Meet Nik Powell
European Film Award in collaboration with The Post Graduate Department presents a Master Class with Nik Powell.
European Film Award in collaboration with The Post Graduate Department presents a Master Class with Nik Powell.Nik Powell takes a light hearted look at his career as both an entrepreneur and a film producer and the lessons he has learnt.
In the early 1970's Nik Powell set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson and in the space of ten years the pair turned a small mail-order record operation into a multi-million pound conglomerate.
In 1982 Nik Powell went into partnership with Stephen Wolley, having sold out from Virgin in the previous year. Together they formed Palace Video, followed by Palace Pictures, and then Palace Productions, soon establishing each as highly regarded entities within the film distribution and production industry. Powell has acted as Executive Producer on all of Palace’s productions including Neil Jordan's Company of Wolves, Oscar nominated Mona Lisa, Michael Caton-Jones' Scandal, and Neil Jordan's multi Oscar nominated The Crying Game.
Nik Powell and Stephen Wolley's new company Scala produced Iain Softley's Backbeat, Terence Davies' The Neon Bible, Shane Meadows' Twentyfour: Seven, Mark Herman's Oscar and Golden Globe nominated Little Voice, Fred Schepisis' Last Orders starring Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Tom Courtenay, Helen Mirren, David Hemmings and Ray Winstone, Charles Dance's Ladies in Lavender, starring Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Miriam Margolis and Daniel Bruer and Powell also executive produced Calender Girls.
Nik Powell is also Vice Chairman of the board of the European Film Academy and previously for 9 years the Chairman of EFA and host of the European Film Awards, Vice Chairman of the Bafta Film Committee and member of the Bafta Board of Trustees, Member of the US academy: AMPAS (Association of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
The Seminar takes place at The National Film School of Denmark Thursday December 4th at 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm.
Please register to the Seminar here
View the total program of European Film Award at this link: www.europeanfilmawards.dk
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