Martin Warner (born 1972) is a British technology entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known as the chief executive officer and founder of botObjects, Flix Premiere and ''Autonomous Flight''.

Background

Martin Warner was born and raised in Biggin Hill, a district in

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, the county of

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. He has an educational background as a software programmer and engineer.

Career

In early 2010s, Martin Warner and Mike Duma co-founded botObjects, a 3D printing software and hardware manufacturer. In 2013, botObjects created a desktop 3D printer, which used Fused filament fabrication to create full-color 3D printing. In January 2015, botObjects was acquired by

3D Systems 3D Systems Corporation is an American company based in Rock Hill, South Carolina, that engineers, manufactures, and sells 3D printers, 3D printing materials, 3D printed parts, and application engineering services. The company creates product c ...

Inc, a US-based company developing 3D printer technologies. Warner formed his next company, a

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London-based, Flix Premiere, a media-services provider, which he founded in 2015. The company's primary focus has been on quality indie-films, which gain less attention from the other major

streaming service provider A streaming media service (also simply called a streaming service) is an online platform that allows users to watch or listen to content, such as movies, TV shows, music, or podcasts, over the internet. Instead of downloading the content to the ...

s and cinema theaters. The service launched in both the US and UK markets. The Guardian newspaper described the site as the

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of indie cinema, noting that "there were few familiar titles available on the site, but those available are the "best of the bunch" from film festivals and not available on other platforms". ''Autonomous Flight'', a technology startup developing pilotless drones, was established by Warner in 2015. Its first passenger drone model was the Y6S - a battery-powered pilotless flying vehicle, which underwent sub-scale flight testing for proof of concept. The company is also working on the next

VTOL A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can takeoff and landing, take off and land vertically without relying on a runway. This classification can include a variety of types of aircraft including helicopters as well as thrust- ...

prototype (abbreviation for Vertical take-off and landing aircraft), the Y6S Plus, which will be a six-seater four people designed to provide Urban Air Transportation for the masses. Warner also took part as a producer/executive producer of a number of movies including

Bikini Moon ''Bikini Moon'' is a New York indie film directed by Milcho Manchevski and starring Condola Rashad, Sarah Goldberg, Will Janowitz, and newcomer Sathya Sridharan. Cast * Condola Rashad as Bikini * Sarah Goldberg as Kate * Will Janowitz as Tre ...

(2017), ''Butterfly Kisses'' (2017), ''The Other Kids'' (2016) and ''The Paddy Lincoln Gang'' (2014).

References

External links

Official website

Martin Warner on IMDb

Autonomous Flight
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