Zygi Kamasa
| Zygi Kamasa | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 12, 1969 |
| Occupation | CEO of Lionsgate UK & Europe |
Zygi Kamasa (born 12 November 1969) is a Swedish-British entertainment studio executive and film executive producer. He currently serves as CEO of Lionsgate UK & Europe.[1]
Career
Zygi Kamasa started his film career in 1993 as Founder and Managing Director of TV production company Scorpio Productions, based at Pinewood Studios. In 1998, he co-founded the independent film distribution company Redbus Film, producing and distributing films in the UK including Bend It Like Beckham.
In October 2005, Redbus Film was sold to Lionsgate Entertainment for $35 million[2] and became Lionsgate UK in February 2006.[3]
As CEO of Lionsgate UK, Kamasa has overseen the investment, production and distribution of UK Top Ten Box office films including three installments of The Hunger Games franchise, The Expendables and its sequels The Expendables 2 and 3, Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-winning Hurt Locker and action film Olympus Has Fallen.[4]
Kamasa’s credits as Executive Producer of UK films include Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt, the Railway Man, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, and A Little Chaos, starring Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman.[5]
In May 2015, Zygi Kamasa announced that Lionsgate UK would pledge to finance and co-invest in up to 25 British independent films between 2015 and 2019.[6]
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