Stewart Till, CBE (born 1951) was the chairman and chief executive of

United International Pictures United International Pictures (UIP) is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that distributes their films outside the United States and Canada. UIP also had international distribution rights to certain Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...

from 2002 to 2006. He is a graduate of the

University of Bath (Virgil, Georgics II) , mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind , established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...

. Till was deputy managing director of

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's movie channels and joined

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (formerly known as PolyGram Films and PolyGram Pictures or simply PFE) was a British film studio founded in 1979 which became a European competitor to Hollywood, but was eventually sold to Seagram Company Ltd. in 19 ...

in January 1992 as President of its international distribution arm before joining Universal Pictures International (UPI), where he became president and one of the most important film people in London. He left UPI in 2000 and became chairman and chief executive at UIP. After leaving UIP, he was Chairman of

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UK and then became CEO of

Sonar Entertainment Halcyon Studios, LLC., formerly known as Sonar Entertainment, RHI Entertainment, Hallmark Entertainment, Qintex Entertainment, HRI Group and Robert Halmi Inc., is an American entertainment company specializing in the production and distribution ...

in 2012. In 1999, he was appointed vice chairman of the new

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. He became chairman after

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left. In July 2006 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the

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Alumni of the University of Bath Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1951 births Living people {{UK-film-bio-stub