Mikael Shields

Mikael’s filmography is testament to his long-term creative vision and leadership. Over a period of 30 years Mikael has established an international reputation for identifying, developing and producing a wide range of hit film and television projects including Nick Park’s Oscar winning Wallace & Gromit, the global phenomenon that is Pingu, BAFTA winning Hilltop Hospital, the multi-award winning Flatworld and Aardman Animation’s Rex The Runt. Other projects include Noddy, Funny Bones, Operavox, The Animals of Farthing Wood, Narnia, The Borrowers, Pond Life and LAVA LAVA. Mikael has led creative teams in senior roles at the BBC, EVA Entertainment, Pearson Television, Atom Films, Ealing Studios and now at Acamar Films.

Awards

Nick Park’s Wallace & Gromit, The Wrong Trousers, Animated Short Film, Oscar Winner; Nick Park’s Wallace & Gromit, A Close Shave, Animated Short Film, Oscar Winner. (Both films ‘greenlit’ by Mikael as Head of Business Development for BBC Children’s International); Hilltop Hospital 1 BAFTA nomination and 1 BAFTA win for Best Pre-School Series. (Executive Producer); Flatworld, BAFTA nomination, Best Animated Short Film. (Executive Producer); Ten Minutes Older, Cannes Film Festival, nomination, Un Certain Regard. (Associate Producer); Bing, BAFTA nomination, Best Pre-School Animation, International Emmy Winner, Best Pre-School Animation, Winner, Writer’s Guild Award, Best Writing in a Children’s TV episode. (Producer, Team Writer, Series Voice Director).

Julie Fitzjohn

Julie started her career at KPMG London in the Financial Services area, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Julie’s ensuing career has included roles at Universal Music and Sony Music.  At Sony, she worked as label business analyst within the Epic and S2 label divisions, with projects including many large-scale artist renegotiations.  Julie also spent two years as part of Sony Corporation’s internal audit team, and carried out reviews of numerous Sony music, TV and film companies worldwide.

More recently, Julie has concentrated on Finance Director appointments in entrepreneurial or start-up companies within the creative industries. These have included five years at Global Talent Group (now Global Radio) where, among other projects, she worked on the purchase of Chrysalis Radio, and four years at Metropolis Group Limited where the management team completed a buy-out of the business.  As part of that buy-out process, Julie worked on raising private equity finance, a sale and leaseback of the property and the subsequent sale of the company to new investors. Since joining Acamar in 2014, Julie has overseen the running of  the finance and corporate finance teams where she has been responsible for the day-to-day operations of both functions as well as Acamar’s corporate finance initiatives.

Nikica Markot-David

Nikica joined Acamar in 2017 as a Production Assistant working on the fourth series of Bing and has worked her way to her current role of Chief Production and Editorial Officer. Nikica leads all aspects of the global production of Bing including the creation of Bing episodes, all editorial considerations and additional content such as live-action shorts, educational formats, audio, cinema packages, and music videos. Nikica oversees the reversioning of Bing across global territories, responsible for delivering the award-winning series in 37 languages.
Nikica has a theatre background having trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama before working in a number of different production roles across theatre, film and television.