Experience

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  Twickenham Film Studios

  • London Area, United Kingdom

  • Joint Managing Director

    • Oct 2022 - Present
    • London Area, United Kingdom

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  Lip Sync Post Limited

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Commercial Director

    • Jun 2020 - Oct 2022
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    Commercial Director for Lip Sync Post responsible for post and VFX sales and film and TV production finance investment. Investments include Golda for Embankment Films & Bleecker Street, Greatest Days for Bron Studios & Amazon and Mafia Mamma for Cornerstone Films & Bleecker Street

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  Twickenham Film Studios

  • United Kingdom
  • Movies, Videos, and Sound
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Interim Managing Director

    • Aug 2018 - May 2020

  • Commercial Director

    • Jul 2016 - Jul 2018

    • Responsibilities included heading up the studios sales team with a resulting increase in annual turnover of over 40% per annum year on year from 2016 through to 2019 • Devised and oversaw the company's strategic move into film and TV drama financing in the form of facility investments against production and post-production services. Production finance investments include A Gift From Bob, Midas Man, A Gaza Weekend, McMafia, Finding Your Feet, Red Joan, The Last Full Measure, Crooked House, Cordelia, In Fabric, Tell It To The Bees and Endless.• Establishment of a new picture post department from start up through to class leading facility now servicing independent and high budget features • Developed the studios international client base and relationships including US sales agents and packaging agencies through a strategic presence at co-production markets (London & Berlin) and international film markets (Berlin, Cannes and AFM)• Increased brand awareness domestically and internationally through a process of ‘owning the first weekend at Cannes’ including co-hosting events with Variety and Screen International and hosting the largest Sunday night party• Led the layout design and devised the business plan for the forthcoming Littlewoods Studios in Liverpool (Twickenham North) including partnering with the media department of John Moore’s University in devising new crew courses and associated facilities

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  Fortwilliam Television Ltd

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Director

    • Mar 2013 - Mar 2018
    • London, United Kingdom

    • founder and director of EIS company specialising in provision of production and post-production services to high end TV drama projects;• oversaw HMRC EIS pre-approval process and secured capitalisation from Ingenious Broadcasting;• production credits include Code Of A Killer for ITV and Shine International with World Productions; and Coalition for C4 and BBC Worldwide with Cuba Pictures;

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  Lip Sync Post Limited

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Commercial Director

    • Jun 2012 - Jun 2016
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Commercial Director - tripartite responsibility for film and TV drama sales, negotiating the company's production investments and structuring and sourcing potential future finance offerings• Oversaw the growth of TV drama sales from 30 to 50% of the company's turnover through the formation of a leads exchange with sales agents, distributors, accountants, insurance brokers and crew • In 2014, individually secured over £8m of film and TV post and VFX sales thereby doubling the company’s annual turnover• Supervised Lip Sync Productions move into international film co-production securing British qualification co-production treaties and raising all the UK production financing including tax credit and presale cashflowing, gap and equity• On the back of the lower threshold of UK qualifying spend for films, led the company's move into working on US studio productions with post on The Nice Guys for Silver Pictures and Warner Bros• Film credits include Starred Up, What We Did On Our Holiday, Nativity 3, X + Y, Get Santa, The Dead Lands, Testament Of Youth and The Nice Guys• TV credits include Wolf Hall, The Passing Bells, The Village Series 2, Death Comes To Pemberley, Olympus, The Ark, Peter & Wendy, Brief Encounters and National Treasure.

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  Molinare Ltd

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Head Of Co-Production Finance & Commercial Director

    • Feb 2010 - May 2012
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Head Of Co-Production Finance, responsible for company’s production investments including the assessment of potential film and TV drama post equity financing opportunities and negotiation of the associated terms• Molinare representative on the Investment Committee of Limelight Media, a film and HETV equity fund• As Commercial Manager, part of the senior management team and responsible for company's sales forecasting and cashflow, client relations and jointly responsible for sales strategy and financial reporting to shareholders• EP credits include The Kings Speech, Welcome To The Punch, The Invisible Woman, Grabbers, Lonely Place To Die, The Borrowers (TV), 4321, Keith Lemon: The Film, Jump, Comedown.

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  The Mob Film Company

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Head Of Film & Producer

    • Feb 2002 - Jan 2010
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Managed film development slate for long established TV commercials production company• Raised domestic and international production financing for film high end TV drama projects• Established international co-production relationships with film production companies in US, Canada, Australia and South Africa and acted as UK co-producer overseeing permits, film certification, tax credits, all UK financing elements etc

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  The Virgin Of Liverpool

  • London & Liverpool, United Kingdom

  • Feature Film Producer

    • Apr 2002 - Jun 2003
    • London & Liverpool, United Kingdom

    • £2m British family comedy feature starring Ricky Tomlinson, Imelda Staunton and Johnny Vegas. Produced for The Mob Film Company and financed and sold internationally by Senator International.

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  Denis Rooney Associates

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Quantity Surveyor & Project Manager

    • Aug 1996 - Jan 2002
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

    • Part of Project Management team on construction of shopping centres and leisure and entertainment centres including programme, budget and resource management• Estimating and managing construction costs and advising on client's options• Negotiating construction contracts and monitoring cost variations• Managing factors likely to affect profitability and commercial outcome of projects• Key stakeholder liaison from concept through to final account