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==David Doepel== |
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David Doepel is a producer and documentary filmmaker. He served as a co |
David Doepel is a producer and documentary filmmaker. He served as a co-producer on the 1998 film Landfall. <ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1079529/</ref> |
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Doepel has held a number of positions at [[Murdoch University]] including Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Development, Interim CEO of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination, and Director, Research Institute for Resource Technology. |
Doepel has held a number of positions at [[Murdoch University]] including Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Development, Interim CEO of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination, and Director, Research Institute for Resource Technology. |
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Prior to this, he served |
Prior to this, he served in the Western Australian Government as Principal Policy Advisor (Science and the Arts) to the then Premier [[Alan Carpenter]] and inaugural Regional Director for the Americas for the Western Australian Trade and Investment Office in [[Los Angeles]]. <ref>http://www.crawfordfund.org/conference/conf2013/2013speakers/david-doepel.html</ref> |
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<ref>http://advance.org/articles/farewell-from-david-doepel-regional-director-the-americas-western-australian-trade-and-investment-of/</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:43, 2 February 2014
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Film Distribution |
Founded | 2013 |
Headquarters | Perth, Australia |
Area served | Australia, New Zealand |
Key people | David Doepel (Managing Director) Andrew Hazelton (Sales & Marketing) Barbara Connell (Development) |
Website | http://leapfrogfilms.com.au/ |
Leap Frog Films is an Australian film distributor. The company was founded by David Doepel and Barbara Connell.
History
Leap Frog Films was founded in March 2013. The company releases films targeted at people aged 55-plus, as well as family-friendly films. [1]
The company was founded after Doepel acquired the Spanish animated film Wrinkles at Cannes Film Festival in 2012. [2] Following this he acquired The Sea and the Nigerian-British film Half of a Yellow Sun at Toronto International Film Festival. Based on the 2006 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun will release in Australia in March 2014. [3]
David Doepel
David Doepel is a producer and documentary filmmaker. He served as a co-producer on the 1998 film Landfall. [4]
Doepel has held a number of positions at Murdoch University including Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Development, Interim CEO of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination, and Director, Research Institute for Resource Technology.
Prior to this, he served in the Western Australian Government as Principal Policy Advisor (Science and the Arts) to the then Premier Alan Carpenter and inaugural Regional Director for the Americas for the Western Australian Trade and Investment Office in Los Angeles. [5] [6]
References
- ^ http://if.com.au/2013/10/16/article/LPZMDNNUXE.html
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/news/ni56308789/
- ^ http://if.com.au/2013/11/12/article/Leap-Frog-nabs-Half-of-a-Yellow-Sun/IHFWZZZBZR.html
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1079529/
- ^ http://www.crawfordfund.org/conference/conf2013/2013speakers/david-doepel.html
- ^ http://advance.org/articles/farewell-from-david-doepel-regional-director-the-americas-western-australian-trade-and-investment-of/
External links
- Leap Frog Films [1]