Daniel Battsek, the veteran producer and govt recognized for high-level stints at Film4, Miramax, Disney and Nationwide Geographic, has been named President of Movie at Lincoln Heart.
The non-profit group behind the New York Movie Competition and plenty of different year-round occasions, had carried out a seek for a brand new president after the departure final yr of Lesli Klainberg. Battsek will begin in his new submit on Could 1, reporting to FLC’s board of administrators.
From 2016 to 2024, Battsek was a director and chairman on the UK-based Movie 4. He oversaw the manufacturing of a variety of well-received movies, together with Oscar winners like The Zone of Curiosity, Poor Issues, All of Us Strangers, The Banshees of Inisherin, and The Favorite. Since 2018, Battsek
has been chairman of Movie London, the company supporting town’s movie and display industries.
Battsek has been New York-based for key stretches of his profession, and in addition has had in depth ties to the New York Movie Competition and different FLC occasions over time. From 2005 to 2010, he was President of Filmed Leisure at Miramax, taking the reins of the Disney-owned minimajor after it parted methods with Harvey and Bob Weinstein. He greenlit and/or acquired tasks like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Oscar winners The Queen, No Nation for Previous Males, and There Will Be Blood earlier than Disney ultimately determined to exit the specialty enterprise by promoting off Miramax in 2010.
As President of Nationwide Geographic Movies, Battsek acquired and developed titles just like the Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo in addition to Nationwide Geographic–branded large-screen and Imax 3D releases.
From 1991 to 2005, Battsek was EVP and Managing Director of UK Distribution and European Manufacturing & Acquisitions at Buena Vista Worldwide within the UK. In that submit, he oversaw the distribution of 18 to 25 movies yearly from Walt Disney Studios and companions like Pixar and Miramax. He additionally established a comedy manufacturing label in 2001, which financed and produced hits like Calendar Women and Kinky Boots.
Daniel H. Stern, Chair of the FLC Board of Administrators, mentioned Battsek’s “in depth management expertise, his deep connections throughout the international movie neighborhood, and his clear ardour for cinema and our mission make him the best match to steer Movie at Lincoln Heart––particularly on this time of nice change within the movie ecosystem.”
After two years of report attendance on the New York Movie Competition and infusions of help like Rolex’s multi-year partnership with the group, FLC “has the potential to develop its attain, programming, and model in a quickly evolving movie panorama, each domestically and internationally.”
A seven-person board committee carried out a seek for Klainberg’s successor, he famous, and Battsek was its “clear and unanimous alternative” for the place.
“I’m very honored to be chosen to steer Movie at Lincoln Heart, a globally acknowledged cornerstone of movie tradition,” Battsek mentioned. “My purpose is to carry the data and expertise I’ve gained all through my profession within the movie business to help and elevate FLC’s programming, mission, and model. Having lengthy admired FLC as an important New York cultural establishment, I’m immensely proud to take the helm at such an thrilling second for cinema.”
