as Director of Film and Television Distribution and Acquisition, to head up a new department created as it continues its international expansion drive.
Buckner was previously Head of Sales at Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey’s Icon Entertainment International and then Kaleidoscope Film Distribution and has also worked with companies such as Magnolia Pictures and GFM Films. In 2021, he launched his own company Buckstop Films., the sequel to Sony Pictures Animation and Tencent Picture’s Shanghai-set 2021 filmAPX Group has an equity stake in the sequel, on which Buckner has already begun negotiations with major streamers.