Skillset's Inside Pictures launches
Skillset's Inside Pictures, the film business training programme now funded by the Skillset Film Skills Fund, will be accepting applications from 26 July 2004. Comprising three intensive one-week modules, Skillset's Inside Pictures takes place in London and Los Angeles between November 2004 and May 2005. Seminars, workshops and studio visits are hosted by some of the US and UK's most senior industry professionals. The programme covers all aspects of international film business - from development through production, financing, worldwide distribution and exhibition - and provides networking and profile raising opportunities for the participants.
The successful applicants will be 14 executives and producers who display ambition, a determination to broaden their knowledge of the global film industry, and expand their network of contacts. They should have a minimum of a 3 year track record in film or an associated creative industry such as television, advertising or music.
This initiative is supported by the National Lottery through the Skillset Film Skills Fund as part of A Bigger Future, the UK Film Skills Strategy and is run by Michael Kuhn's Qwerty Films.
For information on how to apply, click here.
Speakers for 2004/5 so far include:
Stewart Till, the newly appointed Chairman of the UK Film Council and Skillset's Deputy Chair, said:
"The importance of the business side of filmmaking and the skills necessary to be successful at it are far too often overlooked and undervalued. A Bigger Future makes those skills a priority and Skillset's Inside Pictures is the first of many initiatives to ensure UK producers and executives are amongst the best in the world."
Judy Counihan, Director of Film at Skillset, said:
"Skillset's Inside Pictures is a unique business programme which offers our industry's brightest and most promising talent an intense exposure to all the elements which help to forge not only successful careers but also successful movies."
Jill Tandy, Programme Director and Co-Managing Director of Qwerty Films, said:
"It is extremely gratifying that the speakers - all top calibre, extremely busy professionals - continue to happily give their time to this programme. There is undoubtedly a great desire to help secure the UK film industry's future by sharing hard-won information and invaluable wisdom with the upcoming generation of producers and executives. We will all benefit from this investment."
The LA module is supported by the UK Film Council LA office and United International Pictures and Dorsey & Whitney are sponsors of the programme.
The successful applicants will be 14 executives and producers who display ambition, a determination to broaden their knowledge of the global film industry, and expand their network of contacts. They should have a minimum of a 3 year track record in film or an associated creative industry such as television, advertising or music.
This initiative is supported by the National Lottery through the Skillset Film Skills Fund as part of A Bigger Future, the UK Film Skills Strategy and is run by Michael Kuhn's Qwerty Films.
For information on how to apply, click here.
Speakers for 2004/5 so far include:
- Tim Bevan, Co-Chairman, Working Title Films
Jenny Borgars, Head of the Development Fund, UK Film Council
Colin Brown, Chairman, Cinesite (Europe) Ltd
John Byrne, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney
Colin Callender, President, HBO Films
Sally Caplan, President, Icon Film Distribution
Philippe Carcassonne, Producer, Ciné B
Jonathan Channon, Director of Film, TV and Media, EMI Publishing
Liza Chasin, President of Production US, Working Title Films
Martin Churchill, Editor, Tax Efficient Review
Andrew Cripps, President and COO, United International Pictures
Richard Curtis, Writer
Mark Devereux, Senior Partner, Olswang
Cathy Dunkley, Staff Reporter, Daily Variety
Peter Dunne, International PR Consultant to Dreamworks
Richard Eyre, Director
Rick Finkelstein, President and COO, Universal Pictures
Jane Frazer, Producer
Lyn Goleby, Director, City Screen Ltd
Steve Golin, Founder and CEO, Anonymous Content
Beth Goss, EVP of Universal Consumer Products
Peter Graves, Marketing Consultant, Cinemarket
Elizabeth Guider, Deputy Editor, Daily Variety
Jon Gumpert, Vice Chairman, Head of Motion Picture Operations, Intermedia Films
Billy Hinshelwood, Lawyer
Premila Hoon, Managing Director, Media and Telecoms Sector, Société Générale
Joanna Johnson, Head of International Marketing, Paramount Pictures
Anthony Jones, Co-Chairman, Peters Fraser Dunlop
Robert Jones, Head of the Premiere Fund, UK Film Council
Jeffrey Katzenberg, Co-Founder, Dreamworks SKG
Duncan Kenworthy, Producer, DNA Films
Miles Ketley, Lawyer, Wiggin & Co
Steve Knibbs, CEO, Vue Cinemas
Michael Kuhn, Chairman, Qwerty Films
Mike Medavoy, Chairman, Phoenix Pictures
Adam Minns, UK Film Editor, Screen International
Charles Moore, Lawyer, Wiggin & Co
William Murray, Exec VP & Co-COO. Motion Picture Association of America
Steve Norris, British Film Commissioner, UK Film Council
Michael Peretzian, Agent, Creative Artists Agency
Nick Osborne, Partner, Underground Films
Richard Philipps, Partner, Richards Butler
Malcolm Ritchie, Co-Managing Director, Qwerty Films
Marion Rosenberg, Manager and Producer, The Marion Rosenberg Office
Charles Roven, Producer, Mosaic Media Group
Russell Schwartz, President, Domestic Marketing, New Line
James Shirras, Director of Legal and Business Affairs, Film Finances
Peter Smith, President International Video, Universal Studios
David Thompson, Head of Films, BBC Films
Stewart Till, Chairman and CEO, United International Pictures, Chairman, UK Film Council and Deputy Chair, Skillset
Paul Trijbits, Head of the New Cinema Fund, UK Film Council
Colin Vaines, EVP of European Production and Development, Miramax Films
Gareth Wigan, Vice Chairman of Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group
Mark Wolfe, Producer
John Woodward, Chief Executive Officer, UK Film Council
Jane Wright, Head of Rights and Commercial Affairs, BBC Films
Stewart Till, the newly appointed Chairman of the UK Film Council and Skillset's Deputy Chair, said:
"The importance of the business side of filmmaking and the skills necessary to be successful at it are far too often overlooked and undervalued. A Bigger Future makes those skills a priority and Skillset's Inside Pictures is the first of many initiatives to ensure UK producers and executives are amongst the best in the world."
Judy Counihan, Director of Film at Skillset, said:
"Skillset's Inside Pictures is a unique business programme which offers our industry's brightest and most promising talent an intense exposure to all the elements which help to forge not only successful careers but also successful movies."
Jill Tandy, Programme Director and Co-Managing Director of Qwerty Films, said:
"It is extremely gratifying that the speakers - all top calibre, extremely busy professionals - continue to happily give their time to this programme. There is undoubtedly a great desire to help secure the UK film industry's future by sharing hard-won information and invaluable wisdom with the upcoming generation of producers and executives. We will all benefit from this investment."
The LA module is supported by the UK Film Council LA office and United International Pictures and Dorsey & Whitney are sponsors of the programme.