Execs, Producers, Directors and Agents at PitchFest 2020
OK take a deep breath… and check out who you can pitch YOUR projects to this year at The Great British Pitchfest!
Execs will be added in late Summer.
Who came last time?
Sixty professionals from over fifty companies heard pitches at the last Pitchfest, leading to hundreds of script requests. Execs, Producers, Directors and Agents attended from these companies in past few years.
Confirmed Execs, Agents, Producers and Directors for 2020
Executives
Annabel Wigoder – Head of Development, Salon
Annabel is Head of Development at Salon and has additionally taken on a producing role within the company.
Anthony Joblin – Development Executive, Renaissance Films
Seeking compelling character-driven features or TV series. Preferably contemporary or historical drama. Low to mid budget.
Beth Warin – Development Executive, Dancing Ledge
Founded in 2016, Dancing Ledge Productions is developing and producing TV and film projects for Dave/UKTV, Channel 4, Sky, BBC, ITV, Film 4 and the History Channel.
Cecily Swason – Development Assistant, Goldfinch
The Goldfinch brand provides a vertically integrated global business model with expertise across finance, production, facilities and management in film, TV and video games.
Connor White – Executive, Carnaby Film
Carnaby International Sales and Distribution is a UK film company specialising in worldwide sales, with a catalogue of award-winning feature films and documentaries.
Graham Smith – Founder, Grand Scheme Media
Interested in scripts with mainstream ambition - think big! Take on the challenge of BBC1, ITV1 and Sky1! Looking for projects to co-produce with the major platforms like Amazon, Netflix and Apple.
Guy Gadney – Founder, To Play For
Looking for strong dialogue and character-driven stories which can be brought to life as immersive interactive experiences across mobile and games platforms.
Jackson Gregory – Development Assistant, BlackBox Multimedia
BlackBox Multimedia is an international television production company, founded in 2017.
Jason Ninh Cao – Producer, JNC Productions
Looking for projects that will work or can be adapted for Vietnamese audiences. In particular, he would love to find a high-concept action thriller with a good twist.
Luke Foster – Development Executive, Iron Box Films
Currently seeking projects that tell a compelling story, are in an identifiable genre and which would have international appeal. Ideally with budgets of up to £5m.
Lupus Films – Exec TBC, Lupus Films
A London-based production company set up in 2002 by Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding to produce high-quality films and TV programmes for children and families, specialising in animation.
Lyndon Baldock – Founder, Templeheart Films
Looking for character-driven thrillers, elevated horrors and high-concept scripts. Low to mid budget ranges.
Maggie Liang – Executive Producer, The Media Pioneers
Seeking film and TV drama scripts set in China, with Chinese elements or with the potential to be adapted into Chinese.
Matt Clinch – Development Executive, Hartswood Films
Looking for character-driven drama, contemporary stories and writing with wit, warmth and ambition. Drama or comedy.
Sarah Laita – Producers' Assistant, Electric Shadow Company
Open to many genres but currently working on psychological thriller, horror, and young adult (YA) scripts for film and television.
Sidney Malik – Producer, ERA Film Studios
Looking for horror film concepts from female directors, virtual reality film concepts and horror feature film and TV series
Thembisa Cochrane – Development Executive, Spier Films
Seeking entertaining stories and quality, performance-driven drama with genre elements, particularly European co-productions.
If you don't come away from this feeling inspired and motivated then you better check whether you actually have a pulse in the first place
Matthew Curlewis, Writer
Producers
Alison Sterling – Producer, Ignition Films
Ignition Films is a boutique production company based in south-west England, focusing on the development and production of high-quality, innovative fiction films, both short and feature.
Connor O'Hara – Producer, LowKey Films
Founded by Connor O’Hara and Jamie Gamache, Lowkey has established itself as one of the fastest growing production companies in the UK.
Cynthia De Souza – Head of TV, Sharp House
Sharp House are producers and boutique financiers of independent film and TV with a passion for commercially driven content that pushes creative boundaries.
