Grant Raynham

Executive Producer/Distributor/International Acquisitions and Sales Executive

Mr. Raynham has lived, trained and worked throughout Europe, Asia, Canada and The United States.Mr. Raynham has been involved in, international and USA distribution/ acquisition for the past fifteen years. He has ran several distribution companies during this period including: Freedom Distribution, GFR Distribution and MCL-USA to mention a few. He has handled feature films, television movies, miniseries and series. He has worked buying and selling from companies such as: NBC Enterprises, Kathy Morgan International, Global Entertainment Media, MTG, Concord/New Horizons, Granada/ITV, Hallmark, Celestial Entertainment, Toho, Screen Media Entertainment, Moviebank, Studio Canal, ARD/Germany, MCL Mediacom Licensing Ltd./Germany, Media Asia/Hong Kong, Media Film/Israel-Hungary, Apollo TV/Greece, Falcom/Germany, Dominion Entertainment/Universal Studios-Los Angeles, First Look/Los Angeles, Eagle/Australia amongst others. Presently, he is working with LSR/Los Angeles in international distribution /production. He is representing Zia Films International; as well as buying for his clients in Germany, Israel, Hungary, Turkey, Greece, Brazil and the USA. He has bought and sold film and television product for MCL Mediacom and Licensing Ltd/Germany, IPS/Spain-Germany, Mastedisk/Israel, IPA/Asia, Apollo TV/Greece, Media Film/Israel-Hungary, Alphaville Filmes/Brazil, Quantum Moviebank/USA, GEM/Latin America/Spain amongst others.

Mr. Raynham has also worked as a consultant/counselor with the SBDC (U.S. Small Business Development Centers) in the film and television arenas, Independent Film Project/IFP, Los Angeles (Distribution Consultant) and Film Independent(FIND), Los Angeles as a distribution consultant.Mr. Raynham actively attends all international film and television markets including: The Cannes Film Festival, MIP-TV/France, MIPCOM-TV/France, AFM/Los Angeles, Filmart/Hong Kong (invited buyer), NAPTE /USA, Discop/Hungary, Sundance Film Festival/USA, Toronto Film Festival/Canada, L.A. Screenings/ Los Angeles and in the past MIFED/Italy.In marketing, film production development and consultancy, Mr. Raynham has been or still is involved with: Ramoji Film Studios/India, Moviebank/USA, Zia Film International, Radiance Films/USA, Propaganda Films/USA,Media Distribution Consulting/Germany, MCL Mediacom/Germany,MCL-USA, Double Helix Films/USA, Polygram Filmed Entertainment/Los Angeles, Global Entertainment Media/USA and Unimedia

Entertainment/Germany.Mr. Raynham has an extensive background in film and television production, executive production, worldwide distribution and product acquisition. His talents include acquisition of film and television product for his international and USA based clients. Mr. Raynham is presently
organizing film and television productions/co-productions in Europe, Asia and the USA.

Mr. Raynham is multi-lingual and holds two University degrees. He hasalso studied Fine Arts /Film Acting and Production at The Lee Strasberg Institute/New York, Film Marketing/Production at The Independent Film Seminars in Los Angeles, as well as Film Finance/Production at The New York Film Seminars/New York