Grey Seal Media, the London-based film and TV consultancy, has hired Luke Hill, former partner at law firm Sheridans.
Hill brings with him film and television clients including: recently formed B-Side Management and its sibling production company run by Matimba Kabalika; BAFTA breakthrough winner Joy Gharoro-Akpojoto; Noughts + Crosses director Koby Adom and his production shingle Dbk Productions; New Wave Agency; and Blue Zoo Animation. Hill represents musicians including country soul star Yola, fellow Americana artist Allison Russell and Hadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell. He also sits on the board of the Americana Music Association UK.
Grey Seal Media was formed in 2020 by Clare Hardwick with a goal of bridging the gap between the film and TV community and the corporate and financial world. To date, its clients include Anonymous Content, Blumhouse and A24 Films in the US, and BBC Studios, Passion Pictures, and Christopher Steele’s Magic Strand in the...
Hill brings with him film and television clients including: recently formed B-Side Management and its sibling production company run by Matimba Kabalika; BAFTA breakthrough winner Joy Gharoro-Akpojoto; Noughts + Crosses director Koby Adom and his production shingle Dbk Productions; New Wave Agency; and Blue Zoo Animation. Hill represents musicians including country soul star Yola, fellow Americana artist Allison Russell and Hadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell. He also sits on the board of the Americana Music Association UK.
Grey Seal Media was formed in 2020 by Clare Hardwick with a goal of bridging the gap between the film and TV community and the corporate and financial world. To date, its clients include Anonymous Content, Blumhouse and A24 Films in the US, and BBC Studios, Passion Pictures, and Christopher Steele’s Magic Strand in the...
- 9/9/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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Cannes Market Heats Up
Cooking up a storm: The online Cannes market doesn’t get underway until July 21, but things are already heating up ahead of the superbowl of movie sales. My colleagues have been hoovering up scoops on some of the hot packages hitting the French Riviera. Here are a few of note:
Andreas Wiseman got the skinny on Marlowe, the Storyboard Media and CAA Media Finance-backed noir thriller about Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective Philip Marlowe, which is set to star Liam Neeson. Oscar-winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) will...
Cannes Market Heats Up
Cooking up a storm: The online Cannes market doesn’t get underway until July 21, but things are already heating up ahead of the superbowl of movie sales. My colleagues have been hoovering up scoops on some of the hot packages hitting the French Riviera. Here are a few of note:
Andreas Wiseman got the skinny on Marlowe, the Storyboard Media and CAA Media Finance-backed noir thriller about Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective Philip Marlowe, which is set to star Liam Neeson. Oscar-winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) will...
- 6/11/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Four former Troika reps have launched London-based B-Side Management and B-Side Production with an impressive client list including Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out), Jenna Coleman (Victoria), Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who), Karen Gillan (Avengers: Endgame), Keeley Hawes (Line Of Duty), Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Rafe Spall (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), Joe Cole (Gangs Of London) and Barry Keoghan (Eternals).
Also repped by the firm out of the UK are Tom Burke (The Souvenir), Maxine Peake (Shameless), Matt Berry (The It Crowd), Holliday Grainger (Cinderella), Nabhaan Rizwan (Informer), Daisy Haggard (Breeders), Kirby Howell Baptiste (The Good Place), Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso) and Franz Rogowski (Undine).
The company has been set up in recent months by partners Kate Morrison, Matimba Kabalika and Sarah Stephenson, with Sam Fox joining as partner more recently. Former BFI exec Kabalika will oversee the production arm with creative exec Amy Wells, formerly of Rooks Nest.
The company will offer personal management for actors,...
Also repped by the firm out of the UK are Tom Burke (The Souvenir), Maxine Peake (Shameless), Matt Berry (The It Crowd), Holliday Grainger (Cinderella), Nabhaan Rizwan (Informer), Daisy Haggard (Breeders), Kirby Howell Baptiste (The Good Place), Toheeb Jimoh (Ted Lasso) and Franz Rogowski (Undine).
The company has been set up in recent months by partners Kate Morrison, Matimba Kabalika and Sarah Stephenson, with Sam Fox joining as partner more recently. Former BFI exec Kabalika will oversee the production arm with creative exec Amy Wells, formerly of Rooks Nest.
The company will offer personal management for actors,...
- 6/9/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Kabalika will help bring in new clients and collaborations with a focus on diversity
Matimba Kabalika, Network talent development manager at the BFI, is joining UK film and TV talent agency Troika as talent development executive from early September.
