Lee Thomas(XIV)

Lee has more than 42 years experience in the media industry, and has worked exclusively as an independent practitioner since 1987. As a publisher, he was the founding publisher of British Film Magazine launched at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005. He is a full voting member of BAFTA. Lee wrote his first feature film screenplay in 1999 and went on to found Soho Films in 2003, with offices in London and LA, and then Soho Film & Media Ltd two years later. Lee helped produce a number of features and short films before becoming a casting agent in 2009 - initially for producers and directors - in what is now The SFM Agency. In 2011 he acquired the London-based talent agency Actors International Ltd and since 2012 has split his time between London and Vienna with offices in both capitals. Lee recently founded United Media Rights Ltd with a remit to acquire and develop film and TV projects worldwide.