Cyril Megret
Director
A graduate of the London School of Economics, Buena Onda founding Director Cyril Mégret has been a Senior Advisor to the International Film Collective (IFC) media group since 2002.
An alumnus of Michael Kuhn's UK Film Council training programme, Inside Pictures, Cyril began his film industry career with private investment fund Bonaparte Films on features including the international hit Waking Ned Devine , novelist William Boyd's directorial debut The Trench starring Daniel Craig and Nick Love's Goodbye Charlie Bright on which Cyril served as executive producer. Cyril is also a director of international sales company Salt and the independent music labels Surrender All and Full Time Hobby with artists including UNKLE, Juliette & The Licks, Tunng, The Hold Steady and Malcolm Middleton.
Recent credits
Maldeamores
2007 | Dir. Carlos Ruiz Ruiz | Starring: Luis Guzman, Fernando Tarrazo, Teresa Hernández, Luis Gonzaga, Dolores Pedro
as Executive Producer
Cochochi
2007 | Dir. Israel Cardenas & Laura Amelia Guzmán | Starring: Evaristo Batista & Luis Antonio Batista
as Executive Producer
The Workshop
2007 | Dir. Jamie Morgan
as Executive Producer
Juliette and The Licks
2006 | Dir. Adrian Sibley | Starring: Juliette Lewis and her band, The Licks
as Executive Producer
Like Minds
2006 | Dir. Gregory J. Read | Starring: Toni Collette, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Sturridge
as Executive Producer
Oyster Farmer
2004 | Dir. Anna Reeves | Starring: Alex O'Laughlin, Jim Norton, Diana Glenn
as Executive Producer
- Australian Film Institute 2005 - Nominated for Best Film, Best Cinematography (Alun Bollinger)
- IF Awards 2005 - Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design (Steven Jones-Evans)
Goodbye Charlie Bright
2001 | Dir. Nick Love | Starring: Paul Nicholls, Roland Manookian, Phil Daniels
as Executive Producer
The Trench
1999 | Dir. William Boyd | Starring: Paul Nichols, Daniel Craig, Julian Rhind-Tutt
Special Thanks
- British Independent Film Awards 1999 - Nominated for Best Achievement in Production, Best Actor
Waking Ned Devine
1998 | Dir. Kirk Jones | Starring: Ian Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan
Production Financing
- Screen Actors Guild Awards 1999 - Nominated for Outstanding Perfrm. by a Cast, Outstanding Perfrm. by a Male Actor
- Satellite Awards 1999 - Best Performance by an Actor (Ian Bannen)
- Paris Film Festival 1999 - Public Prize
- New York Comedy Festival 1998 - Best Feature
- Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival 1998 - Critic's Choice Award
A Merry War
1997 | Dir. Robert Bierman | Starring: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Wadham
Production Financing
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