ACARA STRATEGY - Key Persons


MALCOLM CLARKE

Job Titles:
  • Director / Producer / Writer
  • Director Writer Advisor
Two-time Academy Award winner, 4x nominee, and 16x Emmy winner, Director/Producer/Writer Malcolm has been making movies since the early 1980s in the U.K., U.S, Canada and now China. He has made films in more than 80 countries and his work has also won awards from the DGA, WGA, DGC, Cable ACE and was the recipient of the BAFTA ‘John Grierson' prize. He co-founded Artefact Entertainment, which focuses on integrated cross-media marketing and produces creative content for brands and the public sector. Malcolm divides his time between Shanghai and Toronto.

VISHWAS THAKKAR - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Digital Expert Advisor
Vishwas is the Founder & head digital strategist at Concinnity Ltd., a boutique digital consultancy, which specializes in digital media analytics, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and marketing automation. Vishwas and his team use data-driven strategies to help companies raise their brand visibility and online presence. Concinnity is headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Singapore & Germany. Vishwas is also a visiting lecturer in digital marketing at The University of Hong Kong. He graduated with a BSc in Engineering, majoring in Information Technology, from the University of Mumbai and holds an MBA from NMIMS.

YI HAN

Job Titles:
  • Director Writer Advisor
Co-founder of Artefact Entertainment, Yi has been awarded the prestigious Golden Horse and is a multiple award-winning film producer with expertise in international co-production, strategic marketing and the distribution of China-related films. Her producer work includes acclaimed feature documentaries China Heavyweight and Last Train Home. Her directorial debut "In My Eyes" was the only Chinese film in the documentary competition at the 2018 Shanghai International Film Festival. Prior to filmmaking, Yi was an Anchor for CCTV and Sichuan Provincial TV. She holds a Masters Degree in Journalism. Yi is based in Shanghai.