We sat down with Lorraine Ruckstuhl, Head of TMT at Barclays in London to talk about her bank’s renewed and increased SVOD production finance fund, common investment banking misunderstandings, Barclay’s media banking on a project and corporate level, and her way to the top as a female banker. Lorraine started her career in banking more than twenty years ago and joined Barclays in 2005. Lorraine and her specialized media team are working with clients in television and film production, broadcastin...
Jul 17, 2019•54 min•Ep. 13
We sat down with John Gleeson, Partner and Head of Entertainment at Saffery Champness in Dublin, Ireland to talk about Ireland’s growing role in international film and television production and the opportunities for international as well as domestic producers as a result of a new global content arms race. John started his career in tax, more than 25 years ago, and has become one of the leading Irish tax advisors in media and entertainment, specializing in tax structuring, production incentives, ...
Jul 10, 2019•53 min•Ep. 12
We sat down with former Brave Bison CEO Claire Hungate to talk to her about her start in the television industry by working in a pubcaster in-house legal team and subsequently rising through the ranks in business affairs and, later, company leadership at several production companies. Claire was instrumental in making a studio-backed management buy-out of a listed production company a reality and after leading the newly private company for some time, Claire became the CEO of AIM-listed social con...
Jul 03, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 11
We sat down with Saffery Champness partner Nigel Burke to talk to him about how he got started as an accountant in Ireland, learned the entertainment business first as an accountant specialized in music and tours and a subsequently moved to film and television to become one of the UK’s leading tax experts for media & entertainment. Nigel started his career in accounting nearly 30 years ago in Ireland and worked for firms like Godfrey Allan and RSM Tenon. Today he leads Saffery Champness’ fin...
Jun 26, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 10
We sat down with Off The Fence founder Ellen Windemuth to talk about factual television, her company’s dominance in the space, hiring the best people, and ultimately selling the firm she spent more than 20 years building. Ellen Windemuth started her career nearly 30 years ago in sales of factual television. After working for companies like Atlantis and Fremantle she founded Off The Fence in 1994. Since then she has built the company into the omnipresent global leader that it is today. With a cat...
Jun 19, 2019•58 min•Ep. 9
the media and entertainment industry is a reputation and expertise he has built over the last 30 years. Sky literally wrote the handbook on tax in media & entertainment as his landmark Treatise is used as a training book by the IRS for their entertainment group. Sky got his law degrees from UCLA and beside his legal practice Sky is a successful author with his landmark book suitably entitled “The Biz”. He is a frequent lecturer, contributor, and speaker as well as a fixture on all major top ...
Jun 12, 2019•33 min•Ep. 8
We sat down with veteran entertainment CFO Roland Wieshofer, for a double episode special. Roland started his career as supervising accountant and built a deep finance and accounting expertise in film and digital. Roland was instrumental in modelling and building one of the first streaming ventures as well as the financial management of some of the most successful film production companies. Roland Wieshofer has built his career in finance and accounting over the last three decades, serving in in...
Jun 05, 2019•50 min•Ep. 7
We sat down with veteran entertainment CFO Roland Wieshofer, for a double episode special. Roland started his career as supervising accountant and built a deep finance and accounting expertise in film and digital. Roland was instrumental in modelling and building one of the first streaming ventures as well as the financial management of some of the most successful film production companies. Roland Wieshofer has built his career in finance and accounting over the last three decades, serving in in...
May 29, 2019•46 min•Ep. 6
We sat down with Marie-Josée Corbeil of National Bank of Canada, or rather Banque National du Canada to talk about how she started her career as an attorney and representing talent and productions. She became a pioneer in Canadian entertainment law before transitioning to producer and ultimately banker. Marie-Josée joined a law firm after getting her law degree and specialized in entertainment law before pursuing her passion for production and joining a production outfit as Head of Legal and Bus...
May 22, 2019•32 min•Ep. 5
We sat down with Manatt partner Lindsay Conner, who has always been a bridge between capital, studios, and producers. Lindsay was instrumental in brokering, negotiating, and closing some of the most prolific US-China film deals in recent history as well as the first series deals on Netflix. Lindsay Conner is a partner of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, where he is also co-chair of the firm’s media, entertainment, and digital practice. He studied at UCLA, Occidental College, and Harvard and since ...
May 15, 2019•57 min•Ep. 4
We sat down with Volterra Group partner Guirec van Slingelandt to talk about getting started as a talent agent, making the shift to media entrepreneur and how to stay effective and efficient building five companies with two partners. Guirec van Slingelandt is a partner in Amsterdam based Volterra Group. Guirec started his career as talent agent and over the years, together with his business partners Daniel Koefoed and Anne-Paul Houwen, built a group of media companies ranging from talent agency ...
May 08, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 3
We sat down with Rushlake Media founder Philipp Hoffman to talk about the new rules of VOD, the future of film distribution, and release windowing. Philipp Hoffmann is the Founder and CEO of Cologne based Rushlake Media, a specialized distributor and film sales company that has recently branched out into Video on Demand by creating its own platform. Philipp started his career 15 years ago in film sales and worked his way up through brokering distribution deals. Besides becoming a specialized dis...
May 01, 2019•35 min•Ep. 2
We sat down with Fintage House co-CEO Robbert Aarts to talk about Fintage House’s role in the global film, television, and music industry, how he got started, and his winning philosophy as an entrepreneur in the media & entertainment industry. Robert is Co-CEO of Fintage House, one of the largest collection account management firms in the world. Robbert worked as a lawyer, and later as banker at ABN Amro MeesPierson. He joined his now co-CEO Niels Teves 20 years ago and helped build the comp...
Apr 21, 2019•46 min•Ep. 1
