Ewan Burnett
I quite liked Ewan. He came in and gave us a talk about this and that (i dont recall what he actually said) but he was very interesting to listen to.
To just listen to him you would think he were sitting in a gutter begging for banana peels, yet in the same sentance will casually mention he is going to Cannes next week to go to a meet market!
Ewan has a lot of similar traits to my ole man, the main one being that they were both born in the same town. The second being they are modest acheivers, and I love that. He lets his actions do the talking, rather then telling everyone how good he is, or who he knows, or how he is a successful producer in a country where production companies are a dime a dozen and make very little money, or impact.
Ewan targeted a specific market and went for it (Childrens programming), maybe a little more financially orientated than my style, but who the hell am I to critisize?
If Australia, had more effective people like Ewan, especially in the beaurocratic positions down at your local govt. funding body. The industry here would not be in such dire straits, if it is infact in dire straits.
Ewan also mentioned that he blew his one chance to make a feature film, and now he will never make it. I hope that ain’t the case. I would love to see it one day
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