James Burstall
| James Burstall | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
James Christopher St Etienne Burstall 20 May 1965 |
| Residence | Islington, London, England |
| Occupation | Founder of Argonon |
| Years active | 2001-present |
| Parent(s) | Christopher Burstall |
| Website | argonon.com |
James Burstall is a film and television producer[1][2] and Chief Executive Officer of international group Argonon which he founded in 2011. Argonon has twelve companies within the group in London, New York, Vancouver and Glasgow.
Burstall’s broadcast career credits span a number of genres and international territories, and range from TV shows Cash in the Attic and House Hunters International to feature length drama An Englishman In New York.
Education
Burstall studied modern languages at the University of Bristol[3]), studied leadership at the Said Business School, University of Oxford (2011) and Leading Changing at the Graduate School of Business, University of Stanford, California (2013).
Career
Burstall was CEO at Leopard Films which he founded in 2002. He then created Leopard USA, a New-York based production company in 2003,[4] then Leopard Drama and Leopard International, a distribution and rights business, in 2004.[5]
Burstall was a finalist in the 2009 IoD London and the South East Director of the Year Awards for 'Institute of Directors of the Year over 5m.[6]
Burstall created Argonon in 2011, bringing together Leopard Films, Leopard Drama and Leopard USA; re-branding Leopard International as Argonon International and acquiring Remedy Productions, specialists in entertainment, music and live events.[7]
In 2012, Burstall confirmed the launch of Remedy Canada, with significant investment from Argonon, followed by the acquisition of Transparent TV,[8] producers of lifestyle and documentary programming in the UK, in 2013. He next launched Argonon’s first joint venture BriteSpark Films in 2013 bringing documentarian Nick Godwin into the group and he made further acquisitions including the multi-award winning Windfall Films.[9] He took his original production Cash in the Attic into the digital world in 2013 with the launch of CashInTheAttic.com, a joint venture providing an online portal for fans of antiques, collectibles and vintage.[10][11]
In 2014, Burstall launched further joint ventures, Blacklisted Films, a new drama startup and The Bridge, a conduit bridging English speaking TV producers with their counterparts in Asia. The Bridge is co-producing projects in Korea.[12]
Productions
- The Secret History of Hacking (executive producer)
Executive Producer[13] - Leopard Films
- Monstrous Bosses and How To Be One - BBC One
- Cash in the Attic - BBC One. Ran for ten years on the BBC and transmitted in a further 167 countries after launching in 2002. Nominated for Best Daytime at the Royal Television Society Awards 2003.
- The Day the Immigrants Left - BBC One
- Missing Live - BBC One. Winner of the Best Dingle Drama at the Mental Health Awards/BAFTA. Nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Best Daytime programme in 2008 and commended in the House of Commons)
Executive Producer[13] - Leopard USA
- Cash in the Attic - HGTV
- House Hunters International - HGTV
- Man Caves - DIY
- Dear Genevieve - HGTV
- Hidden Potential - HGTV
Executive Producer[13] - Leopard Drama
- The Grey Man - BBC One
- Missing - BBC One
- Eve - UKTV
- An Englishman in New York - ITV1
- The Holding
References
- ↑ "James Burstall". BFI. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ "James Burstall @ARTISTdirect". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ↑ Bristol, University of. "Bristol University | Alumni and friends | 2011: James Burstall (BA 1987) launches new creative powerhouse". Bristol University. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
- ↑ "Leopard Films USA hires Richard Cook". ATVtoday.co.uk.
- ↑ "Danny La Rue Tales Being Groomed for Big Screen". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ "Finalists announced for the 2009 IoD London and the South East Director of the Year Awards" (PDF). Iod.com.
- ↑ "The new super groups: Argonon". Tbivision.com.
- ↑ "Argonon acquires Transparent Television". Realscreen.com.
- ↑ "Argonon acquires Windfall Films". Televisual.com.
- ↑ "Global television show becomes interactive as Argonon launches CashInTheAttic.com". The Drum.
- ↑ "Lowde moves into Argonon’s Attic". C21Media.
- ↑ "Homegrown drama Eve gets CBBC second season commission". Kidscreen.com.
- 1 2 3 "Production Beast".