David Walker

Funding / Financial Consultant

Walker has been a bank and corporate finance executive specializing in funding entertainment industry projects for the past 25 years.  He has worked for various domestic and foreign financial institutions and, in addition to entertainment industry financing, he also gained a breadth of experience with small to middle market clients, factored and asset based relationships, corporate and institutional accounts as well as the bond and securities markets.    Throughout, Walker has also kept a hand in the creative side of the entertainment industry as a screenwriter and has a couple of scripts already optioned by major producers.
Walker also completed law school with concentrations in both corporate and entertainment law not only confirming, but advancing his core interest in the film industry.
During his years at HSBC he did extensive work in single picture and slate financings as well as studio credit facilities and split rights transactions (including Terminator III) among many other credit variations.  As a result he has established a network of contacts within the entertainment banking and completion bond industries as well as with other sources of capital, such as hedge funds and investment banks.
Also while at HSBC, Walker worked on such varied film projects from the low budget film, The Air I Breathe, to syndicated senior credit facilities of $100 million or more for production companies such as Regency, Lakeshore, Spyglass, Revolution and Classic Media and even structured television royalties advances (including Walker Texas Ranger).
This direct involvement on the financial side of the industry only heightened his continued interest in writing and producing.  Among others he has studied with Duane Dell’Amico (Sleep with Me) currently a visiting assistant professor in UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television, and continues to work with him to this day.
After HSBC, Walker was hired by First Bank to start their Entertainment Finance division.  He was able to launch the group with a series of syndicated transactions as well as expand other industry related relationships.  As a result he has and continues to work with clients ranging from camera and production services companies, such as Hollywood Rentals, Raleigh Studios and Clairmont Camera, all the way up to Lions Gate Entertainment, the largest mini-major in the industry.  Current clients also include Echo Bridge, an international television distributor and Incentive Filmed Entertainment, a William Morris Endeavor backed low budget $100 million film fund with equity and mezzanine financing provided by Aramid Entertainment Fund.