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- 12/25/2016
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-winning UK VFX firm to be sold to former automative specialist.
Oscar-winning UK VFX firm Framestore is to be sold to Chinese firm Cultural Investment Holdings Co, a Shanghai-listed group with media interests that was previously focused on the automotive sector.
Sky broke the news that Framestore has agreed a deal with Cultural Investment Holdings Co (Cih) that will mean the Shanghai-listed group acquires 75% of the business.
The deal values the firm at £150m.
The remainder is owned by the firm’s founder and chief executive, Sir William Sargent, and the rest of the management team.
Framestore’s credits include Gravity, Superman Returns and upcoming Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. It is currently working on Paddington 2.
Sargent told Sky News: “Partnering with Cih positions us both creatively and financially to be the leaders in the world of story-telling across all visual platforms.
“This builds on our strength in Europe and North...
Oscar-winning UK VFX firm Framestore is to be sold to Chinese firm Cultural Investment Holdings Co, a Shanghai-listed group with media interests that was previously focused on the automotive sector.
Sky broke the news that Framestore has agreed a deal with Cultural Investment Holdings Co (Cih) that will mean the Shanghai-listed group acquires 75% of the business.
The deal values the firm at £150m.
The remainder is owned by the firm’s founder and chief executive, Sir William Sargent, and the rest of the management team.
Framestore’s credits include Gravity, Superman Returns and upcoming Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. It is currently working on Paddington 2.
Sargent told Sky News: “Partnering with Cih positions us both creatively and financially to be the leaders in the world of story-telling across all visual platforms.
“This builds on our strength in Europe and North...
- 11/3/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Monsters producer Allan Niblo was among industry execs to discuss challenges facing the UK’s creative industries at the Bsac conference in London.
At the British Screen Advisory Council (Bsac) conference in London yesterday, a panel of industry experts were asked to outline the challenges facing the UK’s creative industries.
Bsac deputy chair and the session’s host Ajay Chowdhury kicked off proceedings by celebrating the “huge success” of the UK’s audiovisual industries, talking up the 250,000 jobs in the sector, which has grown at three times the rate of the UK’s overall economy.
Chowdhury then asked panelists Allan Niblo (Vertigo Films), William Sargent (Framestore), Martin Baker (Channel 4) and Noirin Carmody (Revolution Software) to raise what they believed to be the biggest challenges facing their companies.
Responding to a question about the current climate of the UK film industry, Vertigo Films co-founder Niblo, producer of the Monsters franchise and The Sweeney, said the “sheer...
At the British Screen Advisory Council (Bsac) conference in London yesterday, a panel of industry experts were asked to outline the challenges facing the UK’s creative industries.
Bsac deputy chair and the session’s host Ajay Chowdhury kicked off proceedings by celebrating the “huge success” of the UK’s audiovisual industries, talking up the 250,000 jobs in the sector, which has grown at three times the rate of the UK’s overall economy.
Chowdhury then asked panelists Allan Niblo (Vertigo Films), William Sargent (Framestore), Martin Baker (Channel 4) and Noirin Carmody (Revolution Software) to raise what they believed to be the biggest challenges facing their companies.
Responding to a question about the current climate of the UK film industry, Vertigo Films co-founder Niblo, producer of the Monsters franchise and The Sweeney, said the “sheer...
- 4/20/2016
- ScreenDaily
Monsters producer Allan Niblo was among industry execs to discuss challenges facing the UK’s creative industries at the Bsac conference in London.
At the British Screen Advisory Council (Bsac) conference in London yesterday, a panel of industry experts were asked to outline the challenges facing the UK’s creative industries.
Bsac deputy chair and the session’s host Ajay Chowdhury kicked off proceedings by celebrating the “huge success” of the UK’s audiovisual industries, talking up the 250,000 jobs in the sector, which has grown at three times the rate of the UK’s overall economy.
Chowdhury then asked panelists Allan Niblo (Vertigo Films), William Sargent (Framestore), Martin Baker (Channel 4) and Noirin Carmody (Revolution Software) to raise what they believed to be the biggest challenges facing their companies.
Responding to a question about the current climate of the UK film industry, Vertigo Films co-founder Niblo, producer of the Monsters franchise and The Sweeney, said the “sheer...
At the British Screen Advisory Council (Bsac) conference in London yesterday, a panel of industry experts were asked to outline the challenges facing the UK’s creative industries.
Bsac deputy chair and the session’s host Ajay Chowdhury kicked off proceedings by celebrating the “huge success” of the UK’s audiovisual industries, talking up the 250,000 jobs in the sector, which has grown at three times the rate of the UK’s overall economy.
