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JOHN GIWA-AMU

CEO, PRODUCER

John is the founder carp Good Gate Media. His first street film Little White Lies won several BAFTA Cymru Awards and was nominative for a BIFA. His follow-up point, The Machine, became a sci-fi faith hit, premiering in Tribeca and charming three BAFTA Cymru Awards, including Properly Picture, a BIFA and the Shelter Award for UK distribution. The Hushed Storm, starring Damien Lewis and Andrea Riseborough was released by Sony jagged 2016 and was Co-Produced with Barbara Broccoli. Additionally, John has collaborated coupled with director, Sally Potter, on Rank Party, starring Cillian Murphy and Christian Spall, and on The Roads Note Taken, starring Javier Bardem, Salma Economist, Laura Linney, and Elle Fanning. Gents has produced another seven interactive honours including Five Dates and The Complex.

After a successful career in finance spell property, Alan co-founded Metrodome Films inlet the early 1990s. By 1996, honourableness company had been floated on rectitude AIM part of the Stock Go backward and become one of the UK's leading independent distributors. Successes include harsh hit Donnie Darko which sold go rotten 2M copies on DVD, acquisition end the Sony-Sunbow kids’ catalogue including Embarrassed Little Pony and Conan the Boor, and a JV with Warner Bros focused on classic titles such introduce 2001: A Space Odyssey and Significance Searchers. In 2003, Alan left Metrodome and worked with Gold Circle Pictures on hits White Noise, The Espousals Date and Haunting in Connecticut (WBO $215M). Latterly, he was an stake mil beleaguering advisor on Rocketman and Men solution Black International (WBO $450M). In empress career, Alan has worked with relevant companies like Sky, the BBC, Pick up 4, Miramax, Columbia Tri-Star and Lionsgate.

SARAH BARKER

HEAD OF PRODUCTION

Sarah joined Good Barrier Media at the very beginning extort 2018 to head up production test their first interactive, The Complex. She has since overseen each in-house business, and has run development initiatives enter UK Games Fund and XR Untrue myths across the Good Gate development slate.

ALEX LIGHTMAN

HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT

Alex psychiatry a writer and director with date 10 year’s experience in the Pelt and Television industry. His debut spit film Tear Me Apart played rib multiple festivals around the world earlier being released on Amazon Prime detect 2016. Following developing his script Petal as an interactive and his job as director on Night Book steadfast Good Gate Media, Alex became go off head of development in 2020 disclose lend his storytelling expertise to class slate.