CEO
Michael Favelle
Russell Cunningham
Head of Legal Affairs
Astrid Samuel
Development & Acquisitions Executive- Nth America
Lauren Thomas
Established in 2006 by Michael Favelle, Odin's Eye Entertainment (OEE) is a vertically integrated Production, Distribution and International Sales Agency that specializes in working with both emerging and established filmmakers across a wide variety of genres. As a Sales Agency, OEE represents Feature-Length Motion Pictures and Television content worldwide, hosting its own sales booth at every major festival including, but not limited to, CANNES, AFM, MIPCOM, BERLIN & FILMART. Sister company, Odin’s Eye Animation, creates and sources original animation content for developing and producing theatrical animation content for international sale.
OEE signed an Australian output deal with UNIVERSAL on select titles for distribution throughout Australia. OEE commenced its theatrical division with the release of the Australian feature CANOPY followed by SNOW QUEEN 3 and more recently, WHEELY, in theatres throughout Australia. In 2017, Odin’s Eye Entertainment secured Lionsgate (US & UK) home ent distribution for OPEN WATER 3: CAGE DIVE and a direct worldwide distribution deal with Netflix for THE REAL MIYAGI. OEE’s development into China distrIbution has secured VISION FILM ENTERTAINMENT, one of China’s largest Distributors.
Based in OEE’s Sydney offices, Martin Gallery, Head of International Distribution and Acquisitions, oversees sales and acquisitions throughout Asia and Australia/New Zealand and to select European territories. Further enhancing OEE’s international and domestic festival’s calendar is former Sydney Film Festival Coordinator Belinda Davis as EVP Festivals and Communications Manager. South Australian based Astrid Samuel, formerly of WILDBUNCH, is Head of Business Affairs.
Following on from the highly successful release on 1200+ screens worldwide which included a US release through Lionsgate as OPEN WATER 3: CAGE DIVE, OEE’s forward business strategies for 2019 remain focused on prestige
drama which includes the high concept live-action THE FURIES, CONTAINED, DEADTECTIVES, BROTHERS NEST and high-quality animations TALES FROM SANCTUARY CITY, HUMP, DINO KING 3D, FOODIVERSE and ARKIE.
Genres: Action/Adventure, Animation, Biography, Black Comedy, Childrens, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Family, Musical, Mystery, Psycho-Drama, Road Movie, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Science-Fiction, Supernatural Thriller, Suspense, Thriller