Chowdhury then asked panelists Allan Niblo (Vertigo Films), William Sargent (Framestore), Martin Baker (Channel 4) and Noirin Carmody (Revolution Software) to raise what they believed to be the biggest challenges facing their companies.
Responding to a question about the current climate of the UK film industry, Vertigo Films co-founder Niblo, producer of the Monsters franchise and The Sweeney, said the “sheer...
- 4/20/2016
- ScreenDaily
StudioCanal UK CEO joins the summit line-up alongside Google content exec Lisa Rousseauand writer-director Jane Linfoot.
Danny Perkins, the chief executive of StudioCanal UK, is to deliver a keynote speech at the upcoming Screen Film Summit, which takes place at the BFI on Monday (Dec 1).
Perkins has overseen the release of more than 300 titles theatrically and 1,000 titles in home entertainment, including Pan’s Labyrinth, The Hurt Locker and upcoming releases The Imitation Game and Paddington.
The exec has long been a strong advocate for homegrown UK talent and during his tenure at StudioCanal, the company has supported independent British features such as Yann Demange’s ‘71, Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block and forthcoming Aardman production Shaun the Sheep.
His afternoon speech will be just ahead of a session that will debate ‘What’s next for UK film’, with panellists including Big Talk MD Matthew Justice, Lionsgate CEO Zygi Kamasa, BBC Films head Christine Langan, Independent film sales...
Danny Perkins, the chief executive of StudioCanal UK, is to deliver a keynote speech at the upcoming Screen Film Summit, which takes place at the BFI on Monday (Dec 1).
Perkins has overseen the release of more than 300 titles theatrically and 1,000 titles in home entertainment, including Pan’s Labyrinth, The Hurt Locker and upcoming releases The Imitation Game and Paddington.
The exec has long been a strong advocate for homegrown UK talent and during his tenure at StudioCanal, the company has supported independent British features such as Yann Demange’s ‘71, Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block and forthcoming Aardman production Shaun the Sheep.
His afternoon speech will be just ahead of a session that will debate ‘What’s next for UK film’, with panellists including Big Talk MD Matthew Justice, Lionsgate CEO Zygi Kamasa, BBC Films head Christine Langan, Independent film sales...
- 11/26/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
New additions to the line-up also include BBC Films head Christine Langan, Hammer’s president Simon Oakes and Blueprint Pictures’ Graham Broadbent.
Lionsgate’s CEO Zygi Kamasa, Big Talk Productions’ MD Matthew Justice and BBC Films head Christine Langan are to join the UK Film Industry Wishlist panel at the upcoming Screen Film Summit, which takes place at the BFI on December 1.
Together with Framestore’s William Sargent, Independent’s Andrew Orr and Vue’s Tim Richads they will be discuss the challenges facing their particular sectors and what they would like to see for the future of the industry.
Meanwhile, Hammer president/CEO Simon Oakes and Blueprint Pictures’s Graham Broadbent will be discussing how best to maximise the potential of British film abroad.
Joining them on the panel will be West End Films’ head of sales Fabien Westerhoff, former agent and founder of UK production company 42 Josh Varney and the BFI’s Isabel Davis.
Leading...
Lionsgate’s CEO Zygi Kamasa, Big Talk Productions’ MD Matthew Justice and BBC Films head Christine Langan are to join the UK Film Industry Wishlist panel at the upcoming Screen Film Summit, which takes place at the BFI on December 1.
Together with Framestore’s William Sargent, Independent’s Andrew Orr and Vue’s Tim Richads they will be discuss the challenges facing their particular sectors and what they would like to see for the future of the industry.
Meanwhile, Hammer president/CEO Simon Oakes and Blueprint Pictures’s Graham Broadbent will be discussing how best to maximise the potential of British film abroad.
Joining them on the panel will be West End Films’ head of sales Fabien Westerhoff, former agent and founder of UK production company 42 Josh Varney and the BFI’s Isabel Davis.
Leading...
- 11/7/2014
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
Former Scott Free London head Liza Marshall recently launched Archery Pictures with Kris Thykier.
Liza Marshall, joint MD of Archery Pictures, is to join a panel at the upcoming Screen Film Summit (Dec 1) to debate the Changing Face of Content Consumption.
Marshall, who recently stepped down as head of Scott Free London to launch Archery Pictures with Kris Thykier, will be joined on the panel by Picturehouse director of programming and acquisitions Claire Binns; and Dogwoof chairman Andy Whittaker.
Together, they will discuss how audience habits and platforms are changing and what new platforms are doing to better serve audiences. They will also explore the future of these platforms.
Another new addition to the line-up is William Sargent, CEO and co-founder of Framestore.
Sargent will join Independent MD Andrew Orr and Vue CEO Tim Richards on the UK Film Industry Wishlist panel to discuss challenges facing different sectors across the industry and changes they would like to...
