All Guest Comment articles – Page 2
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FeaturesCannes: Screen at 40 - Mike Goodridge, Editor (2009-12)
After 19 years at Screen, including 12 years as the Los Angeles-based US editor, Mike joined Protagonist Pictures as CEO in 2012.
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FeaturesCannes: Screen at 40 - Michael Gubbins, Editor (2004-09)
Michael is the co-founder of film and media analyst and consultancy SampoMedia, specialising in audience-driven digital change. He leads and moderates industry events around the world and serves as Chair of the Film Agency of Wales.
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FeaturesCannes: Screen at 40 - Colin Brown, Editor-in-chief (1998-2008)
Based in Brooklyn, Colin is the Editorial Director for the online marketplace Slated as well as a Managing Partner in the pan-Arab film distribution company, MAD Solutions (organizers of the inaugural Arab Cinema Center at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival). An Adjunct Professor at New York University, Colin also advises ...
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FeaturesCannes: Screen at 40 - Boyd Farrow, Editor (1994-98)
Boyd joined Screen in 1990, became editor in 1994 and left the magazine in 1999. He switched his focus away from film journalism to write about other industries, taking over the editorship of CNBC Business in 2009. Three years ago, he moved to Berlin, where he now lives.
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FeaturesCannes: Screen at 40 - Nick Roddick, Editor (1987-88)
After Screen, Nick was founding editor of Moving Pictures. He has worked for the European Film Market and the European Film Awards, freelanced as a journalist and runs consultancy firm Split Screen, advising for various film festivals and national film bodies.
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FeaturesCannes: Screen at 40 - Terry Ilott, Editor (1983-87)
Terry left Screen to write My Indecision Is Final: The Rise And Fall Of Goldcrest Films. He returned to journalism, as editor of Screen Finance and managing editor of Variety Europe, before setting up a consultancy business, Bridge Media, in 1993. In 2000, he was part of an investment group ...
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FeaturesCannes: Screen at 40 - Adrian Hodges, co-editor (1982-83)
After Screen, Adrian joined Thorn EMI as an acquisition executive and later moved into development with British Screen. Since 1990, he has been working full time as a screenwriter. His film credits include Metroland, Tom And Viv and My Week With Marilyn, while his TV work includes David Copperfield and ...
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FeaturesCannes: Screen at 40 - Colin Vaines, co-editor (1982-83)
Colin left Screen to run the UK’s National Film Development Fund and went on to senior executive roles at Columbia Pictures, Miramax Films, The Weinstein Company and Graham King’s GK Films. He returned to freelance production in 2010 with Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus.
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FeaturesCannes: Screen at 40 - Quentin Falk, Editor (1979-82)
Quentin has authored books on Anthony Hopkins, Alfred Hitchcock, Graham Greene, Lew Grade and the Rank Organisation and been a critic for the Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Mirror.
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FeaturesCannes: Screen at 40
To celebrate 40 years of Screen International, several of our illustrious previous editors reflect on their favourite Cannes memories.
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FeaturesCannes: Screen at 40 - Wendy Mitchell, Editor (2012-14)
Wendy first joined Screen in 2005 and, alongside her new position as a film programme manager at the British Council, is still a contributing editor.
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CommentBFI Film Academy: Opportunity Knocks
Nikki Christie, Head of Education & Skills at the BFI, writes here about working with Creative Skillset to support placement of outstanding young film talent into UK film companies.
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CommentHow 'Bypass' took the direct distribution route
Ahead of its release this weekend, Bypass producer Samm Haillay reveals the direct distribution strategy for the film – timed to precede the UK General Election.
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CommentUK-China co-production treaty offers opportunities... and risk
The opportunities for UK film in China have been given a boost by the recent UK-China co-production treaty, but producers still face the risk that a film will not be approved, according to Jonathan Berger and Alastair Lorimer of law firm Harbottle & Lewis and Kevin Guo of TransAsia Lawyers.
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CommentDoha’s got talent
Doha’s new Qumra event is a career-changing event that connects experts with emerging filmmakers. Wendy Mitchell analyses what made the gathering so special.
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CommentThe cruel reality of screenwriting credits
Kate McCullagh reveals the pitfalls and disputes behind securing a film screenwriting credit.
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CommentFour lessons from the global success of British films
Chris O’ Connor, British Consul General based in Los Angeles, on British strength in awards season.
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CommentThe value of The Imitation Game
Former CNN chairman Walter Isaacson on why Alan Turing was a human, not a machine.
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CommentWhy The Imitation Game is the most important and best picture of year
By Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google
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CommentWell-behaved women seldom make history
Bert is one half of the UK-based directing duo Bert & Bertie, who recently participated in the Fox Directors Initiative.