Screen International

*Screen International*
editor	Matt Mueller
Former editors	Wendy Mitchell
Categories	Trade journal
Frequency	10 issues per year
Publisher	Media Business Insight
First issue	1889
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London, England
Language	English
Website	screendaily.com
ISSN	0307-4617

Screen International is a British film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by Media Business Insight, a British B2B media company.

The magazine is primarily aimed at those involved in the global film business. The magazine in its current form was founded in 1975,[1] and its website, Screendaily.com, was added in 2001.

Screen International also produces daily publications at film festivals and markets in Berlin, Germany; Cannes, France; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California; and Hong Kong.

History

Screen International traces its history back to 1889 when it was founded under the name of Optical Magic Lantern and Photographic Enlarger, only to change its name to Cinematographic Journal at the turn of the 20th century. The name was later changed to Kine Weekly in 1907 and to Today's Cinema sixty five years later in 1972. In 1975, Peter King purchased CinemaTV Today from Sir John Woolf and relaunched the publication as Screen International.

1889: founded as Optical Magic Lantern and Photographic Enlarger
1900: becomes Cinematographic Journal
1907: becomes Kine Weekly
1972: becomes Today’s Cinema and subsequently CinemaTV Today
1975: becomes Screen International[1] published by Rex Publications

Many Screen International journalists have gone on to become major industry figures, including Colin Vaines, who ran production for companies such as Miramax and GK Films, and who has produced many award-winning film and television projects.

Offices

Screen International has offices in:

Hong Kong
London, United Kingdom
Los Angeles, California, United States
New York City, New York, United States

It has a network of more than forty correspondents around the world. It hosts conferences, including the annual European Film Finance Summit in Berlin and the UK Film Finance Conference in London.

Website

In addition to its print magazine, Screen International maintains Screen Daily website, providing a real-time view of the film industry.[2]

Staff

From February 2011 until July 2012, the editor of Screen International was Mike Goodridge, who was based in the main London office. Goodridge was succeeded by Wendy Mitchell, who previously worked at Screen as UK Reporter and Senior Editor. The US office is run by journalist Jeremy Kay, and the Asia bureau chief, based in Hong Kong, is Liz Shackleton. Its official photographer is Andrew Douglas Ross.

Former editors

The editors of Screen International have been:

Quentin Falk, Editor (1979–1982)
Colin Vaines, Co-Editor (1982–83)
Adrian Hodges, Co-Editor (1982–83)
Terry Ilott, Editor (1983–87)
Nick Roddick, Editor (1987–88)
Boyd Farrow, Editor (1995–98)
Colin Brown, Editor-in-Chief (1998–2008)
Michael Gubbins, Editor (2004–09)
Mike Goodridge, Editor (2009–2012)
Wendy Mitchell, Editor (2012–14)
Matt Mueller, Editor (2015–present)

Oscar Moore Foundation

A former editor in chief, Oscar Moore—who was also a columnist for The Guardian and a novelist—died of an AIDS-related illness in 1996. The Oscar Moore Foundation was established in 1997 as a charitable foundation administered by Screen International. The foundation's aim is to foster new European screenwriting talent by awarding an annual prize of UK£10,000 to the best first draft screenplay in a genre which changes each year. A foundation patron, Emma Thompson, is an actress and screenwriter who has won an Academy Award for both disciplines.