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Viva Films was set up originally through an output deal for fiction films with Granada in London and NDR in Hamburg. John Goldschmidt (Chairman) advised the European Union on their audiovisual policy and proposed the setting up of a European Script Fund as part of the MEDIA programme. Goldschmidt has been a member of both BAFTA and European Film Prize juries. He co-wrote the original report which proposed Channel 4's involvement in theatrical films, recently co-wrote The Director's Guild of Great Britain's' report to the British government on the UK tax credit and is a board member of Directors UK. Viva Films has a development slate of feature film scripts, which commenced in 2010, and which can be viewed at: www.vivafilms.co.uk. Past productions by Producer/Director John Goldschmidt have won the following awards: THE BRITISH ACADEMY AWARD (BAFTA) - Director THE PRIX ITALIA RAI PRIZE - MUSIC - Director/Writer THE GOLDEN NYMPH - MONTE CARLO - Director THE CINE DEL LUCA AWARD - MONTE CARLO - Director FERNSEHPREIS DER OESTERREICHISCHEN VOLKSBILDUNG - Director/Writer SILVER HUGO -- CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL - Director/Producer ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY AWARD - Director GERMAN CINEMA OWNER'S PRIZE - Producer THE SILVER BEAR -- BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL - Producer SILVER NYMPH - MONTE CARLO (twice) - Producer EMMY NOMINATION -- DRAMA SERIES - Director/Producer PRIX ITALIA PRIZE -- NOMINATION FOR DRAMA - Director/Producer CABLEACE AWARD (US) - NOMINATION – Producer
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