User:Ovalshalon/sandbox

Andrew Mackie is an Australian film distributor and producer. He is a co-founder of Australian film distribution company Transmission Film along with Richard Payten. He is also a current board member of Adelaide Film Festival.

Career
Mackie founded the Australian film distribution company Transmission Films with Richard Payten in 2008. Prior to Transmission Mackie and Payten were joint general managers of Dendy Films and The Globe Film Co. He and Payten have released over 180 films generating over $340 million at the box office. Films Mackie has acquired and distributed have won 9 Palme d’Ors, been nominated for 51 Academy Awards and received over 220 AACTA nominations. As a film distributor he has released films such as The King's Speech, Amour, Samson & Delilah, The Railway Man, Calvary, Shame and many more.

As a producer he has executive produced a number of films including Holding the Man directed by Neil Armfield, Mary & Max directed by Adam Elliot, Candy directeed by Neil Armfield, The Eye of the Storm directed by Fred Schepisi, Tracks directed by John Curran, the UK/Australian co-production Oyster Farmer directed by Anna Reeves and Strangerland directed by Kim Farrant starring Nicole Kidman.

Mackie and Payten were also founding partners in See-Saw Films, the Oscar-winning UK/Australian production company behind The King’s Speech and Shame.

In 2012 and 2013, The Australian, an Australian newspaper named Andrew Mackie as one of the most influential people in the Australian arts. In 2003 Mackie was named as one of The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen Under 35 executives..

Mackie is a current board member of the Adelaide Film Festival.