CONSISTENTLY CONVERTING
HIGH-QUALITY
IP FOR GLOBAL AUDIENCES
Embankment is one of the world’s premiere independents providing scripted and unscripted entertainment to distribution platforms throughout over 70 countries globally.
Founded in 2012 by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar, Embankment specialises in global commercialization of high-quality, award-winning filmed entertainment.
The Guardian- Stasi FC review – the astonishing tale of the secret police’s football team
28th Nov, 2023
THE GUARDIAN- Lies We Tell review – high stakes and heiresses in tightly laced gothic tale
11th Oct, 2023
‘THE MOVIE TELLER’ REVIEW: BÉRÉNICE BEJO, DANIEL BRÜHL IN AN ENCHANTING CHILEAN CROSS BETWEEN ‘THE LAST PICTURE SHOW’ AND ‘CINEMA PARADISO’ – TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
19th Sep, 2023
‘RINGS OF POWER’ STAR MORFYDD CLARK TO PLAY EVELYN GLENNIE, A PIONEERING DEAF MUSICIAN AND GRAMMY WINNER, IN EMBANKMENT BIOPIC (EXCLUSIVE)
8th Sep, 2023
‘LIES WE TELL’: GALWAY REVIEW
18th Jul, 2023
‘THE MIRACLE CLUB’ REVIEW: A PILGRIMAGE OF FORGIVENESS
16th Jul, 2023
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Libby comes to Embankment having spent 8 years as the VP of Business Affairs at Content where she specialised in multiparty financing and distribution and recently completed its acquisition by Kew Media. Prior to Content, Libby spent 5 years at Odyssey Entertainment heading up the Business and Legal Affairs division.
Libby D'Arcy
General Counsel
Hugo’s international marketing skills were honed at Intermedia and Capitol Films. Most recently he was joint MD of Icon UK Group responsible for the acquisition / distribution of some of their most successful titles including Precious, Paranormal Activity, Apocalypto and The Passion of the Christ.
Hugo Grumbar
Partner
Tim has arranged financing and sold over 150 new feature films and managed amalgamated libraries of over 800 titles. His keen and experienced eye for targeted audiences, and track record for consistently converting IP through to production and global distribution, is reflected in Embankments delivery to the market; highlights include Academy Award Winner The Father, Purple Hearts, Military Wives, McQueen, Le Week-End and Academy Nominated The Wife. His diverse range of quality films is extensive, including 7 Woody Allen films, Shame, Le Weekend, Quartet, Seven Psychopaths, The Wedding Planner, The Quiet American, Sliding Doors, Resident Evil and Academy Award winners, Iris, The Piano, Driving Miss Daisy and Dances with Wolves.
Tim Haslam
Partner
Kevin Loader is one of the UK’s most experienced film and television producers. After a career in arts programmes and drama at BBC Television, he started making feature films over twenty years ago. Through Free Range Films he has produced over ten of the late Roger Michell’s films, from The Mother to the recent documentary about the Queen, Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts.
Loader has also produced films with many other A list directors, including Nicholas Hytner, Armando Iannucci, Andrea Arnold, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Julian Jarrold, Alex Iglesias, Mike Barker and Sir Richard Eyre.
His forthcoming work includes Hettie Macdonald’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Richard Eyre’s Allelujah and the second season of Armando Iannucci’s Avenue 5.
Kevin Loader
Producer & Partner