Meet the Founders

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Turncoat was founded by seasoned bankers and attorneys.

We believe filmmakers can obtain cheaper financing while maintaining investor returns and safety.


We achieve this by eliminating financial and other inefficiencies from every step in the financing process.

Benjamin Gilbert

Founder & CEO


Benjamin has been at the cutting edge of financial innovation for more than 20 years. In his time as a banker and as a lawyer he has worked in structured credit, film finance, real estate finance, tax & regulatory arbitrage and interest rate and foreign exchange risk management.


Benjamin has worked with treasurers, CFO's and CEO's of the world's largest companies to help them reduce market risk, cost of capital and to optimise capital structure.


Benjamin holds an MBA (Finance) from London Business School, the LPC and PgDL from BPP Law School and a BA (Economics) from Manchester University.


Joseph Lanius

As a 15-year veteran in the film and television industry, Joseph S Lanius has played a pivotal part in bringing over 100 films to the “big screen”.


Joseph is an executive producer and entertainment attorney, specialising in distribution, finance and production legal affairs, as well as a business strategist and financial consultant for motion pictures and other media ventures.


Working with some of the most high-profile media clients, Joseph has earned 27 Executive Producer credits within the past 4 years alone. Over the course of his career, Joseph has structured and closed more than $500 million in financing for various media projects.

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