KNOCKOUT PRODUCTIONS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Executive Producer - India. ( F.C.a )
Specialising in Internal Audits and Business Advisory Services Harish is a prominent and well respected, with over 16 years experience in Financial Accountancy and Management. Harish's forte lies in restructuring operations, fraud control and development of costing and budgeting models for complex diversified industries. He has a natural flair for constant innovation in the business intelligence systems offered by the company. Harish's entrepreneurial acumen has helped maximise profitability and efficiency as the company rose to become a global entity.
Knockout Production services Line Producer is the highly skilled and experienced Iliya Sotirov, based in Bulgaria. His long list of impressive production credits include Plebs (since 2013), Ultimate Warfare (2013), 5 Days of War (2011) and The Black Dahlia (2006). His skilled professionalism and ability to thrive within positions of responsibility has led meant that since 2000 Iliya has worked on over 40 films and been ‘Head of Production' at Nu Boyana Studios.
With over 18 years of TV industry experience Jo has worked as a Producer, Production Manager, Script Writer and Interviewer for National Geographic, The Disney Channel, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, The Discovery Channel and CBeebies. Her credits include ‘Equinox: Wave that shook the World' (Emmy & Grierson nominated), ‘Miracles and Multiples' (Co-writer for Channel 4 which became National Geographic's highest rated show and awarded the AA science award). Jo moved into PR and is committed to Social Media Management for her clients.
Having set up Knockout in December 2015, Kenton has been the driving force behind this global business. With far reaching and high-ranking professional contacts, Kenton has been able to ensure Knockout is able to deliver in some of the toughest territories on Earth.
Kenton has ensured Knockout helps producers to tell new stories in an authentic way, reduces the risk of the unknown in foreign territories and specialises in advising international production companies on how to best combine governmental support (incentives, tax credits and logistics) with local production knowledge and locations.
Exceptional business acumen, vast production experience and his strength in effectively and rapidly adapting to different work environments has been key to Kenton's success. His C.V is beset with fantastic industry accolades - from becoming the youngest ever Director for LWT at the age of 20, through to being actively involved in the development of media related government policy including the 30% Abu Dhabi Production Rebate and the first freelancer visa in the Gulf region.
Kenton has gained international credits for projects such as Next Of Kin - Mammoth Pictures (ITV), The Grand Tour - Chump Productions (Amazon Prime), Bang Bang - Fox Star Studios (Indian Market), Baby - Friday Filmworks (Indian Market), Fast & Furious 7 - Universal Studios, Top Gear - BBC, X Factor Australia - Fremantle, Sky News Arabia HD - BskyB, Fox Movies & Series HD - News Corp International, News - CNN, FIFA Club World Cup - Endemol for FIFA.
From ‘Senior Television Scheduler' at M7 TV, Liz moved to BBC Wood Lane, working in Current Operations, before focusing on PR and writing. Having led the press department for Ellen Kent Opera and Ballet International, she worked her way up to ‘Deputy Executive Producer' before leaving to start her own business. Working in writing and PR Liz now owns the digital magazine ‘In Maidstone' and continues her successful PR and communications work promoting high end clients.
Job Titles:
- Line Producer and Company Director ( Knockout Malaysia )
Having worked with numerous film directors (including Oliver Stone, Kamal Mustapha and Roland Jaffe to name a few) Zurina's roles have included Production Manager, Line Producer, Producer and Executive Producer. Working on features and series such as Hoore! Hoore! (Astro Shaw), Sekelip Mata (Grand Brilliant), TRW The Movie (U2Media), Tulus Ikhlas (directed by Hafiz Ibhahim), Tombiruo (directed by Seth Larney) Marco Polo Season Two (Netflix) and ‘The Prey' (Blumhouse Productions).