Stewart Mackinnon

Co-Founder and CEO Circle Pictures Stewart has a distinguished track record as a drama producer with over four decades of experience, producing award winning film and television for the global market. He developed and produced some of the most iconic award-winning drama including his 40 hour long Amazon series Man In The High Castle which has become the cornerstone of the streaming network’s line-up, winner of two Primetime Emmys and many other awards.

Quartet Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut and Golden Globe nominee, The Miners Tapes winner of the Grierson Award, This Little Life BAFTA nominated and winner of the Dennis Potter, BANFF and RTS awards, The Invisible Woman Oscar nominated, starring and directed by Ralph Fiennes, Heavy Water War (Saboteurs) the Prix Italia winning series, and the Emmy Award winning Peter and Wendy starring Stanley Tucci and Paloma Faith.

Stewart has partnered with leading media organisations including BBC Drama, BBC Films, HBO, ITV, ITV Global Entertainment, Fremantle, Channel 4, Film 4, A&E, ZDF, NRK, Sky Atlantic, Amazon, Microsoft, Sony Entertainment, Lionsgate, Red Arrow, E-One, Catalyst, Edelman, and Participant Media. He also has had the pleasure of working with some of the most distinguished producers, writers, directors and actors including David Thompson, Polly Hill, Len Amato, Sir Ronald Harwood, Trevor Griffiths, Adrian Hodges, Howard Brenton, Jed Mercurio, Michael Hirst, Frank Spotnitz, David Zucker, Eric Oleson, Eric Overmyer, David Semel, Abi Morgan, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, Sir Ridley Scott, Mike Newell, Edward Berger, Dan Percival, Diarmuid Laurence, Sarah Gavron, Adrian Shergold, Dustin Hoffman, Pierce Brosnan, Rupert Sewell, Michael Douglas, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sheridan Smith, Tom Hollander, Dame Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon and Felicity Jones

Jere Sullivan

Co-Founder and President of Circle Pictures is also an international public affairs consultant who has supported leading international corporations, major trade associations and sovereign governments over his 30 years living and working in political capitals from Washington, D.C. to Brussels. For his clients he has successfully organized global events, managed major crises, and successfully helped tell their stories in the media as part of multi-faceted public affairs programs.

Jere Sullivan has spent over three decades working in international public relations and government affairs supporting some of the most prestigious companies, sovereign governments, NGOs and multilateral organizations in telling their stories. As Chairman of International Public Affairs for Edelman, the world’s largest communications firm, he lived and worked in the world’s most influential political capitals from Washington, D.C. to Brussels to Riyadh. He was responsible for some of the most prestigious programs over his 30+ year career that encompassed crisis and issues management, thought leadership, media relations and public affairs all aimed at advocating specific positions for his clients. In this capacity he created the Innovation Barometer, GE’s signature thought leadership platform, developed the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, a global campaign to highlight and honor the humanitarian work of individuals around the world and managed communications campaigns for the G20 in Brazil and the B20 in Saudi Arabia.

His public relations perspective brings a unique capability to Circle Pictures not only in terms of creating compelling stories on important global issues in the form of drama, but also in elevating those stories beyond the small and big screen. He does so through media relations, bespoke programs, participation in multilateral events such as the United Nations General Assembly Week and through international forums such as the World Economic Forum. His experience allows Circle Pictures to elevate their films and television projects as communications platforms to raise awareness of the stories – and their essence – to decision makers around the world.