Thierry Wase-Bailey

Owner & Managing Director

 

Thierry Wase-Bailey

Thierry Wase-Bailey has over 30 years experience in the international film sales and licensing business. An Anglo-French citizen, Thierry was educated at the Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle in London and the University of London where he obtained his Degree (with honours) in Chemistry with Management. He now owns and runs sales company Celsius Entertainment, based in Central London.

Thierry’s previous film business venture HanWay has been a great success, which he co-founded in 1999 with producer Jeremy Thomas and as the company’s Managing Director and Head of Sales, built it up into one of the most successful film sales companies in the independent distribution business, selling such films as THE CUP, BESIEGED [both Fine Line in North America], BROTHER [Sony Pictures Classics], RABBIT-PROOF FENCE [Miramax], THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE [Paramount Classics], THE DREAMERS [Fox Searchlight], etc… The company posted net profits every year except for a small loss in the first year due to start up costs, and had no external debt.

His years prior to HanWay included running his own sales and consultancy business Entco [now re-named Celsius Entertainment], during which he set up through pre-sales THE INTRUDER starring John Hannah and Nastassja Kinski, and was Senior Vice President Sales, Marketing and Acquisitions at Majestic Films International, responsible for day to day management including sales of all the company’s recent product, such as THE BRAVE starring Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando, LARGER THAN LIFE starring Bill Murray and Linda Fiorentino, BLOOD & WINE starring Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine, JANE EYRE starring William Hurt, etc… Thierry also oversaw library sales on such films as DANCES WITH WOLVES, DRIVING MISS DAISY, DAMAGE, MAN WITHOUT A FACE, CITY OF JOY, etc…

Prior to Majestic Thierry was Vice President International Sales at Goldcrest Films & Television, responsible for all foreign sales of the company’s films, including Don Bluth’s animated features ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN and ROCK-A-DOODLE, DRIFTWOOD starring James Spader, NO WAY HOME starring Tim Roth, BLACK RAINBOW starring Tom Hulce, and library titles such as HOPE & GLORY, THE MISSION, THE KILLING FIELDS, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, THE NAME OF THE ROSE, LOCAL HERO, etc…

Thierry has worked with numerous high profile directors including Isabel Coixet, Patricia Rozema, Park Chan-Wook, Travis Fine, John Boorman, Jonathan Kasdan, Morgan Spurlock, Alex Gibney, Heidi Ewing, Eugene Jarecki, Rachel Grady, Seth Gordon, the Coen Brothers, Alfonso Cuaron, Walter Salles, Gus van Sant, Wes Craven, Olivier Assayas, Alexander Payne, Tom Tykwer, Sylvain Chomet, Vincenzo Natali, Richard LaGravanese, Isabelle Coixet, Olivier Schmitz, Gerard Depardieu, Nobuhiro Suwa, Brian Yuzna, Vincent Ward, Gillies MacKinnon, Wim Wenders, Khyentse Norbu, Bob Smeaton, Noah Baumbach, Bernardo Bertolucci, Steve Norrington, David Mackenzie, Philip Noyce, Takeshi Kitano, David Bailey, Johnny Depp, Bob Rafelson, Franco Zefferelli, Don Bluth, Michael Radford, James Ivory, Mike Hodges, …

Sales History:

 

CELSIUS ENTERTAINMENT

THE BOOKSHOP

Also co-Executive Producer
Directed by Isabel Coixet, starring Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson

BLING

Also Executive Producer
Voices of Taylor Kitsch, James Woods, Carla Gugino

INTO THE FOREST

Directed by Patricia Rozema, starring Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood

ANY DAY NOW

Directed by Travis Fine, starring Alan Cumming (THE GOOD WIFE, X2), Garret Dillahunt (LOOPER, WINTER’S BONE, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT), Isaac Leyva (TITANIC)

COME OUT AND PLAY

Directed by Makinov, starring Vinessa Shaw (The Hills Have Eyes), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Damages, The Lake House), Daniel Giménez Cacho

THE FIRST TIME

Directed by Jonathan Kasdan, stariring Dylan O’Brien (“Teen Wolf”) (IMDb), Britt Robertson (“The Secret Circle”), Victoria Justice (Paramount’s upcoming Fun Size) (IMDb), Craig Roberts (Submarine), James Frecheville (Animal Kingdom), LaMarcus Tinker (“Glee”), Maggie Elizabeth Jones (We Bought a Zoo), Christine Taylor

TURN ME ON, GODDAMMIT

Directed byJannicke Systad Jacobsen, starringHelene Bergsholm, Malin Bjoerhovde ,Beate Stoefring, Matias Myren, Henriette Steenstrup

ABANDONED (AKA ANGELS CREST)

Directed by Gaby Dellal, starring Thomas Dekker, Elizabeth McGovern, Jeremy Piven, Mira Sorvino, Lynn Collins, Joseph Morgan, Kate Walsh

