Philippe Ashfield
President
Philippe Ashfield is a Hollywood Talent Manager, Executive Procuer and CEO of Instant Entertainment. With his broad-based and extensive interpersonal skills, Philippe is a visionary and entrepreneur who is innovative in recruiting, developing and marketing individual artists' brands - primarily within the Film and TV industry. Philippe is a Partner Producer of Akula Films/Literary Talent which was founded by Scarlett Johansson.
With strong management and leadership abilities, Philippe specialises in personal promotion in order to achieve the ambitions of his clients' personal goals and objectives.
'Striving for equality and diversity with a strong focus on the treatment and representation of the LGBTQ+ community and women within the industry.'
Philippe was made an Ambassador to The Birmingham International Film Festival and a Grand Juror.
DAVID
LEWIS
Vice President
David Ashfield - Lewis joined the company in 2019 as a screenwriter specialising in LGBTQ+ topics. Being a part of the community himself, he realised that there is a lack of content aimed at his audience and wanted to change this. David has created the world's first LGBTQ+ animated adult sitcom that is now in development which is an exciting time for the Instant Entertainment team.
David is now Vice President of Instant Entertainment and works closely with its President Philippe Ashfield in all productions that have been announced or in development.
David stands for LGBTQ+ rights, women's rights and, rights for people of colour which makes him the perfect fit for the Instant Entertainment brand.
TARA
REID
Executive Producer
Tara has been an integral part of the team since early 2020. With her experience in co-producing multiple projects, as well as her memorable roles in Hollywood movies alongside A-listers, Tara has proven to be an influential woman in the film industry for over 25 years. Turning her hand to a behind-the-scenes role demonstrates the knowledge and skills she has acquired in this ever-changing world of film.
DYLAN
COLLINS
Managing Director (USA)
Dylan Collins was born and raised outside of Nashville, Tennessee. At 15, he began working with the Disney Channel’s ‘’It Factor’’. He began to advance his acting career by auditioning and winning the leading role on Disney’s Ant Farm, only to later turn it down due to personal reasons.
Collins remained active in the entertainment industry, through his social media work but would soon make his return to acting in a crime drama, ‘’Living In Sin’’, with Raging Cowboy Productions.
Because of his continued involvement in acting, hosting, and entertainment, he grew in popularity on social media sites and gained a massive following.
By sixteen, he had hosted numerous meet and greet events such as Teen Hoot. Both he and friend Austin Mahone went on to attend Teen Hoot’s “Hoot-A-Ween” in 2011.
Dylan has now joined forces with INSTANT ENTERTAINMENT as our Managing Director in the United States where he will source and manage talent in the film, music and literary fields.
Françoise
Pascal
Co - Producer
Françoise is best known for starring in, 'There's a Girl in My Soup' (1970) playing Paola with Peter Sellers. Kirk Douglasspotted her at the White Elephant in Mayfair and offered her the lead role in 'Skallawag' but she turned it down to do a Jean Rollin film
'The Iron Rose' (1973). Françoise broke into television in October 1971 in 'CoronationStreet' playing Ray Langdon's friend.
Then came numerous guest star roles with Rex Harrison in 'Don Quixote', Lee Remickin Tennessee Williams' 'Summer & Smoke', 'Terry & June' with June Whitfield andTerry Scott, 'Giants & Ogres' for Granada, etc. She is well remembered for her role of Danielle Favre in 'Mind Your Language' (1977).
Françoise left for the USA in 1980. In Hollywood she appeared in the hit TV show 'TheYoung & The Restless, she co-starred with the late Robert Urich in the TV series Gavillan'. She went on to star in theatre in Hollywood playing Rosalind in 'As You LikeIt' and Octavia in 'Anthony and Cleopatra' and Olivia in 'Twelfth Night’. Then co-starredwith Mickey Rooney and Susan George in 'Lightning the White Stallion’. Her fame had seen her with little happiness but fulfilled her childhood ambition of being an actress .