Zygi Kamasa

AKA:
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UK

Biography

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.

Crew Roles

Bend It Like Beckham
Executive Producer
An American Haunting
Executive Producer
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Co-Producer
A Fistful of Fingers
Executive Producer
Wild Mountain Thyme
Executive Producer
The Moth Diaries
Executive Producer
Blitz
Producer
Half Light
Executive Producer
Argylle
Executive Producer
Dom Hemingway
Executive Producer
Eddie the Eagle
Executive Producer
School for Seduction
Executive Producer
A Long Way Down
Executive Producer
A Christmas Gift from Bob
Executive Producer
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Executive Producer
Spider
Executive Producer
Trespass Against Us
Executive Producer
A Little Chaos
Executive Producer
A Royal Night Out
Executive Producer
Tooth
Additional Writing
Madhouse
Executive Producer
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Executive Producer
Brooklyn
Executive Producer
Marching Powder
Executive Producer
Tetris
Executive Producer
The Scurry
Executive Producer
The Best Man
Executive Producer
Their Finest
Executive Producer
Great Expectations
Executive Producer
Six Minutes to Midnight
Executive Producer
The Limehouse Golem
Executive Producer
Red Joan
Executive Producer
The Happy Prince
Executive Producer
Military Wives
Executive Producer
On Chesil Beach
Executive Producer
Made in Italy
Executive Producer
Ammonite
Executive Producer
The Railway Man
Executive Producer
The Wicker Man
Co-Producer
How to Build a Girl
Executive Producer
Summerland
Executive Producer
Ghost Stories
Executive Producer
What We Did on Our Holiday
Executive Producer
Tooth
Producer
The Creep
Executive Producer
Christmas Karma
Executive Producer
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