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Nick Heath 
Born Nicholas Heath
25 March 1949
Wimbledon, London, EnglandNick Heath (born 25 March 1949, Wimbledon, London, England) is an English music, television and film producer, publisher, designer and founder of Birdland Film,[1][2] Nick Heath Design Group[3] and Heath Media.[4]
Son of British big band leader Ted Heath, he is the recipient of numerous awards for his endeavors in the entertainment industry.
Additionally, one of his architectural/design projects (in Fulham, London) was listed as part of London’s Annual Open House for the ‘Best Buildings In The City’.[5]
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Music
He joined Robbins Music Corporation – the music publishing division of MGM,[6] in the A&R department, and was initially responsible for managing the company’s film soundtrack division including: The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Kiss Me Kate, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Guys and Dolls, High Society, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Gigi, Ben-Hur, North by Northwest, How the West Was Won, Doctor Zhivago, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Thomas Crown Affair, Shaft and Ken Russell’s production of The Boyfriend with Twiggy and Timothy Buttons.
Establishing, and heading up a contemporary song writing division for Robbins, and setting up EMI Music Publishing,[7] Heath worked with John Sebastian,[8] Tim Hardin, Mickey Gallagher and John Turnbull.
He formed the artiste management company, Firework, who signed the Scottish band Pilot, and they had chart success with "Magic" and "January".
Founding Rialto Records,[9] an independent record label, he had further success with The Korgis and The Mobiles. Rialto Art, became an award winning design agency with Design & Art Direction (D&AD).
Publishing
Heath founded The Rainbow Group of companies representing Walt Disney, Universal, Paramount, and Columbia Pictures which exclusively published book and audio editions of the film output from these studios, including Jungle Book, A-Team, Ghostbusters. He produced the award winning dramatized 'Theatre for Children' series of Roald Dahl books Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Television
With Nick Austin (Beggars Banquet Records) and Mike Appleton, he executive produced the 'Art of Landscape' classical music series, providing Channel 4 with more than 200 hours of daytime music television programming.
Film
Heath formed producer partnerships with Nora Ephron[10] at Columbia Pictures, and Andrew Eaton and Michael Winterbottom at Polygram/Universal.
He executive produced the Toronto World of Comedy Film Festival[11] selection The Most Unromantic Man In The World, which was written and directed by his son, James Heath and Gratian Dimech.
In 2009, Heath formed a US based feature film production company, Birdland Film.[1][12] Birdland's first feature "Bigger than Jesus", will commence shooting in 2011.
Design
Founder of the Nick Heath Design Group,[3] Heath has designed residential and commercial buildings and interiors in the UK and the US. One of his recent projects in London, The Piper Building, was listed as one of 'Best Buildings In The City' as part of the London Annual Open House.[5]
References
- ^ a b http://www.birdlandfilm.com/ Retrieved 4 October 2010
- ^ http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm2264259/ Retrieved 4 October 2010
- ^ a b Nickheath.com Retrieved 5 December 2010
- ^ http://www.heathmedia.com Retrieved 12 February 2011
- ^ a b http://www.londonopenhouse.org/ Retrieved 4 October 2010
- ^ Kohn on Music Licensing/Al Kohn, Bob Kohn ISBN 1-7355-1447-X Retrieved 4 October 2010
- ^ M. William Krasilovsky, Sidney Shemel, John M. Gross, Jonathan Feinstein This Business of Music - The Definitive Guide to the Music Industry ISBN 978-0-8230-7723-6 Retrieved 4 October 2010
- ^ http://www.johnbsebastian.com/bio.html Retrieved 4 October 2010
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/label/Rialto+Records Retrieved 4 October 2010
- ^ http://www.getstudiosystem.com/ Retrieved 4 October 2010
- ^ http://www.worldcomedyfilmfest.com/ Retrieved 4 October 2010
- ^ http://pro.imdb.com/company/co0304090/ Retrieved 4 October 2010
Categories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- English film producers
- People from Wimbledon, London
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