She will work with existing clients to help develop new work and will also help bring in new clients with a particular focus on diversity, both in front of and behind the camera.
According to Troika, Kabalika will also be involved with seeking out potential collaborations for the agency and its parent company, the James Grant Group, which has clients that span the entertainment,...
Matimba Kabalika, Network talent development manager at the BFI, is joining UK film and TV talent agency Troika as talent development executive from early September.
She will work with existing clients to help develop new work and will also help bring in new clients with a particular focus on diversity, both in front of and behind the camera.
According to Troika, Kabalika will also be involved with seeking out potential collaborations for the agency and its parent company, the James Grant Group, which has clients that span the entertainment,...
- 7/17/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Former BFI exec Matimba Kabalika has been tapped by Troika as Talent Development Executive as part of the agency’s drive to operate as a content incubator.
She’ll work alongside agents in this unique role to support clients in the creation of new IP, delivering creative and commercial propositions that will cover the full spectrum of television and film. Kabalika will also be seeking potential new clients and collaborations for the agency and the larger James Grant Group with a particular focus on diversity and non-traditional industry voices and talent both in front of and behind the camera.
Troika is a London based entertainment and scripted management business repping over 300 clients ranging from UK and global screen stars to leading script writers and breakthrough Hollywood talent. Clients include Michael Fassbender, Lena Headey, Daniel Kaluuya, Graham Norton and Nick Frost. Last year, Troika merged with the James Grant Group...
She’ll work alongside agents in this unique role to support clients in the creation of new IP, delivering creative and commercial propositions that will cover the full spectrum of television and film. Kabalika will also be seeking potential new clients and collaborations for the agency and the larger James Grant Group with a particular focus on diversity and non-traditional industry voices and talent both in front of and behind the camera.
Troika is a London based entertainment and scripted management business repping over 300 clients ranging from UK and global screen stars to leading script writers and breakthrough Hollywood talent. Clients include Michael Fassbender, Lena Headey, Daniel Kaluuya, Graham Norton and Nick Frost. Last year, Troika merged with the James Grant Group...
- 7/17/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Events include ’Meet The BFI Network’ and Kevin Macdonald Q&A.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has revealed the line-up of industry events running alongside this year’s festival.
The nine-day industry programme, which runs June 21-29, takes place at the Press and Industry Centre in the Traverse theatre.
Industry events
The BFI’s six new regional talent executives, announced in April, will attend a ‘Meet the Network’ event that will feature an introduction by talent development manager Matimba Kabalika and a roundtable focussing on making the most of a short film, hosted by two BFI execs.
Fresh from the film’s Cannes premiere,...
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has revealed the line-up of industry events running alongside this year’s festival.
The nine-day industry programme, which runs June 21-29, takes place at the Press and Industry Centre in the Traverse theatre.
Industry events
The BFI’s six new regional talent executives, announced in April, will attend a ‘Meet the Network’ event that will feature an introduction by talent development manager Matimba Kabalika and a roundtable focussing on making the most of a short film, hosted by two BFI execs.
Fresh from the film’s Cannes premiere,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
“Six A&R scouts” appointed to five regional film hubs in the UK
The BFI has named the six Network talent executives who have been hired to help deliver its BFI2022 plan in the UK’s regions.
Joining the five English films hubs are Thomas Wightman for Film Hub South East (which spans from Chichester to Norwich and Canterbury), Alice Cabanas for Film Hub South West (Bristol to Southampton and Plymouth), Jessica Loveland and Alice Ramsey for Film Hub North ( Liverpool to Hull and Berwick-upon-Tweed), Alexzandra Jackson for Film Hub Midlands (Nottingham to Birmingham and Hereford) and Josic Cadoret for Film Hub London.
The BFI has named the six Network talent executives who have been hired to help deliver its BFI2022 plan in the UK’s regions.
Joining the five English films hubs are Thomas Wightman for Film Hub South East (which spans from Chichester to Norwich and Canterbury), Alice Cabanas for Film Hub South West (Bristol to Southampton and Plymouth), Jessica Loveland and Alice Ramsey for Film Hub North ( Liverpool to Hull and Berwick-upon-Tweed), Alexzandra Jackson for Film Hub Midlands (Nottingham to Birmingham and Hereford) and Josic Cadoret for Film Hub London.
- 4/23/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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