Talk:Stewart Mackinnon

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Stewart Mackinnon is a Scottish film and television producer, founder and CEO of Headline Pictures and in 2020 founded Circle Pictures. He produced the film Quartet.,[1] the international Emmy winning television film Peter And Wendy, and the Amazon Studios series The Man in the High Castle[2]

Producer Edit In the 1970s and 80s Mackinnon directed and produced a number of films including the Brechtian film Because I am King[10][11] and Ends and Means written by Andy McSmith.[12]

Mackinnon went on to found Trade Films[13][14]which produced films and television such as The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes,[15] When the Dog Bites, Woodbine Place, Border Crossing, an interview with Paul Rotha,[16][17]and the Northern News Reel,[18] which was distributed to trade unions and members of the Labour movement around the UK.[19] Working closely with Murray Martin (Amber Films) and other independent film makers, Stewart was closely involved in devising the Workshop Declaration (1982) in partnership with the film union ACTT and Channel 4. The Workshops worked with their local communities, women's organisations and ethnic minority communities, and by 1988, some 44 workshops had had films funded and screened by Channel 4. So began a decade of experiment with progressive and aesthetically avant-garde documentaries and dramas screened on British television, which continued until 1990.[20]Trade Films also established the first film and television archive in the North East of England, the Northern Film and Television Archive.

In 1988[21][22] Mackinnon co-founded the Northern Screen Commission with Sir Peter Carr, the North East Media Development Council (NEMDC - a policy forum), the North East Media Development Agency (NEMDA - the operational arm) and the North East Media Training Centre (NEMTC)[23] which also provided a course for deaf students.[24]

Mackinnon went on to found Common Features,[25] which produced films such as This Little Life, winner of the BANFF Award[26]and the Dennis Potter Award.[27][28]

In 2005 Mackinnon founded Headline Pictures. The company has developed and produced film and television including The Man in the High Castle for Amazon Studios written by X-Files creator Frank Spotnitz, based on the novel by Philip K. Dick; the feature film Quartet, directed by Dustin Hoffman; and feature film The Invisible Woman directed by Ralph Fiennes.[29]

In 2020 and after delivering the final season of Man in the High Castle, Mackinnon and Jere Sulivan founded Circle Pictures with a global network of partners committed to producing world class drama which explores the pressing issues of our times.

[? Cite two references her first Ref the press announcement in Variety

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/stewart-mackinnon-man-in-the-high-circle-pictures-1203403558/

and this article ‘time for a new renaissance written jointly with Nancy Soderberg -

https://morningconsult.com/opinions/time-for-a-new-renaissance/

Both links to be added to reference section]

• Explanation of issue: This is factual information on the company Stewart has recently founded - link to website below. He is also working with Jere Sulivan which is also stated on the second article linked. I have also linked further supporting articles which I have asked to be added to the reference section. Thanks
• References supporting change: https://circlepictures.co.uk/

https://www.slashfilm.com/tear-down-this-wall-ian-martin/#:~:text=The%20Hollywood%20Reporter%20broke%20the,the%20beginning%20of%20the%20end https://morningconsult.com/opinions/time-for-a-new-renaissance/

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/stewart-mackinnon-man-in-the-high-circle-pictures-1203403558/ Laura Edrica Mackinnon (talk) 22:01, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

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• What I think should be changed: Add to the first sentence: Stewart Mackinnon is a Scottish film and television producer, founder and CEO of Headline Pictures and in 2020 founded Circle Pictures.

See supporting links below. Add to Producer section at end: In 2020 and after delivering the final season of Man in the High Castle and securing the remake rights to the French series Call My Agent, Mackinnon and Jere Sulivan founded Circle Pictures with a global network of partners (1) to produce feature films and TV drama (2)(3). See supporting links numbered below to be included on the page if possible.

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• Why it should be changed: The current information on Stewart Mackinnon is out of date. These changes are to update on his new company and recent projects.

• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

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Laura Edrica Mackinnon (talk) 14:21, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Done (partially) — I didn't add to the lead (not sure if it's important enough) and remove "global network of partners" because that sounds somewhat promotional. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 19:31, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

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