The Knowledge - Producer offset special edition 2
CSB has been working for months on an exciting project with film journalist Andrew Urban of Urbancinefile. We’re interviewing film and television practitioners about their business experiences.
Our aim is to develop a deeper understanding about the history of business decision-making in film and television and to share with our audience the wisdom from the accumulated mistakes, experiments and achievements of the contributors.
In this second special edition Bryce Menzies, Lizzette Atkins, David Lightfoot and Richard Guardian talk about how producers and investors can use the new producer rebate to finance their projects.
These interviews were recorded on 26 July 2007, before the legislation for the offset had been finalised. The speakers’ opinions are based on the publicly available information about the rebate as at 26 July 2007.
Click here to go to CSB’s comprehensive index of news and commentary about the rebate.
Bryce Menzies
Bryce Menzies has worked in the film industry for over 20 years as a lawyer on over 250 productions. His executive producer credits include Malcolm (1985), Death in Brunswick (1990), Two Hands (1999), The Tracker (2002) and Ten Canoes (2006). He continues to act as legal adviser on feature films, shorts, documentaries and television series.
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David Lightfoot
David Lightfoot has held numerous positions in the film industry, including working as Location Manager, Production Manager and 1st Assistant Director before becoming a producer. His company is Ultra Films.
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Lizzette Atkins
Lizzette Atkins worked in film distribution, acquisitions and exhibition for over 15 years before becoming an independent producer. She formed Circe Films Pty Ltd with Beth Frey in 2003. The feature film Night and the documentary series Wedding Sari Showdown will be completed in 2007.
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Richard Guardian
Richard Guardian is currently the Lightning Entertainment (USA) Co-President. Richard oversees all acquisitions, sales policy, marketing, producer relationships, and operation of Lightning Entertainment as a separate label under MRG/Mainline Releasing group. Previous to his position at Lightning, Richard was the Vice President of International Sales at Beyond Films.
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Richard Guardian was a guest of the inaugural 37 South: Bridging the Gap initiative of the Melbourne International Film Festival 2007 and appears by kind permission of the organisers.
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