Exclusive: Lionsgate UK COO leaves indie-major, looks to partner with Red Bus Group.
In a surprise move, Lionsgate UK and long-time company COO Guy Avshalom have parted ways.
Industry veteran Avshalom was instrumental in the strategic, corporate and business transactions at the UK division of the indie-major, which he joined in 2005 after the mini-studio acquired Redbus Film Distribution.
Avshalom, an executive producer on The Expendables 3, Filth and Olympus Has Fallen, also played a key role in inking distribution deals with the likes of Netflix, BSkyB and iTunes.
The London-based veteran is now understood to be lining up a return to Red Bus through a joint media venture with Red Bus Group, the investment firm that came into existence as an offshoot of Redbus Film Distribution.
Lionsgate confirmed the departure in a statement to ScreenDaily.
Steve Beeks, co-chief operating officer and motion picture group president, said: “Since we acquired Redbus Film Distributors in 2005, Guy has played a key role...
In a surprise move, Lionsgate UK and long-time company COO Guy Avshalom have parted ways.
Industry veteran Avshalom was instrumental in the strategic, corporate and business transactions at the UK division of the indie-major, which he joined in 2005 after the mini-studio acquired Redbus Film Distribution.
Avshalom, an executive producer on The Expendables 3, Filth and Olympus Has Fallen, also played a key role in inking distribution deals with the likes of Netflix, BSkyB and iTunes.
The London-based veteran is now understood to be lining up a return to Red Bus through a joint media venture with Red Bus Group, the investment firm that came into existence as an offshoot of Redbus Film Distribution.
Lionsgate confirmed the departure in a statement to ScreenDaily.
Steve Beeks, co-chief operating officer and motion picture group president, said: “Since we acquired Redbus Film Distributors in 2005, Guy has played a key role...
- 5/7/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Lionsgate UK co-founder leaves indie-major, looks to partner with Red Bus Group.
In a surprise move, Lionsgate UK and long-time company COO and co-founder Guy Avshalom have parted ways.
Industry veteran Avshalom was instrumental in the strategic, corporate and business transactions at the UK division of the indie-major, which he joined in 2005 after the mini-studio acquired Redbus Film Distribution.
Avshalom, an executive producer on The Expendables 3, Filth and Olympus Has Fallen, also played a key role in inking distribution deals with the likes of Netflix, BSkyB and iTunes.
The London-based veteran is now understood to be lining up a return to Red Bus through a joint media venture with Red Bus Group, the investment firm that came into existence as an offshoot of Redbus Film Distribution.
Lionsgate confirmed the departure in a statement to ScreenDaily.
Steve Beeks, co-chief operating officer and motion picture group president, said: “Since we acquired Redbus Film Distributors in 2005, Guy has played...
In a surprise move, Lionsgate UK and long-time company COO and co-founder Guy Avshalom have parted ways.
Industry veteran Avshalom was instrumental in the strategic, corporate and business transactions at the UK division of the indie-major, which he joined in 2005 after the mini-studio acquired Redbus Film Distribution.
Avshalom, an executive producer on The Expendables 3, Filth and Olympus Has Fallen, also played a key role in inking distribution deals with the likes of Netflix, BSkyB and iTunes.
The London-based veteran is now understood to be lining up a return to Red Bus through a joint media venture with Red Bus Group, the investment firm that came into existence as an offshoot of Redbus Film Distribution.
Lionsgate confirmed the departure in a statement to ScreenDaily.
Steve Beeks, co-chief operating officer and motion picture group president, said: “Since we acquired Redbus Film Distributors in 2005, Guy has played...
- 5/7/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Not long ago, economist Noreena Hertz lived at the lefty margins of her field. But her (widely ignored) prediction of the credit crisis and her call for a more evolved form of capitalism have suddenly put her at the center of the universe.
Noreena Hertz had to seduce Bono. The Cambridge University economist was writing a book on the developing world, and Bono's personal saga of getting the U.S. government to cancel more than $400 million of debt was just the pop-culture bridge she needed to move her ideas beyond the wonkish corridors of academia. After all, Hertz's motive for The Debt Threat -- a deep dive into the debt trap that, she argued, would have global consequences for all -- was to juice the campaign that had been building slowly in activist ranks. The book itself would be a battle cry (a postcard inside made it easy for U.
Noreena Hertz had to seduce Bono. The Cambridge University economist was writing a book on the developing world, and Bono's personal saga of getting the U.S. government to cancel more than $400 million of debt was just the pop-culture bridge she needed to move her ideas beyond the wonkish corridors of academia. After all, Hertz's motive for The Debt Threat -- a deep dive into the debt trap that, she argued, would have global consequences for all -- was to juice the campaign that had been building slowly in activist ranks. The book itself would be a battle cry (a postcard inside made it easy for U.
- 10/26/2009
- by Danielle Sacks
- Fast Company
LONDON -- Simon Franks and Zygi Kamasa, the principals of U.K. film distribution and financing outfit Helkon SK, said Tuesday that they have dropped the current name of the company and revamped their movie operations. Operating under the umbrella name of Redbus, the partners have set up a production outfit called Redbus Pictures and renamed the distribution operation Redbus Film Distribution Plc. That is a return to the original name for Franks and Kamasa, who came onto the British movie scene in 1998 under the Redbus banner. The duo then secured a deal with Germany's Helkon Media Group in 2001 and changed the company name to Helkon SK. Franks and Kamasa have since purchased the name Redbus for the new entity for an undisclosed amount.
LONDON -- British independent distribution and production company Helkon SK has acquired U.K. theatrical rights to Cabin Fever, directed by newcomer Eli Roth. The company said Friday that it picked up the film for an undisclosed sum from executive producer Susan Jackson and WMA Independent's Cassian Elwes, who negotiated the deal, after 20 minutes of a screening at the Toronto festival. Helkon co-chiefs Simon Franks and Zygi Kamasa said the British indie outfit "was the first distributor in the world to buy the picture." The horror film was picked up by Lions Gate Films for North America after it screened in one of the Toronto festival's Midnight Madness slots. That deal during Toronto was the fest's biggest sale this year -- and one the biggest indie sales in recent years -- with Lions Gate paying $2.5 million for the film with an additional $12 million guaranteed for P&A.
- 10/21/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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