Alan Parker- 2002 Presentation- “Building a Sustainable UK Film Industry”

Alan Parker- 2002 Presentation- “Building a Sustainable UK Film Industry”

‘First, we have outstanding creative skills. We’ve got superb writers, directors and actors- not to mention the creators of hugely valuable intellectual properties like Harry Potter. Richard Curtis, for example, has written British films which has grossed over a billion dollars at the world box office.

Second, we have outstanding studios and facilities companies, world-class costumiers, camera companies and digital post-production houses- studios and facilities which have been a magnet for inward investment, principally from the US.

Third, we still have- just about- the finest technicians and craftspeople anywhere- although their numbers are diminishing at a worrying rate.

I could also add a fourth: we have the English language- not just the same language of American movies, but that of the internet.’