps, President, Paramount Pictures International
- Lenny Crooks, Head of the New Cinema Fund, UK Film Council
- Eddie Cunningham, President, Universal Pictures International Entertainment
- Chris Curling, Producer, Zephyr Films
- Will Davies, Screenwriter
- Mark Devereux, Senior Partner, Olswang
- Andrew Eaton, Producer, Revolution Films
- Trevor Engelson, Partner/Producer, Underground Films
- David Fincher, Director
- Rick Finklestein, Vice Chairman, Universal Pictures
- John Fletcher, Managing Director, Pathe Distribution Ltd
- Alan Giles, former CEO, HMV group
- Steve Golin, Chief Executive Officer, Anonymous Content
- Mike Goodridge, Editor, Screen International
- Peter Graves, President, Cinemarket
- Joshua Greer, CEO, Real D
- Paul Grindey, Head of Business Affairs, Film4
- Ed Guiney, Joint Managing Director, Element Films
- Jon Gumpert, President of Unison Entertainment, Inc
- Billy Hinshlewood, Lawyer
- Janet Hirshenson, Casting Director, The Casting Company
- Vince Holden, Head of Production Finance, UK Film Council
- Sam Horley, Managing Director, The Salt Company
- Terry Ilott, Director, Creative Business Academy, City University London
- Jane Jenkins, Casting Director, The Casting Company
- James Kay, Partner, Olswang
- Rebecca Kearey, Senior Vice President International Marketing & Sales, Fox Searchlight
- Susan Kennedy, Consultant
- Duncan Kenworthy, Producer, Toledo Productions
- Miles Ketley, Partner, Wiggin LLP
- Steve Knibbs, COO, Vue Cinemas
- Adam Kulick, Partner, Goldcrest Capital Holdings Ltd
- Bryan Lourd, Partner, Creative Artists Agency
- Andrew Lowe, Joint Managing Director, Element Films
- Justin Marciano, Managing Director, Revolver
- Cameron McCracken, Managing Director, Pathe UK
- Belinda Menendez, President, NBC Universal International Television Distribution
- Charles Moore, Partner, Wiggin LLP
- Malcolm Murray, Partner and Head of Corporate, Lee and Thompson
- Allan Niblo, Co-Founder, Vertigo Films
- Joe Oppenheimer, Executive Producer, BBC Films
- Nick Osborne, Partner/Producer, Underground Films
- Richard Philipps, Partner, ReedSmith
- James Richardson, Co-Founder, Vertigo Films
- Malcolm Ritchie, Co-Managing Director, Qwerty Films
- Tessa Ross, Controller of Film and Drama, Film4
- Chuck Roven, Partner, Mosaic Media Group
- John Sacchi, Senior Vice President of Production, Lionsgate
- Mike Saksa, General Manager, New Releases, Warner Home Video
- Roy Salter, Principal, The Salter Group LLC
- Ron Sanders, President, Warner Home Video
- Jamie Schwartz, Marketing Director, Momentum Pictures
- Tanya Seghatchian, Head of the Development Fund, UK Film Council
- Steve Siskind, Executive Vice President Worldwide Marketing & Advertising, Paramount Pictures
- Peter Smith, President, NBC Universal International
- David Solomon, Trainer, Sun & Moon Training
- Stewart Till, CEO, Icon International Entertainment
- Sophie Turner-Laing, Managing Director, Entertainment, BSkyB
- Robert Walak, Senior Vice President Acquisitions Worldwide, Momentum
- Nigel Walley, Managing Director, Decipher
- Janet Walker, Lecturer in Financial Reporting at Cass Business School
- Gareth Wigan, Strategic Adviser International, Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Mark Wolfe, Producer, Burton/Wolfe Entertainment
- Colleen Woodcock, Head of Creative Affairs, Pathe UK
- John Woodward, Chief Executive Officer, UK Film Council
- Mark Woolley, Finance & Commercial Director, Ecosse Films
- Jane Wright, Commercial & General Manager, BBC Films
Contacts for further information:
Inside Pictures, Victoria Lorkin Lange, Programme Producer
Qwerty Films, 020 7288 6990, insidepictures@qwertyfilms.com
Skillset, Jennifer Walters, Press and PR Manager
Press Office, 07827 989 330, jenniferw@skillset.org
Notes to editors:
Qwerty Films is a feature film development and production business and media consultancy based in London. The team, Michael Kuhn, Malcolm Ritchie and Jill Tandy, were among the senior managers who established and ran PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, one of the few examples of a Europe-based worldwide studio built from scratch. Qwerty Films together with Citibank raised a fund to finance a slate of international features films which to date have included Severance, Alien Autopsy, Stage Beauty, I Heart Huckabees, Kinsey, Wondrous Oblivion and The Moguls. Qwerty Films has recently produced Saul Dibb's Oscar® and BAFTA-award winning film The Duchess, starring Keira Knightley.
Skillset is the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for Creative Media which comprises TV, film, radio, interactive media, animation, computer games, facilities, photo imaging and publishing. We support skills and training for people and businesses to ensure the UK creative media industries maintain their world class position. Skillset manages and delivers A Bigger Future, the UK's film skills strategy, developed in partnership with the UK Film Council, which aims to make the UK film industry the most highly skilled and creative in the world. www.skillset.org
The UK Film Council is the Government-backed lead agency for film in the UK, supporting the UK film industry, celebrating UK film culture and nurturing UK film talent at home and abroad. Since being set up in 2000 the UK Film Council has backed more than 900 films, shorts and features, which have won over 300 awards and entertained more than 200 million people around the world. It develops new filmmakers, funds exciting new British films, gets a wider choice of films to audiences throughout the UK and also funds the British Film Institute.
Investing in the film workforce is vital to achieving a successful film industry and film culture. Through Skillset, its strategic partner for skills development, the UK Film Council invests £6.5 million of National Lottery money a year in training to ensure the UK continues to produce a strong, consistent supply of skilled and talented professionals to make the UK film industry an ever greater commercial and creative success. www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk
