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Previous Lunches 2012
Date Speaker Topic
January 27th Kevin Phelan
LipSync Productions		  
     
Previous Lunches 2011
Date Speaker Topic
December 7th Christmas Buffet Lunch No Speaker
November 18th Stephen Evans
Producer		 Confessions of a not so dangerous mind
October 21st Chris Tidman
Shorts International		 How Short Films Can Pay
September 16th Duncan Reid
Ingenious Media 		Backing Blockbusters
August 18th Josephine Tewson
Actress
Brighton Away Day Lunch		  
July 21st Ed Sharp
Film Tree
Briefing Lunch 		Earning money from product placement
June 24th David Cooke
Director, BBFC		 What the censor saw
May 27th Pierre Assouline
WestEast Films Mumbai		 Tapping money in Bollywood
April 15th Gareth Neame
NBC-Universal / Carnival Films 		The Man Behind Downton Abbey
March 25th Beeban Kidron
Director		 Calling Action!
February 18th Rob Sprackling
Screenwriter		 Cross the t and dot the i
February 9th Briefing Lunch-Christine Corner
Grant Thornton
  
January 21st Leonard White
& Honor Blackman
Producer & Star		 50 Years On: the genesis of The Avengers
     
Previous Lunches 2010
Date Speaker Topic
December 7th Annual Christmas Buffet Lunch
No speaker		  
November 19th Shane Rimmer
Actor		 From Thunderbirds to James Bond and beyond.
October 15th Iwona Sellers
U-Media		 Free money in Belgium
(and how to get it) !
September 17th Waris Hussein
Director		 Adventures In Time Travel
August 19th Sarah Douglas
Actress
Brighton Away Day Lunch		  
25th June Neil Peplow
Film Producer		 Who’d be a film producer?
May 28th Max Howard
Animation Studio Head		 An Animated Profession
April 16th Lewis Gilbert CBE All My Flashbacks
March 26th Chris Jones
Guerilla Film Maker
 Low And No Budget Film-making
22nd January Simon George
Director of Finance and Operations
Ealing Film Studios		 Film Finance
2nd February Briefing Lunch
with Rachel Jones
Of The London Book Fair 		"The Book World Meets The Film World"
26th February Brian Murphy & Linda Regan
Comedy Legends		 Where Has All The Fun Gone?

Previous Lunches 2009
Date Speaker Topic
January 23rd Mick Southworth
MD, The Works Distribution		 Selling Films!
February 13th Karl Dye
Coutts Bank
Briefing Lunch*		 The Credit Crunch and the Banking Sector
February 20th Pete Daly
Film Publicist		 Hype, hype and more hype!
March 27th Guy Hamilton
Director 		Through the Viewfinder
April 24th Jimmy Perry
Writer		 Make 'em Laugh
May 29th Lenny Crooks
Head of New Cinema Fund
UK Film Council		 Show me the money!
June 26th Brian Clemens
Screenwriter and producer		 A Creative Art!
August 20th Gywneth Powell
Actress
Brighton Away Day Lunch		  
September 18th Jenny Hanley
Actress		 From James Bond to Magpie
October 16th Nina Myskow
Broadcaster & Writer		 Has British TV lost the plot?
November 20th Luke Randolph
Managing Director
International Film Guarantors
 Adventures of a completion bonder – and why the heck do I need one?
December 15th Christmas Networking gathering
No Speaker 		 

Previous Lunches 2008
Date Speaker Topic
January 25th Brian Robertson
Sony Pictures / Chairman FACT		 Film Piracy – A Threat To Us All
February 22nd Philip Knatchbull
Artificial Eye Film Company
The Growing Power of the Specialist Distributor
March 28th Nick Varley
MD Park Circus Distribution		 Putting films back where they belong
April 25th Ronald Harwood
Screenwriter		 "The Written Word"
May 30th Luisa Bonello
Malta Film Commission 		Filming, incentives, tax breaks and investment funds in Malta
June 27th Simon Oakes
MD, Hammer Film Productions		 From Beyond The Grave
August 21st
(Away Day In Brighton)		 Leonard White
Producer, Director and Actor
  
September 19th Jeff Hyams
MediaEdge:cia		  
October 10th Michael Deeley
Producer of The Italian Job, Bladerunner, The Deer Hunter
and many others!		 Don't Shoot The Producer
November 21st Ken Russell (POSTPONED)
Legendary Director		 A British Picture
December 16th Christmas Buffet Lunch No Guest Speaker

Previous Lunches 2007
Date Speaker Topic
January 19th Jurian VanDerMeer
Endemol UK
Digital Media
 The digital revolution - and its effects on film and broadcadcasting
February 16th Jonathan Coad
SwanTurton Lawyers

 Protecting your pitch - ensuring ideas and concepts you pitch to broacasters remain yours!
March 23rd Tim Adler
Editor Screen Finance
 "Hollywood and the Mob: the Secret History of the Mafia and the Movies"
April 27th John Hubbard
Casting Director
 The Value of Casting
June 1st Tony Miller
CEO Odeon Sky Filmworks		 Distribution, Exhibition and Broadcast - a one stop shop.
June 29th Ossie Morris OBE
Oscar winning and legendary cinematographer		 "Huston, we have a problem" -
70 years in the business, including
8 films with John Huston.
August 23rd Brighton Away Day Lunch
Judy Cornwell
 "Adventures Of A Jelly Baby"
October 26th Duncan Kenworthy
Producer		 A Producer's Lot
September 21st Lamberto Mancini
Director General Cinecitta Studios
 Roman holiday: filming and tax incentives in Italy
November 16th Angela Allen MBE
Script Supervisor		 "Keeping the Continuity"
December 12th Christmas Networking gathering
No Speaker 		 
     
Previous Lunches 2006
Date Speaker Topic
January 20th
 Lorraine Heggessey
CEO
TalkBack Thames
 Being a Major TV Producer
February 17th
 Jane Cussons
Chief Executive
Women in Film & TV
 The Powershift
March 16th Jeremy Thomas
CEO
The Recorded Picture Company
 Producing The Goods
April 26th Jane Lighting
Chief Executive, five
 The fifth tv network and you.
May 12th
 Nick O'Hagan
World Cinema On-Line
POSTPONED UNTIL A LATER DATE
 Distributing films via the internet - the future of the film business?
June 16th Peter Fudakowski
Producer
 "How I made an Oscar winning film - and modern day miracles"
July No Lunch  
August 17th Madeline Smith
Actress		 Brighton Away-Day Lunch
September 15th
 Raymond Allen
Writer		 I Was Write All Along
October 27th Parminder Vir OBE
Producer and Financier, Ingenious Media
 Financing World Cinema Projects
November 17th John Graydon
Head of Film
Tenon Media
 Accessing and making the new UK Film Tax Breaks work for you!
December 13th (No speaker - Christmas Buffet)  
     
Previous Lunches 2005
Date Speaker Topic
January 21st
 John McVay
Chief Executive
P.A.C.T.
 Who Needs Producers?
February 18th
 Debbie Wiseman
Composer
 Knowing The Score
March 19th John Whittingdale OBE
MP Shadow Culture Secretary
 The Opposition's View
April 22nd Steve Christian
Isle of Man Film Commission
 Film Funding and Production in the Isle of Man
May 27th Simon Channing-Williams
Producer
 So what is it a producer does?
June 24th Tomas Krejci
Prague Studios
Filming and Funding in Prague
July No Lunch  
August 18th Joe Robinson
Actor & Stuntman
Brighton Away Day Lunch		  
September 16th
 Olly Smith
Screenwriter
 Earning a living as a screenwriter
October 21st Claire Jennings
Producer, Wallace & Gromit Feature Film		 The Hollywood Ticket
November 25th Val Guest
Veteran writer, director and producer
 70 years in the business, and still not out: from Will Hay to Hammer and Hollywood.
December 13th (No speaker - Christmas Buffet)  
     
Previous Lunches 2004
Date Speaker Topic
23rd January
 Patsy Pollock
Casting Director
 The Casting Couch
20th February
 Adrian Wooton
Film London
 Filming & Finance in London
19th March Peter Lamont
Production Designer
The Art of Illusion
22nd April Michael Kuhn
Producer and former head of Polygram Filmed Entertainment
 A British Movie Mogul
May 28th Stewart Till
CEO United International Pictures
 Apres Cannes - Distribution and the Majors
June 18th Ronnie Maasz BSC
Director of Photography
 A Cast of Shadows
July 9th Gayle Gover
Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund
 The CTBF and You
August 19th Carol Cleveland
Monty Python
Brighton Away Day Lunch
 "And now for something a bit different"
September 17th Julian Friedman
Literary Agent & Editor of Scriptwriter Magazine
 Why British Films Aren't Working
October 15th Ray Harryhausen
Stop Motion Animator \ Director 		An Animated Life
November 19th Richard Kiel
Actor \ Writer 		Making It BIG In The Movies
December 16th No Speaker Christmas Buffet Lunch
   
Previous Lunches 2003
Date Speaker Topic
January
 No Lunch  
20th February

Geraldine East
Lawyer
A&L Goodbody

Irish Financing - and not just Section 481
28th March

Robin Duval
Director The British Board Of Film Classification

The Censors Scissors

30th April

 Dr Kim Howells MP
Minister For Film
 The Man From The Ministry
30th May Neil Norman
Arts Editor & Film Critic
The Evening Standard
 Critics - Can They Make Or Break A Film?
27th June Victor Spinetti
Actor
 This Business We Call Show
18th July Vic Armstrong
Britain's foremost action director and stunt co-ordinator
 Boom And Bang ... All Actors Intact
21st August Raymond Allen
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Brighton Away Day Lunch

 
19th September Don Starr
Grosvenor Park
 Creative Film Financing
17th October Ronald Neame
Producer \ Director
A Life In Movies
21st November Elaine Bedell
Independent Executive
BBC		 The BBC and independent writers & producers
19th December Christmas Social Event At BAFTA  
     
Previous Lunches 2002
Date Speaker Topic
18th January
 Richard Holmes
Independent Producer
The Sequel
15th February
 Mathias Schwarz
German Lawyer 		German Tax Shelter Money and how to get it
15th March

Roy Ward Baker
Director

My early days in the film business - Gainsborough to Hitchcock

12th April

 Michael Ryan
Sales Agent
 Sales, Distribution, Finance and all that jazz
10th May Michael Foster
Theatrical Agent
 Mr 10%
14th June Richard Reynolds
Publisher
 Everything you wanted to know about publishing but were too polite to ask
19th July Jimmy Sangster
Screenwriter
From Hammer To Hollywood
15th August Victor Spinetti
Brighton
Brighton Away Day Lunch

 
20th September Gareth Jones
Formerly of Handmade Films
 British Distribution And Sales
18th October Robert Strasser
DS Media, Germany - One of the financial administrators of
the Media Plus Programme
 Free EU money - and how to get it
15th November Roger Moore C.B.E
Actor \ Director		 From Simon Templar to James Bond and Unicef
19th December No Speaker Christmas Buffet Lunch
     
Previous Lunches 2001
Date Speaker Topic
20th January

Gala Dinner Dance
Brittania Mayfair Hotel

Bi-annual Event
16th February

Cameron McCracken
Pathe Pictures

Pathe as a franchise

16th March

Paula Smith
Skillset

Whats SIF all about

27th April

 David Thompson
Head of BBC Film
 The Future of Film at the BBC
25th May Gerry Anderson
Producer \ Director
Thunderbirds and beyond...
15th June Nigel Smith
Head of Comedy Development
Carlton Television
 SITCOM - Whats the point?
20th July Jenny Borgas
Head of Development Fund
The Film Council
 Untitled - but sure to be interesting
21st September Peter Bennet-Jones
Chairman Tiger Aspect
Productions

Tiger Aspect as a major independent production player
19th October Bert Luxford
Mr Gadget
 ...and not one actor damaged!!!
16th November Jack Cardiff OBE
Director Of Photography \ Director
 The changing character of movies in my lifetime 1918 - 2001
17th December No Speaker Christmas Buffet Lunch
     
Previous Lunches 2000
Date Speaker Topic
21st January

Duncan Kenworthy
DNA Films Ltd

 Ten things I learnt from “Notting Hill”
18th February

Mike Robinson
MRC Animation

 New Technology-The Future and Finance of Animation
17th March

Alan Latham
Film Development Group

What a Circus!! First time filming in a US Studio

28th April

 Michael Cowan
The Spice Factory
 Independent Film Financing
26th May Simon Goldberg
Simons Muirhead Burton
 Century
16th June Gill Henderson
London Film & Video
Development Agency
 Close Encounters of a Cultural Kind or - I know its film but is it Art
23rd July Gareth Owen
Tranzaqua Developments
Lunch cancelled due to unforseen circumstances
Publish & be damned! Behind the scenes of his book “The Pinewood Story”
22nd September John Woodward
The Film Council
 Public Service meets the Private Sector
20th October Paul Brett
BFI
Substitute speaker for Geraldine East		 Carrotcake to Popcorn
17th November Ziggy Kamasa
Red Bus Film Distribution
 The current state of the Film Distribution Market
18th December No Speaker Christmas Buffet Lunch
     
Previous Lunches 1999
Date Speaker Topic
23rd January No Speaker The Annual Dinner Dance
25th February

Peter Ainsworth MP
Shadow Minister for Culture Media & Sport

 The Opposition’s Policy on Film
26th March

Hugh Edwin Jones
North Wales Film Commission

The Opportunities & Benefits of Filming in Wales

24th April

 Robert Reed
Deloitte & Touche
 Saving.........Mr Brown!!
29th May Larry De Waay
Cinema Completions Int'l
 "What th F.... is a Completion Bond?" And why do I want or need one anyway?
25th June Chris Auty
C.E.O The Film Consortium
 The Film Consortium, a way forward?
23rd July Jason Petrie
Spice Works
 From Film School to Reality
17th September Adrian Ward
Louis Horowitz Organisation
 Lend me the Money! - Creative Financing for Independent Film
15th October Mike Palfreman
Royal National Institute for the Blind
 The RNIB Talking Images Programme
19th November Heather Mansfield
Mansfield Associates
 Insured Film & Television Gap Financing
20th December No Speaker Christmas Buffet Lunch
     
Previous Lunches 1998
Date Speaker Topic
23rd January No Speaker The Annual Dinner Dance
20th February

Peter Naish
First Independent Films

 Distribution is Easy.....Not
20th March

Ray Williams
Greg Rogers
Pollyanna Music Group

"Film & Music"

24th April

 Ivan McTaggart
First Film Foundation
 From Citizen Kane to the Full Monty" Why first time Film makers are worth a second look
29th May Larry De Waay
Cinema Completions Int'l
 "What th F.... is a Completion Bond?" And why do I want or need one anyway?
19th June Peter Fudakowski
Matrix Film & Television PLC
Tax based private Equity Finance for British Films - The way ahead?
17th July No Speaker
 Networking Lunch
18th September Richard Bridge
McDonald Bridge,Solicitors
 The Next Best thing to FREE Copyright Advice
16th October Roy Scammell
Roy Scammell Productions
First Place Props
 Dangerous?? Its Bloody Suicide!!
A Stuntmans view of the Industry today
17th November The Canadian Deputation
 No speaker. A networking Lunch with a group of Producers Seeking Production Partners. A trip sponsored by the Ontario Film Development Development Commission and Telefilm Canada
18th December No Speaker Christmas Buffet Lunch
     
Previous Lunches 1997
Date Speaker Topic
24th January

No Speaker

 The Annual Dinner Dance
24th February

Philip R Day
Philip Day Publicity

 The Alternative Disney !!
21st March

Roy Stevens
Independent Producer

David Lean Remembered

25th April

 Danny Weinzweig
Mayfair Entertainment International
 The Colonists Strike Back ! (A Canadian perspective)
23rd May Robin Vidgeon B.S.C
Past President B.S.C
 A View from the Lens
20th June Peter Manley GFPE
Independent Producer
 Pinewood Studios
A Personal Viewpoint
25th July Adam Page
APMedia Consulting
 A New View of Film Financing
19th Sept Bernie Stampfer
E.M.D.A.
 Film Development Finance Where it is and how to get it
17th October Steve Christian
Ernst & Young Isle of Man
 Film Funding Opportunities from the Isle of Man
21st November Steve Read
First Place Props
 Product Placement
19th December No Speaker Christmas Buffet Lunch
     
Previous Lunches 1996
Date Speaker Topic
17th January No Speaker The Inaugural Dinner Dance
16th February

Paul D White
Dublin, Solicitor

 Dublin, Solicitor
22nd March

Nic Powell
Scala Films

UNTITLED - But interesting!!!

12th April

 Jane Lighting
Minotaur International
 "My Cigar is Bigger than yours" - What ever happened to the "Good old days" of TV Distribution
24th May Marc Samuelson
Samuelson Productions
 "Will the National Lottery make life easier for the Independent Producer
21st July Zakiya Powell
Mayfair Int'l Entertainment
 Will the last British Producer turn the light out when leaving for L.A
14th June Paul Oliver
Shepperton Studios
 Why have Film Studios become the flavour of the Month
19th July No Speaker
 Networking Lunch
20th September Graham Bradstreet
Premier Media Ltd
 Deficit Financing
18th October Barry Measure
Samuelson Film Services
 Have you checked your Equipment??.
15th November Neil McCartney
Editor - F.T.Screen Finance
 The Film Industry & The Press
6th December No Speaker Christmas Buffet Lunch
     
Previous Lunches 1995
Date Speaker Topic
20th January

Jon Baldachin
1st Information Group

 Interactivity - Multimedia: Now & the Future
17th February

Michael Pilsworth
Chrysalis TV Productions

 The Future of Visual Entertainment
17th March

Tom Guttridge
Mentorn Films

Don't Blame the Producer
21st April Dennis Selinger
I.C.M. Ltd
 He Who Sells Flesh
2nd June Gary Concoff
U.S.Attorney
 Avoiding the Alligators in U.S. Distribution & Co Financing Agreements
21st July Zakiya Powell
Mayfair Int'l Entertainment
 Will the last British Producer turn the light out when leaving for L.A
22nd September Terry Ilott
Bridge Media
 The Conspiracy against Film Producers in Europe
20th October John Glen
John Glen Films
 Memories of Directing the "Bond Films"
17th November Mark Shivas
Head of BBC Film
 The BBC - Films & Filming
15th December No Speaker Christmas Social event

Previous Lunches 1994
Date Speaker Topic
16th September

Jeremy Bolt
Producer

 The Production of "Shopping
21st October

Richard Holmes
Stefan Schwartz
Gruber Brothers Ltd

 Producer - Director Partnership
18th November

Bernie Stampfer
European Script Fund

Development Funding & Where To Find It
 
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