CINEFILER

Zygi Kamasa

Zygi Kamasa is one of the leading Executive Producers, film financiers and distributor in the UK. He is the CEO and founder of True Brit Entertainment Ltd, a British based theatrical distributor dedicated exclusively to co-financing and co-producing British feature films and Television. Zygi started his film career in 1993 as founder and Managing Director of television production company Scorpio Productions. In 1998, he and Simon Franks founded the independent film distributor, Redbus Film, which they sold to Lionsgate in October 2005 for $35million, where it was renamed Lionsgate UK. For over 15 years he was then CEO for Lionsgate UK and Europe leading distribution in the UK across such franchises as The Hunger Games, The Expendables, as well as smash hits La La Land, Magic Mike and John Wick. He also lead Lionsgate UK to support a large number of British independent films and television, shepherding the financing of over 50 British films. Notable UK successes included the critically acclaimed and Oscar nominated Brooklyn, starring Saoirse Ronan, The Railway Man, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen with Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt, and the UK box office smashes Bend It Like Beckham and Eddie The Eagle. In 2020 he partnered with Matthew Vaughn at Marv studios, where he executive produced the Taron Egerton starrer Tetris, that was sold to Apple TV plus and Vaughns latest big budget film Argylle starring Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L Jackson and Joh Cena that will be released through Universal and Apple in 2024. In 2023 by founding True Brit Entertainment, Zygi will focus exclusively on financing, supporting and distributing British independent feature films.
Known For
Argylle
(2024)
Executive Producer
Brooklyn
(2015)
Executive Producer
Tetris
(2023)
Executive Producer
Blitz
(2011)
Producer
Ammonite
(2020)
Executive Producer
Great Expectations
(2012)
Executive Producer
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
(2021)
Executive Producer
Spider
(2002)
Executive Producer
Their Finest
(2017)
Executive Producer
The Wicker Man
(2006)
Co-Producer
Eddie the Eagle
(2016)
Executive Producer
Summerland
(2020)
Executive Producer
Military Wives
(2020)
Executive Producer
Red Joan
(2018)
Executive Producer
Made in Italy
(2020)
Executive Producer
The Limehouse Golem
(2016)
Executive Producer
Full Filmography
Production
A Fistful of Fingers
(1995)
Executive Producer
Bend It Like Beckham
(2002)
Executive Producer
Spider
(2002)
Executive Producer
Madhouse
(2004)
Executive Producer
School for Seduction
(2004)
Executive Producer
An American Haunting
(2005)
Executive Producer
Good Night, and Good Luck.
(2005)
Co-Producer
The Best Man
(2005)
Executive Producer
The Wicker Man
(2006)
Co-Producer
Half Light
(2006)
Executive Producer
The Moth Diaries
(2011)
Executive Producer
Blitz
(2011)
Producer
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
(2012)
Executive Producer
Great Expectations
(2012)
Executive Producer
The Railway Man
(2013)
Executive Producer
Dom Hemingway
(2013)
Executive Producer
A Long Way Down
(2014)
Executive Producer
A Little Chaos
(2015)
Executive Producer
A Royal Night Out
(2015)
Executive Producer
Brooklyn
(2015)
Executive Producer
The Limehouse Golem
(2016)
Executive Producer
Trespass Against Us
(2016)
Executive Producer
Eddie the Eagle
(2016)
Executive Producer
Their Finest
(2017)
Executive Producer
Red Joan
(2018)
Executive Producer
The Happy Prince
(2018)
Executive Producer
On Chesil Beach
(2018)
Executive Producer
Military Wives
(2020)
Executive Producer
Made in Italy
(2020)
Executive Producer
Ammonite
(2020)
Executive Producer
Summerland
(2020)
Executive Producer
How to Build a Girl
(2020)
Executive Producer
Wild Mountain Thyme
(2020)
Executive Producer
Six Minutes to Midnight
(2020)
Executive Producer
A Christmas Gift from Bob
(2020)
Executive Producer
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
(2021)
Executive Producer
Tetris
(2023)
Executive Producer
Argylle
(2024)
Executive Producer
Crew
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