ContentFilm

14 September, 2005 By David Rooney Source: Variety.com A Room 9 Entertainment presentation of a David O. Sacks production in association with Content Film. Produced by David O. Sacks. Executive producers, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin, Mark Woolway, Edward R. Pressman, John Schmidt, Alessandro Camon, Michael Beugg. Co-producers, Daniel Brunt, Daniel Dubiecki, Mindy Marin, […]

19 October, 2005 By Staff Reporter Source: Mipcom Daily News ContentFilm already occupies a niche as a production, sales and financing company based in London, with strong ties to the US film industry, and plans to further exploit that niche by combining forces with newly-acquired television distribution company Fireworks International. July of this year saw […]

5 November, 2005 By Pamela Mcclintock, Ian Mohr Source: Variety.com ContentFilm Intl. is providing the necessary financing for actor-director Richard Attenborough to begin helming the long-gestating “Closing the Ring,” starring Shirley MacLaine. In turn, ContentFilm will handle worldwide sales of the film, which also has received major financing from the Bank of Ireland. Attenborough is […]

24 August, 2005 By Derek Elley in Edinburgh Source: Variety.com The Business (U.K.). A Pathe Entertainment release of a Vertigo Films presentation of a ContentFilm production, in association with Monkey Prods. Produced by Allan Niblo, James Richardson. Executive producers, Rob Morgan, Rupert Preston. Co-producer, Andy Eliot. Directed, written by Nick Love. The Business Frankie – […]

5 October, 2005 By Staff Reporter Source: Worldscreen.com At Fireworks International, Saralo MacGregor has been upped to executive VP of worldwide distribution; and Kathryn Rice to senior VP of European sales and acquisitions. MacGregor will oversee and manage all of Fireworks International’s day-to-day sales and marketing activity. In Rice’s expanded role, she will continue to […]

16 May, 2005 By Adam Dawtrey Source: Variety.com Laura Linney and Julie Walters will star with “Harry Potter” star Rupert Grint in “Driving Lessons,” the directorial debut of Brit screenwriter Jeremy Brock. Pic is the first from RubberTreePlant, the newly formed production banner of former Industry Entertainment exec Julia Chasman (“25th Hour,” “Quills”). Shooting starts […]

17 October, 2005 By Staff Reporter Source: Mipcom listing Fireworks International 19 Heddon St London W1B 4 BG, UK Tel: (44 – 207) 851 6500 Fax: (44 – 207) 851 6504 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.fireworksentertainment.com Stand: R30.26 Contact: Greg Phillips, pres; Saralo MacGregor, VP, sales; Kathryn Rice, VP, sales Europe; Victoria Ryan, dir., sales admin., […]

13 October, 2005 By Staff Reporter Source: Mipcom Daily News Fireworks International has signed a raft of deals for Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, with Sony Pictures Television International taking season five for its AXN channels in Japan, Israel and Central Europe. The new season has also been sold to Spain and Germany. French cable and satellite […]

29 November, 2005 Source: Worldscreen.com John Schmidt, CEO, ContentFilm Greg Philips, President, Fireworks International In the international distribution business it is said over and over that a sales team must believe in their product. Nowhere has this yielded better results than at Fireworks International, the London-based concern that used to be the sales arm of […]