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The Team:

The Premiere Picture team includes a UK administration management company and support services provider, experienced in developing and managing dedicated tax efficient arrangements for individuals wishing to participate in films.

Premiere Picture and its associates are in turn supported by leading professional advisors in this area of film finance, including:

  • Queen’s Counsel Jonathan Peacock on tax matters,
  • DLA Piper UK LLP (recognised recently in the Legal 500 Rankings as a first tier firm for Film and TV Finance and Production) www.dlapiper.com
  • Howard Kennedy on all aspects of legal implementation, including tax, media and corporate matters, www.howardkennedy.com
  • Mazars LLP providing advice on accounting aspects www.mazars.co.uk


 

SALES & MARKETING


Kevin Williams

Marketing Manager

Kevin Williams

Kevin is responsible for new business development and client compliance. He has extensive experience of tax planning for high net worth individuals, family companies and entrepreneurs both in and outside the UK . He has also represented clients in a number of high profile Inland Revenue investigations. In addition, Kevin also has significant exposure to general financial planning, practice development and has written and provided expert comment for a number of press articles.

Beginning his career with HMRC he subsequently moved to Ernst and Young and then KPMG for a combined period of 7 years. During this period he advised a number of leading institutions and individuals on a diverse range of matters. Continuing his exposure to the world of financial planning Kevin worked with the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and provided technical assistance to the groups Private Banking division.

Prior to joining Premiere Picture Kevin was recruited by the renowned International Tax Team with Thomas Eggar Solicitors where his main responsibility was practice and business development.

kevinw@premierepicture.com

David Peck

Sales Executive


Nadia Naguib

David joins Premiere after previously being a director of a highly successful property group and involved in promoting Enterprise Zone investments. He has previously raised over £30 million in equity and bank finance for structured products.

Having completed an International MBA in 2000 David brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in sales and marketing to the team. He has built up strong client, customer and business relationships, earning the trust and respect of those professionals and peers.

davidp@premierepicture.com


Nadia Naguib

Marketing Executive


Nadia Naguib Nadia is responsible for all of the company's marketing and sales support, development and execution of the event strategy, managing and executing marketing and communications, the delivery and quality control of design of promotional literature and websites, social networking, publicity and PR amongst other things.

She has previously worked in marketing positions for Brighton Pier and nationwide hair and beauty company, Capital. A member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, she has completed The Professional Diploma in Marketing and will commence the Post Graduate Diploma later this year.

nadian@premierepicture.com

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LEGAL


Jason Garrett

Legal and Business Affairs Consultant

Jason Garrett

Jason is a film lawyer and spent 10 years at Denton Wilde Sapte and then DLA Piper UK LLP specialising in film financing. He has represented many of the main players in the film sector at one time or another,  including most of the US Studios, producers,  US and European banks, promoters  and funds.  He has advised on many of the cutting edge and pioneering film finance structures that have come to the film market in the last decade.

Having represented the ever expanding team for many years, Jason joined Premiere Picture in September 2008 and now heads its legal and business affairs department

jasong@premierepicture.com

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COMMERCIAL

 

Adam Betteridge
Media Consultant

Adam BetteridgeAdam advises on media finance structures and business relationships with the industry and professionals.

Adam has acted in various roles on over 45 film productions (such as producer, co-producer and executive producer) with budgets totalling in excess of US$260 million. His most recent credits include as executive producer on the recent Toronto Film Festival 2009 hit “The Joneses” starring David Duchovny and Demi Moore and the latest upcoming horror from the legendary director John Carpenter entitled “The Ward”. He has extensive experience of film financial management, from development and production through to sales, distribution and marketing, and has worked with numerous financiers, producers, studios, actors, film directors, sales agents, distributors and lawyers.

He also has broad experience of the successful development and implementation of tax efficient investment structures including amongst others film partnerships and EIS companies.

adamb@premierepicture.com

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David Rogers

Business and Finance Consultant

David RogersDavid Rogers FCCA, FFA, FIA, is Principal of JS&Co LLP, Tax Advisers and Financial Accountants, and Consultant to Premiere Picture. His activities include advising Premiere on business, financial and tax matters and joint ventures in the media business. He has been involved in financing and co-producing British Qualifying films since 1998.

His executive producer credits include amongst others, Bye Bye Blackbird (2004), Tooth (2004), Strayed (Competition - Official Selection Cannes 2003), Bollywood Queen and Plots With A View.

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CLIENT SUPPORT


Marcus Searancke

Client Services Manager

Marcus Searancke Marcus deals with many of the day-to-day administrative requirements of the company and clients. Prior to this role, he has worked for various banking & finance institutions such as Lombard, Abbey Business & ING Lease in both administration and credit & risk roles.


He is currently working towards the final stages of qualification for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

 

marcuss@premierepicture.com

Fiona Kihlstrom
Client Services Co-ordinator

Fiona KihlstromFiona assists Marcus with the administrative requirements of the company and its clients. Previous to her role with Premiere, Fiona worked for the Virgin Entertainment Group for 12 years, culminating in the position of Display Co-ordinator within the marketing department.

 

fionak@premierepicture.com

 

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OPERATIONS & EXECUTIVE SUPPORT

 

Fleur Dutson

Company Secretary

Fleur DutsonFleur has worked for the company for over ten and a half years and is responsible for all the Corporate Secretarial work. She is currently studying with The Institute of Legal Secretaries & PA’s for her Legal Secretarial Diploma.

 

 

 

 

 

Alena Trower
Administrator

Mike Smith

Alena assists and supports the team and the company as a whole. With a 2:1 Ba Hons Degree in Television Production and industry experience from working for The End of the Pier International Film Festival, Alena is now looking to broaden her horizons by getting a more in depth knowledge of how the film industry operates, and the economics that go with it.

Alenat@premierepicture.com

 

Nick Kent
Administrator


Nick Kent

Nick deals with the office's day-to-day IT support and assorted administration.

Outside of the office he is a writer, blogger and cartoonist for several websites .

 

 

 

Maria Conti
Consultant

Maria's joined Premiere from a background in company secretarial and administration and has been involved in financing and co-producing British Qualifying films since 2006. Her directorships of the Premiere Picture companies has overseen the company raise several hundred millon pounds through various finance structures. Resulting credits include titles such as the recent Toronto Film Festival hit "The Joneses staring David Duchovny and Demi Moore and the latest upcoming horror from the legendary director John Carpenter entitled The Ward staring Amber Heard.

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DISTRIBUTION EXECUTIVES

Premiere Picture also work in association with a number of Distribution Executives.

Distribution Executives trade film rights for profit. They are currenly seeking high-quality commercial feature film projects, budgeted at between $5m and $30m.

To submit projects for consideration please email info@premierepicture.com.

 

 

 

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