Biscuit Launches UK Division
The L.A.-based company plants its flag in London and names Orlando Wood as EP.
Biscuit Filmworks Crosses the Pond, Taps Wood for EP Role
Biscuit, UK is now open for business and is headed up by Executive Producer Orlando Wood. Biscuit UK represents the directorial talent of Aaron Ruell, Aaron Stoller, Christopher Riggert, Clay Weiner, Jeff Low, Noam Murro, Russ Lamoureux and Tim Godsall.
"It's great that our roster of directors now has a permanent home in the UK," says Shawn Lacy, Managing Director, Biscuit Filmworks. "With his years of experience in both the UK and Europe, Orlando is the perfect person to bring the Biscuit brand to the UK. We are excited to have him representing our directors as well as building a UK roster of directorial talent."
Wood is a commercial and film producer who has produced over 100 ads for various clients. He began his career at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, where he worked on brands such as Nike, Coca-Cola, and EA Games. In 2008 he moved to Fallon London, where he produced work for Cadbury's, BBC, Innocent, and Sony.
Over the past two years Wood has produced documentary films under his production company banner, Magic Hour Entertainment, and is currently in production on a film about Bernard Madoff, the perpetrator of the largest financial swindle in history. His other film, "Standing Up To The Experts," is about the politics behind education in the largest textbook market in America, Texas.
Published July 8, 2011