Veteran U.K. media executive Miles Ketley, who most recently served as CEO of Stolen Picture, died on Oct. 12. Colleagues remember him as 'a modern-day warrior poet' who created new ways of doing business.
Ketley — whose death was announced Monday, but who died on Oct. 12 — had a wide-ranging career in film and television that spanned 25 years. It’s believed his death was sudden, and a cause is still unknown.
In 2004, Ketley returned to the U.K., where he joined former Olswang colleague Charles Moore to co-found the Film and TV Group at media law firm Wiggin. With their unique experience of having both worked in the U.S. studio system, they quickly developed a client base consisting of every U.S. studio and mini-major, as well as many of the leading U.K. independent film production companies. In doing so, they created one of the U.K.’s pre-eminent entertainment law practices.
In addition to serving as CEO of Stolen Picture, Ketley was also a partner in the media financing company Stone Story Media, a trustee of the Independent Cinema Office and on the event committee for the British Independent Film Awards. “He had an incredible empathy for others and a huge generosity of spirit, creating talent incubators, mentoring and changing the lives of a number of young underprivileged filmmakers and reshaping the careers of many others. Miles was incredible company — warm, energetic, wise, interested, gracious and so, so funny. He will be hugely missed by all who knew him, and I am deeply privileged to have had him as a business partner and my closest friend,” said Moore.
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