Echo Lake ties up three international directors

Echo Lake Productions, the Los Angeles-based production and finance company behind Things Behind The Sun and 13 Conversations About One Thing, has closed writing and directing deals with Singaporean film-maker CheeK (Chicken Rice War) and India's Santosh Sivan (Asoka, The Terrorist) to direct two films in English in the $2m to $3m range. A third deal is being finalised with Germany's Faith Akin (Im Juli, Kurz Und Scmerzlos).