Delanic Films  
 
  Joe Simpson - Managing Director   Glyn Allanson - Marketing Director  
 

Joe has over 20 years experience in film working both in the independent sector and at major studios.

Prior to Delanic, Joe spent 10 years working in US Studios; his most recent position was VP Europe, Strategic Marketing at MGM where he was responsible for managing international distribution partners Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox. His other responsibilities included campaign co-ordination across Cinema, Home Entertainment & TV as well as driving a pan-European acquisitions strategy. During his six years in this role revenues increased by over 500%. Prior to MGM he worked at Columbia Tristar. Joe has worked on some of the world’s most famous film and television franchises including the James Bond movies, Rocky, The Pink Panther and Stargate SG-1.

He has been involved in the release of several hundred films many starring the biggest names in Hollywood including ‘Bad Boys’ - Will Smith, ‘Ronin’ - Robert De Niro, ‘Legally Blonde’ - Reese Witherspoon, ‘GetShorty’ - John Travolta, ‘Windtalkers’ - Nicolas Cage, ‘The Thomas CrownAffair’ - Pierce Brosnan and ‘A Few Good Men’ starring Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise.

Joe has also worked as a consultant for the UK Film Distributors Association and is a member of the board of trustees of the industry charity ‘Film Education’.

 

Co-founder Glyn has over twenty years experience in senior management at the world’s leading advertising agencies where he specialised in brand and media strategy. Clients have included McDonald’s, Cadbury’s, Kellogg’s & Jack Daniel’s.

An expert in media planning and buying Glyn also has extensive experience in all areas of market research: for over five years he was Planning Director at CDP where MGM was one of his clients.

As well as supervising all marketing programmes for Delanic Films, Glyn is Planning Director for Dentsu London, the European hub for Dentsu, the largest single communications agency in the world working on pan-European campaigns for Canon and Hitachi amongst others.

His interest and inherent knowledge of film is reflected in his part time role as freelance film journalist for a number of national film magazines.