Liza Marshall, joint MD of Archery Pictures, is to join a panel at the upcoming Screen Film Summit (Dec 1) to debate the Changing Face of Content Consumption.
Marshall, who recently stepped down as head of Scott Free London to launch Archery Pictures with Kris Thykier, will be joined on the panel by Picturehouse director of programming and acquisitions Claire Binns; and Dogwoof chairman Andy Whittaker.
Together, they will discuss how audience habits and platforms are changing and what new platforms are doing to better serve audiences. They will also explore the future of these platforms.
Another new addition to the line-up is William Sargent, CEO and co-founder of Framestore.
Sargent will join Independent MD Andrew Orr and Vue CEO Tim Richards on the UK Film Industry Wishlist panel to discuss challenges facing different sectors across the industry and changes they would like to...
- 10/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Visual effects firm Framestore is behind the acclaimed space movie, but is UK film making a giant leap, or is funding falling?
After picking up a galaxy of awards, the space thriller Gravity is tipped for further glory at the Oscars on Sunday. The film might look like classic big budget Hollywood, but has a starring role in the British film industry. Almost everything on screen, from the gorgeous images of light bouncing off the earth, the constellations of stars, down to the astronauts' space boots, was conjured up on computers at a studio in Soho. Stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock filmed their space nightmare in deepest, darkest Buckinghamshire.
Tim Webber is the director of visual effects at Framestore, the studio behind Gravity's magical effects. Before he put Sandra Bullock in space, Webber created the rich worlds of Harry Potter and The Dark Knight. But Gravity was the...
After picking up a galaxy of awards, the space thriller Gravity is tipped for further glory at the Oscars on Sunday. The film might look like classic big budget Hollywood, but has a starring role in the British film industry. Almost everything on screen, from the gorgeous images of light bouncing off the earth, the constellations of stars, down to the astronauts' space boots, was conjured up on computers at a studio in Soho. Stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock filmed their space nightmare in deepest, darkest Buckinghamshire.
Tim Webber is the director of visual effects at Framestore, the studio behind Gravity's magical effects. Before he put Sandra Bullock in space, Webber created the rich worlds of Harry Potter and The Dark Knight. But Gravity was the...
- 2/28/2014
- by Jennifer Rankin
- The Guardian - Film News
London -- U.K. studio facilities group Pinewood Shepperton, VFX company Framestore and producer Steve Norris have teamed to create Apollo Productions.
Billed as a bespoke production services company for international movie-makers, the trio of names said the aim is to advise on all aspects of movie production in the U.K., from film qualification and the British cultural test, to co-production status and tax credits, as well as managing the production process for clients.
Apollo Productions opens for business this month and the parties believe it will be able to offer a one-stop shop for the normally fragmented provision of production services on offer in the U.K.
Pinewood Shepperton, listed in the U.K. on the stock exchange, often plays host to big budget productions such as Robin Hood and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Framestore has 20 years work in digital film and video under its belt and Norris,...
Billed as a bespoke production services company for international movie-makers, the trio of names said the aim is to advise on all aspects of movie production in the U.K., from film qualification and the British cultural test, to co-production status and tax credits, as well as managing the production process for clients.
Apollo Productions opens for business this month and the parties believe it will be able to offer a one-stop shop for the normally fragmented provision of production services on offer in the U.K.
Pinewood Shepperton, listed in the U.K. on the stock exchange, often plays host to big budget productions such as Robin Hood and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Framestore has 20 years work in digital film and video under its belt and Norris,...
- 1/31/2011
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London-headquartered VFX house Framestore Cfc has launched a new base in Reykjavik, Iceland. Framestore vet and lead animation supervisor Dadi Einarsson will oversee the boutique-size venture.
"Framestore has been growing pretty steadily for over 20 years. Recently we've begun looking at ways in which we might de-centralize some of the work we do," explained joint CEO William Sargent.
Einarsson, who grew up in Iceland, worked at Framestore in London on projects including "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and "The Golden Compass." The first assignment in Iceland will be shots for Baz Luhrman's "Australia," which is also in the works in Framestore's London facility. The company also maintains a base in New York that focuses on commercial advertising work.
"Framestore has been growing pretty steadily for over 20 years. Recently we've begun looking at ways in which we might de-centralize some of the work we do," explained joint CEO William Sargent.
Einarsson, who grew up in Iceland, worked at Framestore in London on projects including "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and "The Golden Compass." The first assignment in Iceland will be shots for Baz Luhrman's "Australia," which is also in the works in Framestore's London facility. The company also maintains a base in New York that focuses on commercial advertising work.
- 9/23/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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