Company » Management Team
Alec D Bruce - Managing Director
Alec has a business background, specialising in strategic management.
His work involved developing new business models via collaborative business
processes such as the value network business. He has worked for
such organisations as Shell International, Booz Allen Hamilton and Ernst & Young.
In his previous roles, Alec has acted as an interface between creative
industries and finance communities (e.g. venture capital, regional enterprise)
translating their distinctive languages into a singular creative partnership.
His screenwriting career took shape after he was selected from the best
new British screenwriting talent in 2000/2001 to receive development support
at Moonstone International Screen Labs. Alec is prolific in his screenwriting
output and has developed screenplays in all genres in partnership with
other UK producers and directors (e.g. eco-fable animations, urban thrillers).
He has attended workshops at RADA, Script Factory, and his screenplays
have been developed with Moonstone/Sundance Institute, Atelier Du Cinema
and Scottish Screen.
Andrew M Keogh -
Content Director
Andrew is an experienced film practitioner and
business manager. He has a Master in Business Studies from Dublin City
University and specialised
in business change management for the energy industries, working for companies
such as Total Gas & Power and TXU. He worked as a Technical Writer
for Navman in New Zealand. He has over four years experience writing screenplays
in both the UK and New Zealand. He directed and co-wrote the short film, Curiosity,
which was made and screened as part of the Auckland 48 Hours Film Festival
2005. Andrew is a distinctive development executive combining his considerable
business management skills with his understanding of the creative process
of filmmaking. The result is a development process that carefully guides
the filmmaker from concept to finished product, in line with Fresh Paint
Pictures' creative and business objectives.
Paul A Whittaker - Advisory Partner
Paul had a successful career in investment banking and management consultancy
for blue chip media companies before founding Dogwoof Pictures, a UK based
film sales agency and distributor. His other work includes facilitating for
the United Nations, and helping several charities including Medicinema. Mr
Whittaker will manage the sales functions for FPP.