Zygi Kamasa

Zygi Kamasa (born 12 November 1969) is a Swedish-British entertainment studio executive and film executive producer. He currently serves as CEO of Lionsgate UK & Europe.

Career

Zygi Kamasa started his film career in 1993 as Founder and Managing Director of TV production company Scorpio Productions, based at Pinewood Studios. In 1998, he co-founded the independent film distribution company Redbus Film, producing and distributing films in the UK including Bend It Like Beckham.

In October 2005, Redbus Film was sold to Lionsgate Entertainment for $35 million and became Lionsgate UK in February 2006.

As CEO of Lionsgate UK, Kamasa has overseen the investment, production and distribution of UK Top Ten Box office films including three installments of The Hunger Games franchise, The Expendables and its sequels The Expendables 2 and 3, Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-winning Hurt Locker and action film Olympus Has Fallen.

Kamasa’s credits as Executive Producer of UK films include Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt, the Railway Man, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, and A Little Chaos, starring Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman.

Zygi

Zygi (Greek: Ζύγι; Turkish: Terazi) is a small village on the south coast of Cyprus, between Limassol and Larnaca. Before 1974, Zygi had a mixed Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot population.

The Evangelos Florakis Navy Base explosion of 11 July 2011 damaged every house in the village.

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