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JOHN
HEYMAN - Chairman, World Group of Companies
John Heyman began his career with Associated Television, one of the
founder companies of ITV, before it went on the air where he became
head of public relations, simultaneously writing the questions for
DOUBLE YOUR MONEY and managing Hughie Green
In 1959 he formed what was to become the largest independent talent
agency outside the United States, representing such stars as Elizabeth
Taylor, Richard Burton, Laurence Harvey, Richard Harris, Trevor Howard,
Wolf Mankowitz ,Shirley Bassey, Andre Previn and Burt Baccarach.
Widely credited with creating the first global film sales company,
selling British product on a territory by territory basis "in
order to keep the agencies less well known clients busy" , he
says he also was the first to apply structured financial engineering
to the film business, for which he has raised over $3,000,000,000
and co financed over 200 films.
An award winning film producer, he founded World Productions with
Chris Blackwell and Tony Garnett in 1989.
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