Government welcomes Pinewood's future development consultation

pwadmin — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:39:30 +0000

Business Secretary Vince Cable said:

"The British film industry is an economic success story. It’s the third largest market in the world in revenue terms with exports over £2bn and a highly skilled workforce of nearly 50,000.

Pinewood Studios consults on future development

pwadmin — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:33:23 +0000

Pinewood Shepperton plc ("the Company"), a leading provider of services to the global film and television industry, today announces a consultation on the future development of Pinewood Studios with local and national stakeholders and the producers and developers of creative content. Certainty as to its future development is critical to enable Pinewood Studios to plan for growth. Without major investment Pinewood Studios cannot remain globally competitive and respond to the changing needs and ever increasing demands of the screen and digital industries.

Pinewood Shepperton - New Board Appointment

pwadmin — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:56:20 +0000

Pinewood Shepperton plc ("the Company"), a leading provider of services to the global film and television industry, today announces that Mr. Andrew M. Smith has been invited to join the Board as an Executive Director from 1 May 2012. Mr. Smith will be Director of Strategy and Communications.

Winners of GameHack announced

pweditor — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:00:00 +0000

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, and BlueVia, the global developer platform from Telefonica, announced the winners of GameHack on Monday, which took place over the weekend at Pinewood Studios.

The Richard Attenborough Stage opens for business at Pinewood Studios

pwadmin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:23:32 +0000

The Pinewood Studios Group has officially unveiled a new stage. The Richard Attenborough Stage, is 30,000 sq ft and has been purpose-built to serve the needs of both film and television production. It will be the second largest at Pinewood, and will increase stage capacity at the Studios by 7%.

Directorate Change

pwadmin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:14:52 +0000

Pinewood Shepperton plc (the "Company") today announces that Patrick Garner will be retiring from the Company with effect from 30 April 2012. Patrick has been Finance Director since 2001. Chris Naisby, currently Financial Controller will assume responsibility for the Group finance function.

Michael Grade, Chairman said "The Board would like to record its grateful thanks to Patrick for his contribution to the success of Pinewood Shepperton over the past eleven years and our best wishes for the future".

Visit by Chinese delegation to Pinewood Studios

pwadmin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:00:50 +0000

Mr Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, together with other senior officials from the Chinese government and Embassy visited Pinewood Studios on Tuesday 17th April. The purpose of the visit was to learn more about the creative industries in the UK. Mr Li Changchun and the delegation were met by Ivan Dunleavy, Chief Executive of Pinewood Studios and The Hon. Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries.

New Test Facility for High Frame Rate Movie Making announced by Screen Industries Research and Training Centre at Pinewood Toronto Studios

pweditor — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:31:03 +0000

Sheridan College's Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (SIRT) based at Pinewood Toronto Studios, last week announced the establishment of a unique international test centre for HFR moviemaking at the launch event for 3D Ontario, a new industry and academic collaboration.

Pinewood Hosts a Number of Skills Initiatives in March

pweditor — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:00:00 +0000

This month has seen the Pinewood Studios Group host a number of great initiatives to help support and train young people looking to get involved in the film industry and for those who are already working within it, to learn new skills and further their careers.

Andy Weltman Joins Pinewood Studios in Los Angeles

pwadmin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:08:41 +0000

The Pinewood Studios Group is pleased to announce that Andy Weltman will be joining the Company as Executive Vice President of Pinewood USA to head up the office in Los Angeles.