Guy East
Guy East is a British film producer and sales agent, and the founder of Majestic Films International, InterMedia, and Spitfire Pictures.
Career[edit]
East attended the University of Exeter as a student of English and law.[2] In 1985, he became the British president of the American Film Marketing Association.[2] Three years later,[3] he started Majestic Films International, which handled the distribution of Dances with Wolves and Driving Miss Daisy among others.[2][3] East stayed at Majestic until 1995.[3]
In 1996, after selling Majestic,[4] he teamed up with Nigel Sinclair as founder and co-chairman of InterMedia.[2][3] The two men formed Spitfire Pictures in 2003 and joined the staff of a revived Hammer Films in 2007.[2] Both Spitfire and Hammer merged into Exclusive Media Group in 2008.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Winter, Helen (2006). "Take 9: Guy East and Tony Sinclair". '...What I Really Want to Do Is Produce': Top Producers Talk Movies & Money. Macmillan. p. 156. ISBN 0-571-21744-3. Retrieved 2 February 2012. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Executive Board: Guy East". Exclusive Media Group. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eyre, Richard; Wood, Charles (2002). "Guy East (Executive Producer)". Iris: A Screenplay. Bloomsbury. p. 124. ISBN 0-7475-6067-6. Retrieved 2 February 2012. Search this book on
- ↑ Minns, Adam; Goodridge, Mike (21 December 2001). "Guy East & Nigel Sinclair set to depart Intermedia". Screen Daily. Emap Ltd. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
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