Komixx Sets Up AsiaPac Office

LONDON/LOS ANGELES: Independent film and television outfit Komixx Entertainment is targeting expansion in Australia and Asia with the creation of a new office in Perth to be led by Amanda Morrison.

Morrison is currently chair of the board of directors for the Centre For Interdisciplinary Arts and PVI collective in Western Australia and previously founded Transmedia For Change, an independent documentary and children’s production company.

Komixx Entertainment, known for shows like Toby’s Travelling Circus, Wanda and the Alien and The Kissing Booth, is looking to tap into new opportunities across AsiaPac following a boom in SVOD services in the region. The local office will be based at Open Field Arts Innovation in Perth, focusing on developing and producing local content across scripted, non-scripted and digital formats.

Andrew Cole-Bulgin, joint CEO and head of film and TV at Komixx Media Group, noted, “We are extremely excited to be bringing Amanda on board to help us drive this exciting new chapter in Komixx’s international story. The Australian office serves as a natural progression to our global content strategy and we’re thrilled to be making our mark in the APAC region. Our growth here is a response to the demand for new and exciting content in Asia and Amanda is the perfect person to lead this charge. Her unique international perspective within both the traditional and new media content production markets ensures we’ll have some exciting content emerging from the Perth office very soon.”

Morrison added, “I am really excited to be founding Komixx Entertainment Australia. As producers of high-quality content, I have wanted to collaborate with the Komixx team for a long time as they truly understand the substantial disruption the global film and TV industry is facing by digital technologies and business models. We all agree it is critical to harness the significant opportunity that the digital revolution, mobile and video proliferation represents.

“Globally, Western Australia is uniquely well-placed within the Asia Pacific region to capture this opportunity. Perth is the ideal content production hub to service global forecast demand, and there is clear opportunity here considering current funding offered by ScreenWest, Screen Australia and international treaty arrangements for production.”