Creative Calderdale Presents Nik Powell

Creative Calderdale is pleased to present Nik Powell for our April event. From founding Virgin Records with Richard Branson, to producing Oscar-winning films April’s Creative Calderdale speaker brings us his 30 lessons of Creative Success.

In the late 1960’s Nik Powell set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson. In 1982 he formed Palace Productions with Stephen Wolley and was executive producer on films such as Neil Jordan’s award winning Company of Wolves; Oscar nominated & Cannes award winning Mona Lisa; and Oscar Winning The Crying Game.

In 1992 Powell & Woolley formed Scala Production where they produced Terence Davies’ The Neon Bible, Oscar Nominated and Golden Globe winning Little Voice and Fred Schepsi’s Last Neon. Besides his appointment as director of the National Film and Television School, Nik Powell remains the Chairman and also Director of Scala Productions.

This event is free to creative, digital and cultural industry professionals. If you would like to join us at this event please RSVP to Hannah Crank at events@creativecalderdale.co.uk.

We have decided to introduce online registering for April’s event. It’s a way to beat the queues on arrival and skip the process of filling in our registration forms on the night! Just click here and submit a completed form for each person attending.

18:00 – 19:00 Hot Food and Registration

19:00 – 19:30 Welcome and Opening Pitches

19:30 – 20:30 Nik Powell

20:30 – late Networking

As always we’re looking for people to exhibit and pitch at the event so if you’re interested in a bit of publicity for you, your company or your creative project, just drop an email to events@creativecalderdale.co.uk and let us know what you’re planning.

For more information and to register for free as a member of Creative Calderdale, please visit www.creativecalderdale.co.uk