IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond and IM Global CEO Stuart Ford will hold keynote conversations at the 3rd Annual Film Finance Forum China later this month.The conference on June 16 is held during the Shanghai International Film Festival, and is organized by Winston Baker. Variety is a media partner.Top executives from China and the U.S. will address the expanding presence of China’s online giants in the business and the future of the country’s local film production, and consider the implications of...
East West Bank
Bennett
Pozil
EVP / Head, Corporate Banking
Overseeing entertainment lending, Pozil has financed countless hours of streaming fare in China for shows on iQiyi, Youku, Tencent and Mango TV, to name a few, along with such English-language productions as Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi epic “Moonfall,” Starz show “Heels” and Tyler Perry’s feature “Jazzman” and hundreds of hours from his own TV series. The bank also arranged funds for “The Plane,” starring Gerard Butler; Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man”; psychological thriller “Mothers’ Instinct,” with Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain; and James Gray’s “Armageddon Time.” He also led East West’s lending in ad tech, agenting and structuring facilities for VideoAmp, Channel Factory and Nativo.