With more than 300 films to his name across 25 years in the business, Phil Hunt, founder and managing director of London-based financier Head Gear Films, is one of the most prolific exec producers around.
But Head Gear — which he founded in 2002 and helps fund film, TV and video games, and has backed titles such as Minamata, Black Mass, Belle and X+Y — is just one of Hunt’s six businesses.
There’s also the sales banner Bankside Films (he’s co-managing director) and, offering a hat tip to a love of ale, his proudly “non-conformist” LGBTQ+ London pub The Apple Tree, part of his Bohemia umbrella, which recently expanded to include the production and investment company Bohemia Media, focussing on diverse storytelling.