请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Charles Finch (British businessman)
释义

  1. Early life and family

  2. Career

     Film  Business   Publishing  

  3. Press attention

  4. Filmography

      Producer    Writer    Actor    Appearance as self    Director    Special thanks  

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Charles Finch
| image =
| alt =
| birth_name = Charles Peter George Thomas Ingle-Finch
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|8|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = London
| nationality = British
| education = Gordonstoun (a UK "public school")
| occupation = Businessman and film producer
| mother = Yolande Turner
| father = Peter Finch
| relatives = George Ingle-Finch (grandfather)
}}

Charles P. Finch (born 15 August 1962) is a British businessman, brand innovator & film producer involved in brand-building, food, and entertainment industries. Finch is the CEO of the brand development and investment company [https://www.finchandpartners.com/ Finch + Partners], global chairman of Dean & DeLuca, partner with Pharrell Williams in Williams Family Kitchen, and a film producer.

Early life and family

Born Charles Peter George Thomas Ingle-Finch, Charles Finch is the son of the actor Peter Finch (born Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch, most known for his role as the crazed anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network) and grandson of the chemist and mountaineer George Ingle-Finch. Finch was raised in Jamaica and France and schooled at Gordonstoun, a "public school" in Scotland. His mother was the South-African, British born actress and writer Yolande Turner (real name Yolande Turnbull).[1]

Career

Film

Finch has been an executive producer of 17 feature films, has written six feature films and, in his early career, he directed and wrote three films.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

Finch wrote and directed the 1988 fantasy film Priceless Beauty, and the 1991 thriller Where Sleeping Dogs Lie. He wrote, directed and acted in the 1998 film Never Ever.

Films Finch has produced include Bad Girls (1994), which starred Andie MacDowell and Drew Barrymore and was co-written by his mother Yolande Turner; and Spider (2002), which starred Ralph Fiennes and was directed by David Cronenberg.[2]

In 2008 Finch was executive producer on Battle for Haditha, a dramatisation of the Haditha massacre of 2005, in which 24 unarmed Iraqi men, women and children were killed by United States Marines. The film was directed by Nick Broomfield and aired on Channel 4. It was awarded the Grierson Award for Best Drama Documentary.[3]

In 2014, Finch teamed up with Nick Broomfield again, as executive producer on Tales of the Grim Sleeper, which was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[4] He was also executive producer on Broomfield's 2017 documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me.[5]

Finch was also executive producer on the 2017 documentary Love, Cecil, a portrait of the photographer Cecil Beaton, directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland.[6]

In 2014 Finch was developing Custom of the Country, an eight-part adaption of the Edith Wharton novel, under his film and TV company Pink Sands, which has a production deal with Sony Entertainment.[7][8] It was announced in 2017 that Scarlett Johansson would star in the series.

Business

After a 10-year career of writing, directing and producing films, Finch joined the William Morris Agency in 1997 as Head of International Operations. He was responsible for working with artists including Kevin Spacey, John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett and Kristin Scott-Thomas, as well as corporate clients including Granada, BBC, Carlton, Pearson, Channel 4.[9]

In 2005, Finch founded Finch + Partners, a London and Paris-based media company. In 2014, offices of Finch + Partners were opened in Bangkok and Hong Kong.

Alongside developing and financing brands that the company owns, Finch + Partners also advises other global brands, entertainment companies, celebrated individuals and philanthropic organisations on brand development, product endorsement, events and marketing.[10][11] Clients include DIOR, Chanel, Armani, Pernod Ricard, LVMH, PACE, Jaeger-Le Coultre, Cartier, Gucci, Mulberry as well as consumer brands such as Kleenex, Aviva, BT and BA.[12] Finch + Partners has also raised investment capital and sponsorship funds for cultural institutions, start-ups and charities.

