Mike Downey founded the UK-based independent production house Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) in 2000 as part of an IPO on the Frankfurt DAX and to date has production credits nigh on 100 feature films.

Educated at the Universities of Warwick, Paris III (Sorbonne-Nouvelle), where he was a Boursier du Gouvernement Français (French Government Scholar) and Paris X (Nanterre) where he did his Master’s degree and began his doctorate and while concurrently teaching at the prestigious Lycée Charlemagne and the theatre school at the Théâtre des Amandiers – Nanterre – under Patrice Chereau.

He spent most of the eighties as a theatre director and producer in France, Germany, the former Yugoslavia and the U.K., and the nineties as the co-founder and publisher of the Moving Pictures International group of media publications. He then established the prolific UK production house.

In his relatively short career as a film producer he has worked with the likes of Peter Greenaway, Agnieszka Holland, Julien Temple, Pawel Pawlikowski, Andrzej Jakimowski, Rajko Grlic, Srdjan Karanovic, Juraj Jakubisko, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, and Stephen Daldry, as well as a multitude of other directors the length and breadth of Europe, South America, Africa and India.

Mike divides his time more or less equally between his homes in Notting Hill and Istria, and the film sets that he is shooting in various parts of the world.

Lisa acts as Personal Assistant to Sam Taylor working with FAME’s successful and diverse international client base. 

Lisa has worked with agents, clients and artists on many production related matters as well as supporting Sam with a busy diary, projects, travel and general administrative support.

In her spare time Lisa can often be found walking with her much loved English Bull Terrier, Jessie and supports various charitable animal projects. 

Lisa also holds several wellbeing certificates and practices Reiki which she feels brings a great combination of balance and harmony to everyday life.

Anita Danino is a qualified accountant who has worked with Film and Music Entertainment since 2008. She previously worked as the management accountant at the Royal Opera House for a number of years following 10 years working as an accountant in investment banking.

Tesfa is a Senior Technical Consultant at Tech Access, a MSP providing IT consultancy and support services to a range of global clients, particularly in the UK, UAE, USA and Australia. 

Tesfa is particularly hands-on with FAME, and after completing our email migration, he and his team have been on-hand to assist with all computing & IT queries we swing their way. 

Away from work Tesfa is a keen musician – a self-taught pianist, guitarist, & soon to be saxophonist. When not busy making melodies, Tesfa is keeping up to date with football news, being an avid Arsenal fan.