The CEO of Belstone Pictures is Finn Cardigan Bruce who’s interested in film increased when he attended Hurtwood House Film Academy and when he left the school he was able to direct and produce many different documentaries but also founded Belstone Pictures.
Belstone Pictures headquarters are based in South-West London on 4A Oakley Street and they do not have studios anywhere else in the world.
Belstone Picture’s is an independent company owned by Finn Cardigan Bruce who is 29 years old and is best known for Tank 432, Tucked and Tracks. Other than being the CEO of Belstone Pictures, he has worked on the set for various films and TV shows which include X Factor, Top Gear, Les Miserables and Downtown Abbey. He then moved on to work for Mario Testino. Blink TV and Sky News where he assisted in researching and producing. The Gentleman’s Journal is a lifestyle magazine brand that Bruce co-founded but also was the Creative Director for many years where he produced a variety of TV pilots and short films. Later, he was the Executive Assistant in Los Angeles to Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield who are Oscar-nominated producers and then spent another few years where he was an Investment and Development Executive for Nicola Horlick who is a film financer where he worked for her two film funds. However, he left to focus on Belstone in 2016 which has now raised over £1m of independent equity.
Finn Bruce’s highest-grossing film is Tank 432 which cost £1 million to make. Tank 432 did so well that it funded the other two films Belstone Pictures have made which are Tucked and Tracks.
Tank 432 had a budget of approximately £150,000.
Belstone Pictures do not tend to work with the same actors or directors neither do they use A-list ones. This is due to it being an independent company so they do not have the funds to use A-list actors. Therefore, they focus more on providing breakout performances for less well-known actors and require smaller casts.
Benefits of Belstone Pictures being a small institution include:
- Their films can vary more in style and genre
- They often use a small cast so less money spent from the budget
- They provide breakout performances for actors
- They use one main location so less money spent from the budget
- Belstone also frequently teams up with additional production companies who chip in some of the funds for a share of the profits which reduces the risk for Belstone losing a lot of their money
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