Stewart Till

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Stewart Till, CBE (born 1951) was the chairman and chief executive of United International Pictures [1] from 2002 to 2006. [2] He is a graduate of the University of Bath.

Till started his career with advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi in 1979. [3] He was deputy managing director of British Sky Broadcasting's movie channels when it was launched [4] and joined PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in January 1992 as President of its international distribution arm [5] [6] before joining Universal Pictures International (UPI), where he became president and one of the most important film people in London. [7] He left UPI in 2000 when it was closed down and became an executive director of Redbus Film Group. [7] [8] He became chairman and chief executive at UIP in 2002. After leaving UIP in 2006, he became Chairman of Icon Productions UK and then became CEO of Sonar Entertainment in 2012. [2]

In 1999, he was appointed vice chairman of the new UK Film Council. [7] He became chairman after Alan Parker left.

In May 2006, he became chairman of Millwall F.C.. [3] He was succeeded by John Berylson in October 2007 and became vice-chairman. [9]

In July 2006 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. McFarlane, Brian; Institute, British Film (2005). The encyclopedia of British film. Methuen. p. 230. ISBN   978-0-413-77526-9.
  2. 1 2 "Stewart Till". Variety . 31 March 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 Andrews, Amanada (15 September 2006). "Contact made with Till over top job at ITV". The Times . p. 60.
  4. "BSkyB's Till to top PolyGram pic div". Variety . 16 December 1991. p. 49.
  5. Dawtrey, Adam (18 September 2006). "Till Up for ITV Topper". Daily Variety . p. 22.
  6. Keslassy, Elsa; Littleton, Cynthia (28 August 1995). "RHI rebrands, taps Stewart Till as CEO". Variety . Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 Dawtrey, Adam (9 December 1999). "Till Ankles As UPI Prexy". Daily Variety . p. 1.
  8. Dawtrey, Adam (3 April 2000). "Till to advise U.K. Redbus". Variety . p. 21.
  9. "Berylson named Millwall chairman". BBC Sport. 22 October 2007.