James F. Cardwell

This article is about the entertainment industry consultant. For other people named James (Jim) Cardwell, see James Cardwell.

James F. ("Jim") Cardwell[1] is an entertainment industry consultant.[2] He served as president of Warner Home Video from 2002 to 2016.[3] Since his departure from Warner Bros., Cardwell has focused on content production. He was the executive producer of the motion picture Bienvenue Cannes,[4] through his production company TRMC, as well as producer of The Final Season.

From 2009 through 2015 Cardwell served as chairman and CEO of the entertainment film company WR Entertainment.[5]

In January 2016, Cardwell with his colleagues at WR Entertainment took the company public in Norway.[6] In November 2016 the media announced a revolt by a group of WR shareholders, which sought to remove Cardwell as chairman.[7] Following the departure of WR's founder and vice chairman, Ryan Wiik, the next day Cardwell was ousted by the shareholders in a 58% to 42% vote.[8]

In April 2017 Cardwell sued WR Entertainment for breach of contract.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Jim Cardwell and Ed Byrnes named Executive Vice Presidents at Warner Home Video". The Free Library. PR Newswire. 22 January 1993. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Jim Cardwell: ESCA Europe 2009". Entertainment Supply Chain Academy. 14 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012.
  3. ^ Brogliatti, Barbara (8 January 2003). "Warner Home Video veteran James Cardwell has been named President, Warner Home Video". Time Warner.
  4. ^ "Jim Cardwell IMDB Profile". IMDB.
  5. ^ Sæter, Kjetil (20 May 2017). "Mannen som ville være Morgen Kane" [The man who would be Morgan Kane] (in Norwegian). Dagens Næringsliv. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  6. ^ http://www.h-a.no/kultur/tror-paa-filmdrommen/ [dead link]
  7. ^ Strømmen, Karl (11 Nov 2016). "Opprør i Morgan Kane leiren". DN. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  8. ^ Ripegutu, Halvor (14 December 2016). "Styreleder og hovedrolleinnhaver ute av styret". Nettavisen. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Da Morgan Kane-selskapet gikk på børs, ringte styrelederen i bjellen. Nå saksøker han det for over 30 millioner kroner". DN.no. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  10. ^ Morgan Kane-boss is furious after new lawsuit