Media Futures: How to turn a hobby into millions
- Date: Tuesday 14 November 2023, 16:00 – 17:00
- Location: Chemistry West Block LT F (G.74)
- Cost: Free
Founder and CEO of IMDb, Col Needham, talks about how he turned his passion for films into an internet movie database.
He believes that: ‘all of life’s riddles are found in the movies’. IMDb now has over four million movies TV and entertainment programmes and more than eight million cast and crew members
Free screening of The Kid
After Col Needham’s Media Futures talk, you are invited to join Col at Hyde Park Picture House at 18:20 for a special free screening of Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid.
Col will be introducing the film – rated one of IMDb’s 250 great films of all time – as part of celebrations for the cinema’s 109th birthday.
Details on how to book your free place are at the Hyde Park Picture House website.