The Mise En Scene Company

The Mise en Scène Company, LTD
Company typePrivate
Industry
FoundedMarch 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)
FounderPaul S.L Yates
Headquarters
London United Kingdom
Number of locations
3
Area served
World
Key people
Paul Stuart Lewis Yates (chairman and CEO)
ProductsMotion Pictures
Services
Number of employees
5+
ParentThe Mise En Scene Company Holdings
Divisions
  • MSC Holdings
  • MSC Film
  • MSC Television
  • MSC Theatre
  • MSC Games
Websitemiseenscenecompany.com

The Mise en Scène Company, LTD (MSC) is an independent global film, multimedia and production company. [1][2] MSC distributes and represents films in the United States, United Kingdom and internationally.

History and founding

MSC was founded by Paul S.L. Yates and Netto Fernandes, during furlough from their jobs at The Ritz London hotel amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This downtime has been attributed as catalyzing their efforts to launch the company. Although named after the cinematic term "mise en scène," [3]the founders' are quoted as being inspired by "mise en place" whilst they worked at the Ritz.[1]

The founder

Paul Yates
CEO of the Mise En Scene Company
Personal details
Born (1988-06-03) 3 June 1988
Aberdeen, Scotland
NationalityBritish
EducationGray's School of Art (BA)

Paul Stuart Lewis Yates (born June 1988) is the head of the Lewis family[4], a British film sales executive and the founder of The Mise En Scène Company (MSC),[2][5] a UK-based international film sales agency and distributor known for representing independent films at major film markets. Under Yates' leadership, MSC has established a reputation for supporting independent films.[5][6][7][8][9][10] Yates launched The Mise En Scène Company in 2020. MSC debuted its first slate at the EFM. Prior to this, in 2020 Yates worked at the Ritz in London.[5][11][12][4]

Between Scotland and London Yates spent just under a year living in Genova -working for a global film sales company Devil Works-, where he also had photography published in il Giornale and writing published in The Travel Club an online magazine.[13]

In 2018 Yates was a national Communications Officer at GMB Scotland and was involved heavily in the largest woman's equal pay campaign in British history which nearly brought the city of Glasgow to bankruptcy.[14] The case was settled for £770m.[15] The council was subsequently forced to sell Kelvingrove Art Gallery and the City Chambers and then rent them back for £1.5b over 30 years.[16]

Projects and acquisitions

MSC has managed global sales for several films. In 2021, it handled global sales for The True Don Quixote, starring Danny Huston, Jack Kilmer, Jacob Batalon and Tim Blake Nelson, the film was released by Signature Entertainment in the U.K.[10] That same year, MSC also managed the global sales for American Reject, featuring Kathleen Monteleone and Tim O'Leary, at the Cannes Film Market. In 2022, it secured global sales for The Magnificent Meyersons, which stars Emmy-nominated actor Elizabeth Perkins and Jeff Perry . The company has also provided private consultation to producers.[17] [18] In 2024, MSC took on global sales for Driven, starring Rebecca Henderson and Liza Colón-Zayas [19][20][9][21]. In 2025 the company signed David Krumholtz starring film Forelock and announced a market screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.[22] [23]

Distribution

Anchorage MSC limited VHS run

In 2024 MSC coordinated a limited theatrical run in the US for The Magnificent Meyersons, brokered a tv/streaming deal with Starz, coordinated airline sales and Latin American distribution. [24][25][26]

In 2025 in partnership with Lunchmeat VHS and Discordia Anchorage was released on a limited VHS run.[27]

Film awards

References

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