Partner
Ian Hale has been a familiar face in the Perth film fraternity for more than 20 years in his capacity as State manager WA/SA/NT for Paramount Pictures and United International Pictures (Paramount Pictures/Universal Pictures/Dreamworks Animation).
Ian has built a formidable reputation over his years in the industry, not to mention a sound knowledge of and passion for film. During his career with Paramount and UIP, Ian worked on countless films including both blockbusters and local Australian productions including the Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train your Dragon and Madagascar animated feature series of films.
Ian has embarked on his own production now as Managing Director of The Backlot Perth, a 50-seat, state-of-the-art cinema designed not only for corporate film screenings and presentation use but also to service film makers with post-production and editing facilities and is Executive Producing a number of feature films currently due to shoot and in development.
Ian is also Director of several other companies, including HALO Films (a film distribution company) and visor:immersive (virtual reality specialists); a Board Member for The Australian Biome Project; and Chairman of the Board for Revelation Perth International Film Festival.
Credits
Before Dawn (executive producer) (pre-production) (2021)
29 Years & 8 Days: The Matt Doust Documentary (Documentary) (executive producer) (post-production) (2021)
Greenfield (executive producer) (completed) (2021)
The Xrossing (executive producer) (2020)
The Furnace (executive producer) (2020)
Murals (Short) (executive producer) (2019)
Meal Tickets (Documentary) (executive producer) (2016)