Finch started a leisure and swimwear brand, Chucs Dive & Mountain Shop.[13]

Chucs Bar and Grill opened in August 2014 on Dover Street.[14] In 2014, Finch sold a majority stake in Chucs to Oakley Capital. He remains a shareholder and on the board of directors of the subsidiary.

In the spring of 2015, Finch became a shareholder and vice-chairman of the upscale grocery retailers Dean & DeLuca. Subsequently, in 2016, he became worldwide Chairman, with the aim of further developing and expanding the brand globally.[15] Under his chairmanship, Dean & DeLuca has partnered with the musician and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams to develop the Williams Family Kitchen line of products.

Finch has interests in a number of companies. He is on the board of Assouline, a luxury book publisher, and of the fashion house Giles Deacon. He is also a shareholder and on the board of the film-streaming platform Mubi.[16]

Publishing

In 2009, Finch started Finch's Quarterly Review with Nick Foulkes and Tristram Fetherstonhaugh.[17][18] The paper is distributed in London, New York, Los Angeles and Paris.

In 2016, Finch released the book The Night Before BAFTA in 2016.[19][20][21][22][23]

This coffee table book focused on his annual and infamous Pre-BAFTA party, and was published by Assouline.[24][25][26]

Finch established the Finch Publishing group in 2018. The author and columnist Matthew d'Ancona is its editor-in-chief, and Peter Hoskin is its Deputy Editor.

The company also produces the food podcast Live from Prince Street, which has had more than 100,000 downloads and has included stories from well-known chefs.[27]{{failed verification |date=August 2018 |reason=The cited article talks about the podcast but does not say who produces it and does not mention Finch or the Finch Publishing group. It also does not say anything about the number of downloads of the podcast.}}

Press attention

Finch has been a contributing columnist for GQ,[28] the Financial Times and Esquire. He has been featured on Vanity Fair{{'}}s International Best-Dressed List three times.[29]

In November 2017, Finch appeared on the cover of I-M magazine.[30] In the interview, he said that if he could find the time, he would like to direct films again.

Filmography

Producer

  • 1991 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105809/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_20 Where Sleeping Dogs Lie] (co-producer)
  • 1994 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109198/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_19 Bad Girls] (producer)
  • 1995 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113732/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_18 The Maddening] (executive producer)
  • 2001 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282744/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_17 Mike Bassett: England Manager] (executive producer)
  • 2002 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278731/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_16 Spider] (executive producer)
  • 2004 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382028/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_15 Fat Slags] (producer)
  • 2006 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809373/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_14 The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa] (short) (executive producer)
  • 2006 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0773288/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_13 His Big White Shelf] (television documentary) (executive producer)
  • 2006 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0872202/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_12 Ghosts] (executive producer)
  • 2007 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870211/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_11 Battle for Haditha] (executive producer)
  • 2007 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816635/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_10 Ruby Blue] (executive producer)
  • 2008 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462219/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_9 Camille] (executive producer)
  • 2013 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2987342/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_7 The Smile Man] (short) (executive producer)
  • 2014 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4126604/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_6 The Gift] (short) (executive producer)
  • 2014 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4095186/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_5 Jump!] (short) (executive producer)
  • 2014 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3904186/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_4 Tales of the Grim Sleeper] (documentary) (executive producer)
  • 2016 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5639364/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_3 Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain] (documentary television series) (executive producer – two episodes)
  • 2017 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5563330/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_2 Whitney: Can I Be Me] (documentary) (executive producer)
  • 2017 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5275884/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_1 Love, Cecil] (documentary) (executive producer)

Writer

  • 1988 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098122/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_6 Priceless Beauty] (writer)
  • 1991 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105809/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_5 Where Sleeping Dogs Li]e (written by)
  • 1994 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109198/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_4 Bad Girls] (story)
  • 1996 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116075/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_3 The Dentist] (written by)
  • 1996 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117165/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_2 Never Ever] (written by)
  • 1998 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161492/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_1 The Dentist 2] bBased on characters created by)

