Since 2011, Tandem Communications, headed by Bauer, continued to service Tandem, structuring financing, distribution and marketing.also evolved dramatically, buying stakes in the U.K.’s RED Production Co., Guilty Party, Urban Myth Films and Sunny MarchTV, Denmark’s SAM and Spain’s Bambú.
Making “Pillars” and “World Without End,” Tandem proved “visionary forerunners” in international limited series co-productions “years before such pursuits became ubiquitous,” says Scott Free TV’s David Zucker, in a testimonial collected by Tandem for its 20th anniversary. After Studiocanal TV came in with hefty minimum guarantee on international, Bauer also helped structure Canal Plus-Sky Italia’s “ZeroZeroZero” as a co-production with Amazon and Sky U.K. and Deutschland.
The anniversary testimonials collected by Tandem underscore the caliber of contacts and high-level trust that Bauer and Halkin have built up over the years. Unless talent, and its vision, is cared for, it will simply go elsewhere. Tandem certainly cares for talent. “I never hesitated before going with Tandem for ‘Shadowplay.’ Would work with them again in a heartbeat,” says Marlind.