Talisman Films

Richard founded Talisman Films Limited in 1991. With a background in law and finance, he is Chief Executive of the company. To date, Talisman has original dramatic film and television productions to its credit in excess of US$150 million production cost.

Richard has been directly involved in every Talisman production. He has been Producer of all of its film productions, most notably Rob Roy and The Woman In Black. He has either been Executive Producer or has been responsible for the financing of Talisman’s television productions for both international and domestic UK audiences.

From 1987, Neil promoted and staged concerts for artists such as Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen and Peter Gabriel, and production managed feature films for Warner Brothers, Paramount, Disney and Universal throughout Southern Africa.

Neil joined Talisman in 1996 to finance and produce The Secret Adventures Of Jules Verne, a 22x60’ US$37 million international co-production TV series involving groundbreaking VFX for HDTV. Since 2002 Neil has financed and produced a number of UK and International feature films, including Head In The Clouds starring Charlize Theron and Penelope Cruz.

Neil brings his substantial experience of physical production, VFX production and production finance to all the films in Talisman’s slate.

Adam has over the past ten years combined an academic career culminating in a PhD in Evolutionary Game Theory with creative writing of fiction and screenplay development as a script editor.

In 2013 he assisted on The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death throughout pre-production and the shoot. Since then he has combined his principal role as development executive with opportunities for continued practical experience of filmmaking, most recently as unit manager for the short film The Purple Plain produced for Film London.