Actor

  • 1986 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090627/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_4 Amazons] (Timar)
  • 1991 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105809/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3 Where Sleeping Dogs Lie] (Evan Best)
  • 1995 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113116/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 French Exit] (TV show host)
  • 1996 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117165/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1 Never Ever] (Thomas Murray)

Appearance as self

  • 2014 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4765138/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_1 Annabel's: A String of Naked Lightbulbs] (documentary)

Director

  • 1988 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098122/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3 Priceless Beauty]
  • 1991 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105809/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2 Where Sleeping Dogs Lie]
  • 1996 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117165/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1 Never Ever]

Special thanks

  • 2002 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303356/?ref_=nm_flmg_tk_2 Biggie and Tupac] (documentary) (special thanks)
  • 2003 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364930/?ref_=nm_flmg_tk_1 Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer] (documentary) (special thanks)

References

1. ^{{cite news |title='Compete with my father? I'll do better' |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4720894/Compete-with-my-father-Ill-do-better.html |first=Cassandra |last=Jardine |date=4 January 2001 |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web |title= Spider (2002) Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278731/awards?ref_=tt_ql_4 |website=IMDb |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web |title=The Grierson Awards 2008: Winners |url=http://www.griersontrust.org/grierson-awards/past-awards/2008/the-grierson-awards-2008-winners/ |website=The Grierson Trust |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-documentary-shortlist-20141202-story.html |title=Oscars: 'Citizenfour', 'Grim Sleeper' among 15 films on doc shortlist |first=Oliver |last=Gettell |date=2 December 2014 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5563330/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |title= Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017) Full Cast & Crew |website=IMDb |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5275884/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast |title= Love, Cecil (2017) Full Cast & Crew |website=IMDb |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://wwd.com/eye/parties/cannes-stars-flock-to-charles-finch-dinner-10130624/|title=Cannes Stars Flock to Charles Finch Dinner|last=Diderich|first=Joelle|date=May 16, 2015|website=Women's Wear Daily|accessdate=12 December 2017}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2014/10/scarlett-johansson-custom-of-the-country-tv-series-edith-wharton-sony-tv-847219/|title=Scarlett Johansson To Star In 'Custom Of The Country' Limited Series For Sony TV|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=7 October 2014|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=12 December 2017}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.mrporter.com/style-council/member/charles-finch-d1882dac2b1a5336 |title=Mr Charles Finch |website=Mr Porter |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
10. ^{{cite magazine |title=Inside the Charles Finch and Chanel Pre-Bafta Party |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/awards-season/inside-the-charles-finch-and-chanel-pre-bafta-party-2015 |date=8 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025001/http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/awards-season/inside-the-charles-finch-and-chanel-pre-bafta-party-2015 |archivedate=24 September 2015}}
11. ^{{cite news |title=Everyone's so frickin' straight now. No one can have an affair. No one smokes. It's so boring! |newspaper=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/everyones-so-frickin-straight-now-no-one-can-have-an-affair-no-one-smokes-its-so-boring-8794176.html |first=Charlotte |last=Edwardes |date=2 September 2013 |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
12. ^{{cite web |title=Home |website=Finch & Partners |url=http://finchandpartners.com/}}
13. ^{{cite magazine |title=There's none like Chucs |magazine=Esquire |url=http://www.esquire.co.uk/style/fashion/1692/theres-none-like-chucs/ |date=2 February 2011 |accessdate=12 December 2017}}{{dead link|date=July 2018}}
14. ^{{cite news |title=Table Talk: Chucs Bar & Grill |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/article1446927.ece |newspaper=The Sunday Times |first=A. A. |last=Gill |authorlink=A. A. Gill |date=24 August 2014 |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
