UK-based company is aiming to ”move faster and come onto projects even earlier”.
Dave Bishop has been CEO of London-based sales, production and financing agency Protagonist Pictures for five years but Cannes 2022 is just his third time on the Croisette in the top role. Two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have kept Bishop mostly in the UK and reliant on Zoom.
The squeeze on talent has been a particular test. “We’ve spent a lot of time building relationships with [US] agents, managers and financiers,” says Bishop. “What’s been frustrating over the past couple of years is not being able to travel to the US.
Dave Bishop has been CEO of London-based sales, production and financing agency Protagonist Pictures for five years but Cannes 2022 is just his third time on the Croisette in the top role. Two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have kept Bishop mostly in the UK and reliant on Zoom.
The squeeze on talent has been a particular test. “We’ve spent a lot of time building relationships with [US] agents, managers and financiers,” says Bishop. “What’s been frustrating over the past couple of years is not being able to travel to the US.
- 5/19/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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