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RAAM UK National Cinema Awards Biographies
Robert Mitchell
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company
1961 – Born Middlesborough (North East England).
1979 – Lonsdale Advertising Agency (18th biggest in the country) - Runner.
1980 – Promoted to Junior Media Planner then Senior Media Planner.
1982 – Promoted to Account Director – direct responsibility for EMI Films, White Horse Whiskey, Yamaha Motorbikes & Churches Shoes.
1983 – Columbia/EMI/Warner Brothers – Advertising Director.
1985 – Warner Brothers - Marketing Director.
1986 – Palace Pictures (Independent production and film distribution company) - Deputy Managing Director & Marketing Director. Involved in both marketing & production of films.
1991 – Approached by The Walt Disney Company to start-up UK Company as part of world-wide distribution network for BVI. 10 years later the company would be No.1 film distributor and employ 45 staff.
1992 – BVI (UK) Ltd – Deputy Managing Director & Marketing Director.
1998 – Promoted to Vice President (Deputy Managing Director).
2004 – Promoted to Senior Vice President (Deputy Managing Director).
2005 – Promoted to Senior Vice President & Managing Director.
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