Head Gear Films opens U.S. arm with $120 million first-year indie investment plan

Head Gear co-founder and CEO Phil Hunt told Deadline the new U.S. operation will invest $120 million in American independent film and TV in its first year. Samantha Allwinton, formerly Head Gear’s London-based COO, will run it as director of operations. Hunt said the company wants a stronger U.S. foothold as a proposed federal production tax credit moves through Congress.