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British Film Institute

is in the Media Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$48.2M
  • Private
  • UK
Dow Jones Description

Film & Television Education Exhibition & Distr; National Film Archive of the UK

Number of Employees 493
Contact Information

21 Stephen St

London W1T 1LN

www.bfi.org.uk

(44) 2072551444

NAICS Code Motion Picture and Video Distribution: 512120

Recent Events

  • In the loop

    11/12/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Lights, camera, funding £166m for new film centre on South Bank

    10/16/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

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  • Cinema history in The National Archives

    - 2008-06-22

    THE British government found itself paying attention to the cinema industry from an early stage. Answering a Parliamentary Question on juvenile crime the Home Secretary, Sir John Simon, told the House of Commons in May 1916, 'it is generally believed that one of the causes is to be found in...

    Tags: British Film Institute, Government, Sir, Spain, Strategy

  • COI films come to BFI.

    - 2008-02-20

    M2 PRESSWIRE-20 February 2008-UK Government: COI films come to BFIC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20022008 The BFI British Film Institute has secured an agreement with the Central Office of Information COI to manage and commercially represent its collection of public...

    Tags: British Film Institute, INTERNET

  • FEATURE: Britain discovers delights of neglected Uchida films

    - 2007-12-08

    LONDON, Dec. 3 Kyodo The British Film Institute has made a bid to get Westerners more acquainted with the works of the largely neglected Japanese director Tomu Uchida (1898-1970) by presenting rare screenings of his major works in London throughout this month. Incorporating 13 films...

    Tags: British Film Institute, CAREER, director, INTERNET, London, Sharp Corp.

  • CLIP OF HISTORY

    - 2007-11-04

    THE British Film Institute recently sent us a DVD offering a fascinating new glimpse of Edwardian life in Ireland. The 75 minutes of footage lay in a shop in Blackburn for almost a century before being painstakingly restored. It shows street scenes, sporting events, and ordinary people....

    Tags: British Film Institute, DVD

  • Wagner effect, The

    - 2007-09-08

    It is with considerable trepidation that I venture to write about Richard Wagner in these pages, considering that in doing so I am following a trail well blazed by Bernard Levin -- a passionate and lushly articulate devotee -- and that no fewer than three highly eminent Wagner scholars are...

    Tags: British Film Institute, exhibition, music, Opera Software ASA

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Amanda Nevill CEO
Nancy Bernstein Senior Vice President, Production
Catharine Pusey Director, bfi Trading
Francesca Vinti Director, Development
Jeanette Wilkins Director, Finance
Jill McLaughlin Director, Resources & Planning
Kirk Bodyfelt Director, Production
Richard Holsord Director, IT
Roy Payne Director, Communications
Olivia Gore Manager, Communications
Eddie Berg
Michael Brooke
Nancy Schiesari Cinematographer
Ray Templeton Head, BFI National Library
Sandra Hebron
Shami Chakrabarti
Simon Olswang

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Roger Laughton Chair
Caroline Michel Board of Directors
David Kustow Board of Directors
Elan Closs Stephens Board of Directors
Eric Fellner Board of Directors
Eric Senat Vice Chairman
Jenny Abramsky Board of Directors
John Akomfrah Board of Directors
Jyoti Deshpande Board of Directors
Leslie Hardcastle Board of Directors
Lizzie Francke Board of Directors
Nasreen Munni Kabir Board of Directors
Peter Watson Board of Directors
Stephen Frears Board of Directors
Terry Ilott Board of Directors
Tim Angel Board of Directors

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British Film Institute CEO Current
RPS Inc. CEO Former
University of Bradford Doctorate of Letters Former

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British Film Institute Senior Vice President, Production Current

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British Film Institute Director, bfi Trading Current
Emap.Com, Ltd. Former

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British Film Institute Director, Development Current

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British Film Institute Director, Finance Current

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British Film Institute Director, Resources & Planning Current

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British Film Institute Director, Production Current
British Film Institute Director, Production Former

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British Film Institute Director, IT Current

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British Film Institute Director, Communications Current
British Film Institute Director, Communications Former

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British Film Institute Manager, Communications Current

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British Film Institute Current
European Capital, Ltd. Former

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The Voice of The Turtle Current
British Film Institute Current

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Strayer & Company Director of Photography Current
Borgeson & Burns Director of Photography Current
The Learning Channel Inc. Cinematographer Current
Discovery Cinematographer Current
British Film Institute Cinematographer Current
Independent Lens Current

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British Film Institute Head, BFI National Library Current

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British Film Institute Current

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Prison Radio Association Current
Sight & Sound Current
British Film Institute Current
Oxford Brookes Ltd Current
The Equal Rights Trust Board of Directors Current
Nuffield College Fellow Current
The London School of Economics Former

Mr Simon Olswang has had a distinguished career as a lawyer and entrepreneur. In 2002 Simon retired as Chairman of Olswang, a prominent UK law firm, which he founded in 1981. Under his leadership Olswang developed into a leading and widely-respected practice serving the media communications and related industries. In 1995 Mr Olswang co-founded Informed Sources International Ltd, a strategic consultancy in the media industries in Europe and North America, sold to management in 2000. He is also a co-founder of LongAcre Partners Ltd, a specialist M&A and advisory firm focusing on the media and entertainment industries, of which he is a non-executive director. He is a member of the British Screen Advisory Council where for several years during the 1990's he chaired the Council's Convergence Working Party including producing the Host Paper 'Challenges and Opportunities of the Digital Age' at the EU-sponsored 1998 Audio Visual Conference in Birmingham; he has also served as a non-executive director of a number of companies and organisations including Aegis Group plc, The Press Association and the British Film Institute. Outside business, Mr Olswang serves as Chairman of Governors of Langdon College of Further (Special) Education in Salford, of which he is a co-founder and trustee. He was educated at Bootham School, York, and Newcastle upon Tyne University, where he was awarded a BA in Economics. Prior to joining the Board, Mr Olswang served as Chairman of the British Library Advisory Committee for Research and Innovation and as Chairman of the British Library Think Tank. He was appointed to the Board for his legal/commercial expertise in the field of intellectual property rights (IPR).

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The British Library Lawyer Current
British Film Institute Current
The British Library Board of Directors Current
Aegis Group plc Non-Executive Director Former
The British Library Chairman Former

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Met Film School Chair of South West Screen Current
British Film Institute Chair Current
Met Film School Board of Directors Current

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English Pen Board of Directors Current
British Film Institute Board of Directors Current

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British Film Institute Deputy Chairman Former
British Film Institute Deputy Chairman Former

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Academica Associates LLC Partner Current
Soho Theatre Company Ltd Board of Directors Current
British Film Institute Vice Chairman Current
The European Film College Vice Chairman Current
University College London Former

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British Broadcasting Corporation Director, Radio & Music Current
British Film Institute Board of Directors Current
British Broadcasting Corporation Director, Radio & Music Former

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British Film Institute Board of Directors Current

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Eros Plc Chief Operating Officer and Commercial Director Current
British Film Institute Board of Directors Current
Eros Plc Board of Directors Current
British Film Institute Member Current
Mumbai University MBA Former
Mumbai University Degree In Commerce and Economics Former

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British Film Institute Board of Directors Current

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La Dolce Vita Former

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Angels, Inc. Chairman Current
British Film Institute Board of Directors Current
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