15. ^{{cite web |title=Dean & DeLuca |website=CharlesFinch.com |url=http://charlesfinch.com/deandeluca.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204021030/http://charlesfinch.com/deandeluca.html |archivedate=4 December 2015}}
16. ^{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/meet-charles-finch-ultimate-cannes-party-host-you-need-know-1001847 |title=Meet Charles Finch, the Ultimate Cannes Party Host You Need to Know |date=16 May 2017 |first=Chris |last=Gardner |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
17. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.finchsquarterly.com/about-finchs-quarterly-review/ |title=About Finch's Quarterly Review| website=Finch's Quarterly Review official website |access-date=27 July 2018}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fetherstonhaugh.com/finchs-quarterly-review/|title=Finch's Quarterly Review|website=Fetherstonhaugh|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515034023/http://www.fetherstonhaugh.com/finchs-quarterly-review/|archivedate=15 May 2015|deadurl=yes|df=}}
19. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/celebrity/article4681961.ece |title=The man with the golden Rolodex: Charles Finch – the host with the most |first=Damian |last=Whitworth |date=4 February 2016 |newspaper=The Times |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
20. ^{{cite web |title=Jazz Shapers with Elliot Moss |date=6 February 2016 |website=Jazz FM |url=http://www.jazzfm.com/player/od/4338/ |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209163747/http://www.jazzfm.com/player/od/4338/ |archivedate=8 February 2016|df=}}
21. ^{{cite web |url=http://wwd.com/eye/parties/bafta-the-night-before-charles-finch-interview-10350096/ |title=Party Animal: Charles Finch Talks About 17 Years of Pre-BAFTA Bashes |first=Samantha |last=Conti |date=14 February 2016 |website=Women's Wear Daily |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
22. ^{{cite magazine |url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/02/bafta-party-charles-finch.html |title=Inside London’s Most Exclusive Celebrity Hangout |first=Catie |last=L'Heureux |date=13 February 2016 |magazine=New York |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
23. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/photography/what-to-see/a-legendary-bafta-party/ |title=A legendary Bafta party |date=13 February 2016 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
24. ^{{cite web |url=http://wwd.com/eye/parties/pre-bafta-party-2016-charles-finch-leonardo-dicaprio-cate-blanchett-10351294/ |title=Cate Blanchett, Leonardo DiCaprio Join Charles Finch For Pre-BAFTA Dinner |first=Julia |last=Neel |date=14 February 2016 |website=Women's Wear Daily |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
25. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3446062/Julianne-Moore-shows-skin-stunning-sheer-lace-dress-mingles-BAFTA-nominees-star-studded-cocktail-party-London.html |title=Julianne Moore shows some skin in stunning sheer lace dress as she mingles with BAFTA nominees at star-studded cocktail party in London |first=Joanna |last=Crawley |website=Mail Online |date=13 February 2016 |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
26. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3446086/Rosamund-Pike-radiant-monochrome-lace-cut-dress-rocks-red-carpet-prestigious-pre-BAFTA-bash.html |title=Rosamund Pike is radiant in monochrome lace cut-out dress as she rocks the red carpet at prestigious pre-BAFTA bash |first=Sarah |last=Tetteh |website=Mail Online |date=14 February 2016 |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
27. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/best-food-podcasts-2016/index.html |title=5 of the best food podcasts of 2016 |website=CNN |date=30 December 2016 |first=Jonah |last=Flicker}}
28. ^{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/50-best-dressed-men-in-the-world-2017 |title=GQ{{'}}s 50 best-dressed men 2017 |magazine=GQ |date=22 December 2016 |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
29. ^{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2008/09/bestdressedslideshow200809#16 |title=The 2008 International Best-Dressed Poll |magazine=Vanity Fair |accessdate=12 December 2017}}
30. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.i-m-magazine.com/charles-p-finch/ |title=Charles P. Finch – From Hollywood to Mayfair on a horse with a flaming saddle |magazine=I-M |accessdate=12 December 2017}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0277393}}
  • [https://charlesfinch.com Charles Finch] Journal
{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Finch, Charles. (businessman)}}

5 : 1962 births|Living people|British chief executives|British film producers|British male screenwriters

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/9/24 10:28:08