AMPHIBIOUS 3D

Directed by Brian Yuzna, Starring Michael Pare, Janna Fassaert and Francis Magee

FREAKONOMICS

Documentary, segments directed by Seth Gordon, Morgan Spurlock, Alex Gibney, Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki

5 HOURS FROM PARIS

Directed by Leon Prudovsky starring Dror Keren and Elena Yaralova

FROM WITHIN

Directed by Phedon Papamichael, starring Thomas Dekker, Adam Goldberg, Elizabeth Rice, Jared Harris

MANDA BALA [SEND A BULLET]

Directed by Jason Kohn [Sundance 2007 Documentary Grand Jury Winner, & winner Best Cinematography]

PARIS, JE T’AIME

Directed by the Coen Brothers, Alfonso Cuaron, Walter Salles, Gus van Sant, Wes Craven, Olivier Assayas, Alexander Payne, Tom Tykwer, Sylvain Chomet, Vincenzo Natali, Richard LaGravanese, Isabelle Coixet, Christopher Boe, Olivier Schmitz, Gerard Depardieu, Nobuhiro Suwa…

Starring Natalie Portman, Nick Nolte, Elijah wood, Gerard Depardieu, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bob Hoskins, Emily Mortimer, Ben Gazzara, Miranda Richardson, Gena Rowlands, Ludivine Saignier, Sergio Castellitto, Barbet Schroeder, Rufus sewell, Gaspar Ulliel, Fanny Ardant, Marianne Faithfull, etc…

CRUSADE: A MARCH THROUGH TIME
[aka CRUSADE IN JEANS]

Directed by Ben Sombogaart (director of 2003 Foreign Oscar nominated TWIN SISTERS)

Starring Emily Watson, Joe Flynn, Stephanie Leonidas, Benno Fuermann, Udo Kier.

RIVER QUEEN

Directed by Vincent Ward, starring Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Stephen Rea, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison

TARA ROAD

Directed by Gillies MacKinnon, starring Andie MacDowell, Olivia Williams, Stephen Rea, Brenda Fricker, Iain Glen

THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSEKING

Animation featuring the voices of Leslie Nielsen, Eric Idle, Robert Hays and Fred Willard [Selected territories]

HANWAY FILMS
[1999-2004 co-founder/owner, Managing Director]

BACK TO GAYA

Also Associate producer
Animation, featuring the voices of Patrick Stewart & Emily Watson

DON’T COME KNOCKIN’

Directed by Wim Wenders, Starring Sam Shepard, Tim Roth, Jessica Lange

SCHEHERAZADE

Directed by Michael Apted, starring Laurence Fishburne, Juliette Binoche [postponed]

TRAVELLERS & MAGICIANS

Directed by Khyentse Norbu

FESTIVAL EXPRESS

Also co-Executive Producer
Directed by Bob Smeaton, documentary featuring The Band, Grateful Dead & Janice Joplin.

THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg; produced by Wes Anderson

THE DREAMERS

Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

YOUNG ADAM

Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan & Emily Mortimer

TO KILL A KING

Tim Roth, Rupert Everett, Dougray Scott, Olivia Williams

THE LAST MINUTE

Directed by Stephen Norrington

RABBIT-PROOF FENCE

Directed by Philip Noyce and starring Kenneth Branagh

HELP! I’M A FISH

Animation featuring the voices of Alan Rickman and Terry Jones

TO THE WHITE SEA

Written & directed by the Coen brothers & starring Brad Pitt [pre-sold and financed but postponed]

THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE

Produced by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Ben Kingsley and Mira Sorvino

BROTHER

Directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano & Omar Epps

THE CUP

Directed by Khyentse Norbu and starring Orgyen TOBGYAL, Neten CHOKLING, Jamyang LODR

BESIEGED

Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

ENTCO
[since 1997- a company owned by Thierry Wase-Bailey, renamed Celsius Entertainment in 2004]

THE INTRUDER

Also co-Executive Producer
John HANNAH, Charlotte GAINSBOURG, Nastassja KINSKI, Molly PARKER, directed by David BAILEY

MILLIONAIRE DOGS

$13m animated comedy theatrical feature

DARK HARBOR

Alan RICKMAN, Polly WALKER, Norman REEDUS

MORTAL KOMBAT CONQUEST

Daniel BERNHARDT

THE CROW: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

Mark DACASCOS

THE PENTAGON WARS

Kelsey GRAMMER, Cary ELWES

ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED

Lawrence FISHBURNE

CEMENT

Chris PENN, Sherilyn FENN, Jeffrey WRIGHT

MAJESTIC FILMS INTERNATIONAL [1996-1997]

THE BRAVE

Johnny DEPP, Marlon BRANDO, Frederic FORREST

LARGER THAN LIFE

Bill MURRAY, Matthew McCONAUGHEY, Linda FIORENTINO, Janeane GAROFALO

BLOOD & WINE

Directed by Bob RAFELSON, starring Jack NICHOLSON, Michael CAINE, Stephen DORFF, Judy DAVIS, Jennifer LOPEZ

