Co-founded 'Passion Pictures [gb]' in 1987 with Alan Dewhurst, and was joint managing
director for 11 years (1987-1998) before becoming the sole managing
director.
His first job was as manager for Richard Williams and had his big break after a few weeks in when Steven Spielberg and Robert Watts visited, unannounced, to open negotiations for work on 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' and his boss was away.