Robert P. Atwell , Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Camelot Entertainment Group, founded Camelot Films in 1979. He is a versatile, action-oriented, executive producer with over twenty five years of increasingly responsible management positions, specializing in projects for the motion picture industry. Mr. Atwell has been involved in all phases of feature film production, including research and development, acquisitions, packaging, financing, budgeting and forecasting, writing, casting, pre-production, physical production, post-production, domestic and foreign distribution, sales and marketing, publicity, insurance, completion bonding, syndication, corporate, legal, union negotiation, contract enforcement, product placement and promotion
Mr. Atwell has been involved in the development, financing and production of more than twenty feature film projects during his career. Working primarily behind the scenes, he has developed and implemented domestic and international financing facilities, designed and implemented domestic and international sales and marketing campaigns and established completion bond programs for low budget films. After establishing Camelot Films in New York and its subsequent expansion into London and Los Angeles between 1979 and 1981, Mr. Atwell developed a financing program in 1982 that resulted in the company’s first feature film being 100% financed directly from a major international bank utilizing only the negative as collateral. Prior to founding Camelot Films, Mr. Atwell served as vice president of Sunset Productions, where he was responsible for acquisition, finance, production and distribution for the Los Angeles-based company. Mr. Atwell began his career in 1976 with On the Scene Productions, where his responsibilities included the physical production of various publishing, commercial, television and feature film projects.
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