Rowena Wallace

Interview

Aug 23

From Freelance producing to founding a female-focused management company

Peach House is a female-founded talent management and production house established in 2019 by George Monkland and today’s guest, Rowena Wallace. It is also backed by talent management collective Tricycle Talent. Tricycle’s founder and media veteran Sara Curran is the Peach House chairman.

Peach House represents emerging and established, hand-picked talent both in the UK and internationally. They work closely with their actors, writers, directors, and musicians to create a bespoke relationship with each person, carving a path through the entertainment industry that is tailored to them. Their aim is to nurture and grow the best, most exciting new voices, telling bold, emotive stories through film, television, and theatre.

Rowena has produced multiple award-winning short films, including Laura Kirwan-Ashman’s documentary Pxssy Palace and Michael Constable’s Knock at the Door, which won Best Produced Screenplay at the Los Angeles Independent Film Awards. She is currently in pre-production on The Farmhouse, a debut feature from actress, writer, and director Emma Pierson, a co-production with Kobalt Entertainment, which is scheduled to shoot in October 2021.

Peach House has an exciting development slate with film & television projects from The Bike Thief’s Matt Chambers, filmmaker Benjamin Bond, and aforementioned Laura Kirwan-Ashman’s debut feature Lit, developed with the BFI.

Prior to Peach Rowena worked with some of the industry’s leading directors and producers, including Ben Pugh, Rory Aitken, Fred Berger, Michael Robinson, Max Minghella, and Yorgos Lanthimos, before freelance producing feature films, branded content, and commercials for the likes of Smuggler, Pulse, and Black Sheep.

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“You don't work in this industry because you can earn a quick buck, or it's easy to get into, or it's easy to progress in. You do it because it's a vocation. And you couldn't imagine doing anything else.”

- Rowena Wallace

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Rowena Wallace

From Freelance producing to founding a female-focused management company

“You don't work in this industry because you can earn a quick buck, or it's easy to get into, or it's easy to progress in. You do it because it's a vocation. And you couldn't imagine doing anything else.”

- Rowena Wallace

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