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February 18, 2007
Miramax's fit Brit: Battsek's biz
Daniel Battsek's Miramax gets the Brit brag in the Observer. The "refocusing" of the runamok previous incarnation is described by James Robinson. "For an ambitious studio executive, the prospect of stepping into Harvey Weinstein's shoes must be a daunting one... But Daniel Battsek, the 
48-year-old Briton who runs Miramax, the Hollywood studio Weinstein founded, bears his newfound status as one of the most powerful Brits in the film industry with ease. Battsek, an industry executive for 20 years, is no novice, but he is everything the gregarious Weinstein isn't: modest, polite and business-like. But, like Weinstein, he can be ruthless... which is why Disney, which bought Miramax in 1993, entrusted him with the studio after Weinstein and his brother Bob left under a cloud in 2005... Battsek reports to Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook but, as president of Miramax, he exercises considerable autonomy [and is] a purveyor of pictures on a smaller scale; films with an independent quality, if not an arthouse sensibility." [More on Battsek's background, a Miramax timeline, and the regal marketing of The Queen and other successes at the link.]
Posted by Ray Pride at February 18, 2007 04:28 PM
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