SWANN

Miranda RICHARDSON, Brenda FRICKER

SAINT EX

Miranda RICHARDSON, Bruno GANZ

AUGUST

Anthony HOPKINS

CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY

James Earl JONES, Richard HARRIS

HEAD ABOVE WATER

Harvey KEITEL, Cameron DIAZ, Craig SHEFFER

JANE EYRE

Directed by Franco ZEFFERELLI, starring William HURT, Charlotte GAINSBOURG, Anna PAQUIN, Joan PLOWRIGHT

Library titles:

DANCES WITH WOLVES, DRIVING MISS DAISY, DAMAGE, MAN WITHOUT A FACE, CITY OF JOY, IMMORTAL BELOVED, UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, RAPA NUI, MY FAMILY, WHERE THE MONEY IS, HEAD ABOVE WATER (original), THE TELEGRAPHIST, AIRBORNE, BLACK ROBE, AY CARMELA, CAPTIVES, CAMILLA, BACKBEAT, THE FENCING MASTER, EL NORTE, K2, LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN, MOONDANCE, THE NUTCRACKER, HENRY V, THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER (aka ARABIAN NIGHTS), ROMARIO, 500 NATIONS, HAMMER LIBRARY, AMBLIN TV SERIES, GUINNESS LIBRARY: includes THE FINAL COUNTDOWN, DEAD & BURIED, etc…

 

GOLDCREST FILMS AND TELEVISION [1988-1995]

DRIFTWOOD

James SPADER, Anne BROCHET, Anna MASSEY

NO WAY HOME

Tim ROTH, Deborah UNGER, James RUSSO

SPACE TRUCKERS

Dennis HOPPER, Stephen DORFF, Charles DANCE, Debi MAZAR, George WENDT

NORTHSTAR
(aka TASHUNGA)

Christopher LAMBERT, James CAAN, Catherine MACORMACK

BULLET

Tupac SHAKUR, Mickey ROURCKE, directed by Julian TEMPLE

BOLT

Richard GRIECO, Sean YOUNG, Michael IRONSIDE

THE HARVEST

Harvey FIERSTEIN, Miguel FERRER, Leilani SARELLE

PAINTED HEART
(aka THE PAINT JOB)

Bebe NEUWIRTH, Will PATTON, Robert PASTORELLI, Casey SIEMASZKO

ME & VERONICA

Elizabeth MACGOVERN, John HEARD, Patricia WETTIG

ROCK-A-DOODLE

Full length animated feature directed by Don BLUTH with the voices of Glen CAMPBELL, Christopher PLUMMER, Ellen GREENE

SCORCHERS

Jennifer TILLY, Emily LLOYD, James EARL JONES, Faye DUNAWAY, Denham ELLIOTT

ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN

Full length animated feature directed by Don BLUTH with the voices of Burt REYNOLDS, Dom DE LUISE, Charles MARTIN SMITH, and Loni ANDERSON

BLACK RAINBOW

Jason ROBARDS, Rosanna ARQUETTE, Tom HULCE

WHITE LIGHT

Martin KOVE, Martha HENRY, Alison HOSSACK

SHADOW OF THE WOLF
(aka AGAGUK)

Luis DIAMOND PHILLIPS, Toshiro MIFUNE
(sales subsequently moved to Vision pdg)

WHITE MISCHIEF

Directed by Michael RADFORD, starring Charles DANCE, Greta SCACCHI

Library titles:

THE MISSION, THE KILLING FIELDS, REVOLUTION, LOCAL HERO, ROOM WITH A VIEW, MAURICE, THE NAME OF THE ROSE, HOPE AND GLORY, ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS, ENIGMA, ANOTHER COUNTRY, DANCE WITH A STRANGER, MR LOVE, SMOOTH TALK, CAL, NAZI HUNTER – THE BEATE KLARSFELD STORY, THE FAR PAVILIONS, DREAM ONE, MOONLIGHTING, THE PLOUGHMAN’S LUNCH, RUNNERS, AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN, RED MONARCH, FIRE AND ICE, P’TANG YANG KIPPERBANG, EXPERIENCE PREFERRED BUT NOT ESSENTIAL, THE FROG PRINCE, KNIGHTS AND EMERALDS, THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIER, SECRETS, SHARMA AND BEYOND, THOSE GLORY GLORY DAYS, WINTER FLIGHT, FOREVER YOUNG, THE FAR PAVILIONS, MOUNTBATTEN – THE LAST VICEROY, THE GILBERT & SULLIVAN SERIES, LOOPHOLE, etc…

 

WORLD FILM ALLIANCE [1985-1987]

KANGAROO

Colin FRIELS, Judy DAVIS

THE NAKED COUNTRY

Jack THOMPSON

STARSHIP
(aka LORCA AND THE OUTLAWS aka 2084)

Directed by Roger CHRISTIAN

KING OF THE CITY

Tony CURTIS

THE NINJA MISSION

 

RANK [1984-1985]

HEAT & DUST

Julie CHRISTIE