Future Artists is a Film Studio run in the style of United Artists back in the day of Charlie Chaplain – there is no physical studio but a network of high end film people that bring together everything that's needed to make films! We have a technology partner, a PR company and a media accountants. We have a facilities house, actors agencies, script writers and post production facilities ready and waiting. We are negotiating with a specialist law firm and advertising agencies at the moment. We are specialising in new media from funding to distribution but are still engaged with traditional models – you can't teach an old dog new tricks but old dogs can still teach tricks!

We are committed to creating a sustainable, seriously amazing and financially sound film industry in the North West and working with all film makers in order to achieve this so that everything we learn, develop or create we share. Right now we are working on projects that have a good return potential so we can grow as a financially backable indy film region and start getting some serious budgets back to the North West!

The media industry today is a new world, but its not that scary, difficult or unknown, its simple. No more 'Film Industry', then 'TV industry' and then 'that internet thing the kids do'. There is just content and platforms. Each platform has its politics and different content will do better on different ones in different orders or in different ways.

TV needs cheap content, film revenues are falling and everyone's got at least an email and one of those social media profile things. Each project has an archetype audience, target them from beginning to end and then you've sold every ticket before the film has even been made!

The Future is Future Artists.

Mark Ashmore and Jenny Inchbald