Dan Kemp – Executive Producer, Make Films
Make Films are keen to hear about scripts that would appeal to 18-30 year old audiences, narrative-led VR shorts, and are open to anything unique and character-driven, ideally low budget.
Jade Alexander – Producer, Little Jade Productions
Looking for Genre projects only: Sci-fi, Horror, Fantasy and other genre projects.
James Moore – Producer/Director - Make Films
Make Films are keen to hear about scripts that would appeal to 18-30 year old audiences, narrative-led VR shorts, and are open to anything unique and character-driven, ideally low budget.
Jamie Gamache – Producer, LowKey Films
Founded by Jamie Gamache and Connor O’Hara, Lowkey has established itself as one of the fastest growing production companies in the UK.
Luke Kaile – Producer, Blood &Tweed
Luke together with Luke Mordue (of Mordue Pictures) put together the feature film Criminal Audition, which stars a diverse cast led by Noeleen Comiskey (Netflix’s The Beyond).
Luke Mordue – Producer, Mordue Pictures
Mordue Pictures has had a series of successful short films alongside a micro-budget feature film Fallen Angels, made possible with backing from Sir Ian McKellen.
Marcia Do Vales – Producer, Enmar Productions
One of the UK’s brightest horror genre imports, Brazilian-born Marcia is looking for strong female-driven dramas/thrillers, action/adventure, posh horrors and high-concept scripts.
Missy Fitzalan Howard – Script Editor, Red Planet
Missy joined Red Planet in 2016 after working in production for Thames Television. She develops and script-edits a range of projects for Red Planet from very new to established talent.
Nick Sadler – Producer, Goldfinch Studios
Goldfinch is looking for commercial genre features under £3M. Interested particularly in sci-fi, action and horror stories with a fresh hook and international appeal. Not looking for British comedy.
Nikolai Galitzine – Producer, Advantage Pictures
Seeking sci-fi, political drama, art house, European thriller, experimental mixed drama/documentary (not drama-docs), historical, westerns.
Paul Thompstone – Producer, Ion Films
Founded in 2019 by Paul Thompstone (Producer) and Hector Moss (Writer), Ion Films' primary goal is to develop, produce and deliver high-concept feature films to the ever-growing market.
Simon Jones – Producer, Blonde to Black Pictures Two
Simon started his career as a Film Journalist before joining the University of West London as a Senior Lecturer in Film where he gained an MA in Film and MSc Video Production.
Vaughan Sivell – Producer, Western Edge Pictures
WEP is a multi-award winning independent production company based in London and West Wales. Its current slate includes production and development in film, TV, theatre and digital media.
Neil Thompson – Producer, Formosa Films
Looking for fresh, compelling, contemporary thrillers and high-concept comedies.
Ned Dowd – Producer
Apocalypto, King Arthur, Shanghai Noon and Last Of The Mohicans are a handful of films on Ned's resume - it reads more like our movie collection!
If I hadn't come to the festival I wouldn't have improved as a writer, got an agent, and now I have a meeting at Hollyoaks about writing the show!
Hayley November, Screenwriter
Agents
Katie Langridge – Agent, Knight Hall Agency
Katie is the principal point of contact for Play Leasings and Foreign Rights. She has a growing list of clients and is always looking out for bright new talent.
Jean Kitson – Agent, Kitson Press Associates
Jean Kitson is an agent representing film, TV, theatre and radio writers and particular interest in both mainstream drama and children's media.
Matthew Dench – Agent, The Dench Arnold Agency
Matthew has been an agent working with writers and directors for over 15 years, across all levels of film and television.
Both the quantity and quality of expertise available at LSF combined with the extensive networking opportunities makes attendance a must for any serious screenwriter
Gordon Slack, Screenwriter
Directors
Ben Mole – Director/Producer, Core Films
Looking for high-concept, speculative fiction stories – fantasy, horror, sci-fi, thriller, and period drama. He is also specifically seeking a contained WW2 action adventure for production in 2020.
The Elevator Pitch was brilliant – very kind of him to listen to me blither on about my film.
Jim Eaves, Screenwriter
