Stewart Till

Stewart Till, CBE (born 1951) was the chairman and chief executive of United International Pictures[1] from 2002 to 2006.[2] He is a graduate of the University of Bath.

Till started his career with advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi in 1979.[3] He became managing director of the UK division of CBS/Fox Video and left in November 1988 to become deputy managing director of Sky Television and head of Sky Movies.[4][5] He later became deputy managing director of British Sky Broadcasting's movie channels.[6] He joined PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in January 1992 as President of its international distribution arm[7][8] before joining Universal Pictures International (UPI), where he became president and one of the most important film people in London.[9] He left UPI in 2000 when it was closed down and became an executive director of Redbus Film Group.[9][10] He became chairman and chief executive at UIP in 2002. After leaving UIP in 2006, he became Chairman of Icon Productions UK and then became CEO of Sonar Entertainment in 2012.[2]

During the 1980s, he was chairman of the British Videogram Association.[11] In 1999, he was appointed vice chairman of the new UK Film Council.[9] He became chairman after Alan Parker left.

In May 2006, he became chairman of Millwall F.C..[3] He was succeeded by John Berylson in October 2007 and became vice-chairman.[12]

In July 2006 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex.[13]

References

  1. ^ McFarlane, Brian; Institute, British Film (2005). The encyclopedia of British film. Methuen. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-413-77526-9.
  2. ^ a b "Stewart Till". Variety. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b Andrews, Amanada (15 September 2006). "Contact made with Till over top job at ITV". The Times. p. 60.
  4. ^ "Till anles CBS/Fox; 2 Execs Replace Him". Variety. 9 November 1988. p. 51.
  5. ^ Coopman, Jeremy (31 January 1990). "Sky Movies: You now get what you pay for". Variety. p. 3.
  6. ^ "BSkyB's Till to top PolyGram pic div". Variety. 16 December 1991. p. 49.
  7. ^ Dawtrey, Adam (18 September 2006). "Till Up for ITV Topper". Daily Variety. p. 22.
  8. ^ Keslassy, Elsa; Littleton, Cynthia (28 August 1995). "RHI rebrands, taps Stewart Till as CEO". Variety. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  9. ^ a b c Dawtrey, Adam (9 December 1999). "Till Ankles As UPI Prexy". Daily Variety. p. 1.
  10. ^ Dawtrey, Adam (3 April 2000). "Till to advise U.K. Redbus". Variety. p. 21.
  11. ^ "Murphy Awarded Top Actor Prize By Brit Vid Trade". Variety. 2 November 1988. p. 41.
  12. ^ "Berylson named Millwall chairman". BBC Sport. 22 October 2007.
  13. ^ "Honorary Graduates". University of Essex.


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