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Mia Bays
With over 18 years experience working in film sales, marketing and distribution, Mia Bays has worked in some of the top sales, distribution and exhibition companies in the UK before becoming a producer in 2004.
Formerly Head of Distribution at The Film Consortium, Mia has worked with such talent as Ang Lee, Shekhar Kapur, Ian McKellen, Michael Winterbottom, John Sayles, - as well as Gavin Hood & Peter Fudakowski (as marketing consultant on Tsotsi), Lucy Walker (Blindsight), for producer Sybil Robson and is working as producer with such writers and directors as Josh Appignanesi & Jay Basu (Song Of Songs), Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Burbs, Matinee), Pete Travis (Vantage Point) and Randall Wright (BAFTA-nominated doc director).
She founded her company, Missing In Action Films, in 2003.
To date, Missing In Action Films has produced the Oscar-winning short Six Shooter, with Kenton Allen, Ex Memoria by Josh Appignanesi, nominated for a British Indie Film Award 2006, and the acclaimed BAFTA-nominated documentary feature Scott Walker - 30 Century Man by Stephen Kijak - which Verve released in the UK, Madman in Australia and Oscilloscope in the US.
As marketing/distribution consultant, Missing In Action Films has worked on Ano Una for Focus Features International and Alfonso Cuaron in 2008, on Kicks and Salvage for Digital Departures and on David Morrissey's directorial debut Don't Worry About Me in 2009/10.
Since July 2007 Mia has been a key component of the micro-budget feature film scheme MICROWAVE for Film London and the BBC as Creative Executive. For Microwave, Mia is overseeing the production and marketing/distribution of 10 features including: Mum And Dad, Shifty, Freestyle, British Guide To Showing Off, Strawberry Fields and Foxglove.
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