Angus Finney
EXPERIENCED FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS SPECIALIST
MENTOR
AUTHOR
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Current work
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Executive Producer, Dancing Fox, US/UK and Grimmfest Films, Manchester; Greenland-set series "Top of the World"; Danish film "Nothing" (theatrical release 2022)
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Fellow and Coach, Cambridge University, Judge Business School: MBA course director
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Consultant and Mentor, Creative England, UK; British Film Institute, MediaXchange
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Visiting Professor: Danish National Film School, DK; Beijing Film Academy
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Trainer and Mentor, National Film and Video Foundation, South Africa
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Consultant, intellectual property market: Cloudwood Media, Beijing, China
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Senior contributor, Variety publications
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Author, third edition: The International Film Business: A Market Guide Beyond Hollywood
HiSTORY
Finney managed Europe’s only Film Production Finance Market for 10 years, and is the former managing director of Renaissance Films in the 2000s.
He has worked for HMRC as an expert witness in the £1 billion film finance tax litigation case re: Ingenious Media among various expert appointments over the past decade.
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He teaches at Judge Business School, Cambridge University, where he is a Fellow and Coach for the Culture, Arts and Media MBA concentration.
He is currently a visiting professor to the Beijing Film Academy, and a Course Director at the UK’s National Film & Television School and the British Film Institute. He consults privately for the international media advisor the Media Xchange.
He has trained and taught around the world, including New Zealand, China, Ireland, Canada, Germany, Denmark, France, Poland and the UK.
He has published four books, including The International Film Business: A Market Guide Beyond Hollywood (2015), and has a PhD in management and strategy from City University London. View All Books
