UK Sales Firm AMP Hires Anthony Buckner Ahead Of Cannes, James Norrie Exits

Andreas Wiseman
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EXCLUSIVE: London-based Alliance Media Partners (AMP) has hired Anthony Buckner as Head of Sales, Acquisitions and Distribution in the run up to the Cannes market.

Former Icon and Kaleidoscope exec Buckner will be overseeing the company’s Cannes slate of genre titles and will be tasked with expansion. He is taking over from longtime AMP partner and sales vet James Norrie who has exited the company.

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AMP, founded in 2017 as a production, financing and sales company, is the media arm of Alliance Capital Partners group, a private asset management and finance company based in Dubai. Current titles include The Morrigan with Toby Stephens and sci fi thriller New Life.

Buckner has sold movies including The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto, How I Spent My summer Vacation, Coriolanus, Prevenge, Hurricane and Creation Stories.

He spent 15 years at Icon before stints at Magnolia Pictures, Red Bull’s Terra Mater Factual Studios, Kaleidoscope, GFM and Herd/APX.

Buckner said: “I’m thrilled to be heading up AMP’s next phase, building on a sound base and having the backing to build out the team, to take advantage of new opportunities we can see in key areas of production, distribution and sales. We have a great slate and exciting pipeline of movies from exciting talent, so I’m hitting the ground running at Cannes. I can’t wait to see you there to tell you about our new movies and expansion plans.”

Inderpal Singh, AMP’s group CEO, commented: “AMP has been successfully selling and producing quality movies for seven years, with a reputation for spotting and honing great product for the market over some pretty turbulent years for the industry. With the backing of Alliance Capital, Anthony is joining at just the right time to help AMP’s transformation into a truly vertically integrated company that operates in all the key markets.”

Previous AMP movies include Glorious, starring J.K. Simmons and Ryan Kwanten, Blue Iguana with Sam Rockwell, The Wretched, Sundance Midnight movie Amulet, and Murder At Yellowstone City starring Gabriel Byrne, Thomas Jane, Isaiah Mustafa and Richard Dreyfuss.

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