Michael Lionello Cowan

Michael Lionello Cowan Biography

Michael Lionello Cowan is one of the most popular and richest Producer who was born on February 16, 1965 in Ghana, Ghana. As of June 1, 2023, Michael has a net worth approximately $5 Million. In February 2018, Michael was banned from running a UK company for 13 years due to an ex business associate Steve Wilkinson having raised more than £5 million for a film that was never made. Michael Cowan, was the former director of Warlord Productions Ltd by default. His name had been added to Company House without him first being informed. When he complained about this to his ex business associate Wilkinson, he was unable to remove his name as director because Wilkinson then confessed to being a bankrupt and unable to take on directorship himself. Cowan then tried to close the company but Wilkinson had already started to raise money from members of the public who thought they were investing in a feature film named Henry 5. Michael Cowan has now been disqualified from being a company director for 13 years because of his unfortunate association with Wilkinson.

Michael Cowan (born 16 February 1965) is a British film producer. In a career spanning more than two decades, Cowan’s films have covered many themes and genres, such as science-fiction and adventure films. He was born in Ghana to an English businessman and an Italian mother.

Warlord Productions Ltd was formed on 29 January 2013, companies house had received a complaint in regards to Cowan having his name fraudulently added to several companies. Mr Cowan did not attend court when the company was dissolved and was not represented when the disqualification order was made. He intends to appeal the decision via his lawyers Hughman’s once the investigation is concluded.

The court order was made against Mr Cowan after government agency the Insolvency Service launched an investigation into the company ‘Warlord’. Michael Cowan chose to resign as director to Warlord in an attempt to stop Wilkinson from taking over after his bankruptcy ended. This was because he (Cowan) had discovered that Wilkinson had squandered the funds raised, on personal gain. Cowan reported his findings immediately to the Police in early 2015. The investigation into Warlord led to it being wound up in the public interest by the High Court in 2015. Wilkinson was arrested and bailed in July 2015. Michael Cowan has never been arrested.