Stuart Ford (entertainment executive)

Chairman and CEO Stuart Ford has launched AGC Studios, a new international film and television production and licensing company, to develop, produce, finance and globally license a diverse portfolio of feature films, scripted, unscripted and factual television, digital, and musical content from its dual headquarters in Los Angeles and London. The new studio’s Hollywood output will have a wide-ranging multicultural focus, designed for exploitation across an array of global platforms including major studio partnerships, streaming platforms, traditional broadcast and cable television networks, and independent distributors, both in the US and internationally. UK born and Oxford educated, Ford is a former entertainment attorney and studio executive who in 2007 founded IM Global, which over the next ten years he built into one of the industry’s leading independent film and television production, financing and sales platforms. Under Ford’s stewardship IM Global operated from offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Mexico City, Berlin and Beijing. The company produced and financed over 30 feature films of its own as well as handling international sales on more than one hundred first run feature films and handling a library of over 600 titles. The company also owned Mundial, a leading Latino sales and financing company; operated one of the premier international sales platforms for Chinese cinema; and operated Valor Entertainment, a multi-cultural talent management group. In addition, as a joint venture with Chinese internet giant Tencent, the company operated IM Global Television, a full service scripted and unscripted television production, financing and distribution studio. In 2015 IM Global and Ford were the recipient of Variety’s Achievement in International Film Award, and Ford has also been listed by the UK’s Guardian newspaper as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Global Cinema. Ford is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Stuart Ford is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Early career

Prior to launching IM Global, Ford was a long serving executive at Miramax Films in New York where, in various executive capacities he was involved in the acquisition and/or production of numerous Academy Award recognized films including Shakespeare in Love, Chicago, The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Gangs Of New York, Amelie. During this period The Hollywood Reporter listed Ford as one of the top executives in Hollywood under the age of 35.

Born in the UK, Ford was educated at the Liverpool Blue Coat School, and later obtained both a BA and an MA in Law from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University.

Personal

Ford lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two young sons.[1]

Awards

  • 50 most influential individuals in global cinema: Stuart Ford - The Guardian 2010 [2]
  • Variety Award for Achievement in International Film: Stuart Ford, IM Global - Variety 2015 [3]
  • Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Executive Member: Stuart Ford - 2017 [4]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ The Hollywood Reporter - IM Global's Stuart Ford on His Cannes Plans, Soccer Obsession and Beating Cancer - by Pamela McClintock - May 9, 2012
  2. ↑ The Guardian - New Guardian Film Power 100 list - September 24, 2010
  3. ↑ Variety - Stuart Ford, IM Global Feted With Variety’s International Film Award - by Variety Staff - May 14, 2015
  4. ↑ LA Times- Motion picture academy opens its doors to 774 new members in latest step to diversify its ranks - by Josh Rottenberg - June 28, 2017
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