(October 30, 2018 to January 6, 2019) He was original London producer for the musical, "Billy Elliot," at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia. Lee Hall wrote the book and lyrics. Elton John was composer. Stephen Daldry was original London director. Martin Koch was original orchestra manager. Angela Morrison and David Furnish were original London executive producers. Tim Began, Jon Finn and Sally Greene were also London producers. Matthew Gardiner was director and choreographer. Eric Schaeffer was artistic director.
We are trying to up the ante a little bit in terms of the scale and diversity of films we make ... You have to have films that are going to do $200-$400m in box office revenue, and finding them from here [Britain] is difficult.