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Anand Tucker - Andy Paterson - Nicholas Kent - Frank Cottrell Boyce - Guy East - Nigel Sinclair - Ruth Jackson - Caroline Dale - Martin Walsh - David Johnson - Sandy Powell
ANAND TUCKER - Director Award winning director, Anand Tucker, makes his motion picture debut with Hilary and Jackie. He recently directed "Saint Ex," a ninety minute film about the aviator and writer of "The Little Prince," Antoine de Saint Exupery. "Saint Ex" starred Bruno Ganz and Miranda Richardson and was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce for the BBC and Majestic Films. Tucker's documentary "The Vampire's Life," about American horror writer Anne Rice, won the BAFTA Award for Best Arts Documentary and was nominated for an International Emmy. Tucker's television credits include three films in the ACE nominated "Naked Sports" series, as well as "Football Crazy," a portrait of a south London amateur football team for Channel 4. He has also directed commercials for Rover and Carlsberg. A graduate of the Harrow Film School, Tucker joined the BBC as a production trainee in 1989 and became a director on the "The Late Show," a BBC arts program, in 1990.
ANDY PATERSON - Producer Andy Paterson produced "Restoration," which won Academy Awards for both Art Direction and Costume Design. Financed by Miramax, "Restoration" starred Robert Downey Jr., Meg Ryan, Sam Neill and Hugh Grant and was directed by Michael Hoffman. 1998 will see the release of "The Dance," directed by Agust Gudmundsson. Paterson and Gudmundsson developed the film, based on a William Heinesen short story, and put together an Icelandic/British/Danish/Gerrnan co-production, combining four national production funds and Eurimages. The film, a haunting love story, set in the Faroes at the turn of the century, will debut at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival. With his partners Anand Tucker, Mark Bentley and Nicolas Kent, Paterson has built Oxford Films and Television into a major production company making feature films and prestigious documentaries. Two of their productions, "The Vampire's Life," about the American horror writer, Anne Rice and "Naked Hollywood" have won BAFTA Awards. The company was launched to make "Privileged," a £30,000 feature film marking the debut of Hugh Grant, when Paterson was reading physics at Oxford University. After three years editing for the BBC, Paterson went on to co-produce "Restless Natives, "Promised Land," starring Meg Ryan and Keifer Sutherland...and "Sisters," all directed by Michael Hoffman. With Nicolas Kent, Paterson executive produced "Saint Ex.," a poetic dramatisation of the life of Antoine de St.Exupery, starring Miranda Richardson and Bruno Ganz. "Saint -Ex." was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Anand Tucker for BBC Films and Majestic Films.
NICOLAS KENT - Producer Nicolas Kent formed The Oxford Television Company with Andy Paterson. Their first production, "Naked Hollywood," won a BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series and the Cable Ace Award for Best Documentary. "Naked Sport," the acclaimed follow-up series to "Naked Hollywood" began the working relationship between Kent, Paterson and Anand Tucker who made three of the six episodes. With Kent and Paterson as Executive Producers, Tucker went on to make 'Football Crazy," the BAFTA Award-winning "The Vampyre's Life" and "Saint Ex." Since "Naked Hollywood," Kent has produced and executive produced more than sixty documentaries on subjects ranging from Machiavelli to the secrets of the deep sea. His most recent production "Naked Nashville," a series about the country music business for Channel 4 and NVC Arts aired in July 1998. Kent is currently producing two major documentary series for the BBC: "East West," a series about Asia today written and presented by Chris Patten, the former Governor of Hong Kong; and "Beyond The Fatal Shore," a six-part series about Australia hosted by the art critic and historian, Robert Hughes. Nicolas recently completed his first drama screenplay, "The Double Life of Franz Schubert," which he also produced for Channel 4 and NVC Arts. The film starred Simon Russel Beale as Schubert and was directed by Peter Webber. Kent and partner Mark Bentley are now producing Webber's second film for Channel 4, "Caz Underground," a dark love story set in the tree tops and tunnels of a road protest movement in rural England, as two eco-warriors fight to save an ancient woodland from destruction. While studying Modem History at Oxford University, Kent founded Stills, a magazine about the business of film and television. He went on to edit and publish Stills for six years and during this time launched a daily newspaper at the Cannes Fihn Festival with financial backing from Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame.
FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE - Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce is rapidly becoming one of Britains most produced screenwriters. Three of his scripts, "Welcome to Sarajevo," "Butterfly Kiss" and the television film "Forget About Me," were all directed by Michael Winterbottom. Three of his screenplays are currently in, pre-production or development. They are "Kingdom Come," also for Michael Winterbottom, "The Devouring," and "Pandemonium," about Samuel Taylor Coleridge, to be directed by Julien Temple. Cottrell Boyce first collaborated with Anand Tucker on "Saint Ex.," a poetic dramatisation of the life of Antoine de Saint Exupery, author of "The Little Prince," which aired in the BBC's Bookmark series. He received a BAFTA nomination for "Strangers," a sixty minute children's film for Thames TV and co-devised and wrote "Captain Star," a children's comedy cartoon series, which will air on the British TV network, ITV, in early 1998. He began his career as a writer on the extremely popular British soap operas "Brookside" and "Coronation Street."
GUY EAST - Executive Producer Bom in England, Guy East began his career as a lawyer specialising in European banking. In 1983, East joined Goldcrest Films International and was involved in the international distribution of such Academy Award winning pictures as "The Killing Fields," "The Mission," "Hope and Glory," and "A Room with a View",as well as "Local Hero" and "Another Country". In 1987 East was appointed Managing Director of Carolco Fihns International where.he was responsible for the foreign distribution of "Rambo II," "Angel Heart" and "Red Heat". In 1988, East founded Majestic Films International, where he was responsible for films which earned 34 Academy Award Nominations and won 15 Academy Awards, including two for Best Picture (Kevin Costner's "Dances with Wolves" and -Bruce Beresford's "Driving Miss Daisy"). Other films included Kenneth Branagh's "Henry V," Jane Cainpion's "The Piano", Roland Joffe's "City of Joy", Louis Malle's "Damage", Mel Gibson's "The Man Without a Face", JimWilson's "Head aboveWater" and Franco Zeffirelli's "Jane Eyre".
NIGEL SINCLAIR - Executive Producer Founder of the Los Angeles based entertainment industry law firm Sinclair Tenenbaum Emanuel & Fleer, Nigel Sinclair is regarded as a leading specialist in producing, financing, packaging, and distributing independent motion pictures. Sinclair was involved in production financing for such films as "Green Card" and "Fearless" (Peter Weir), "Hamlet" (Mel Gibson), as well as "Crocodile Dundee I and II" (Paul Hogan). Other films in which he has been involved include "Braveheart," "1492," "GI Jane," "Crimson Tide" directed by Tony Scott and "Surviving Picasso" and "Nixon" starring Anthony Hopkins. Sinclair became a founding partner in the Beverly Hills specialised banking firm Intermedia Film Equities, Inc., the predecessor to Intennedia. That company has built up and consolidated a business in the investment banking and consulting area, with transactions such as: the acquisition of Shepperton Studios in 1994, the sale of the Handmade Films Library for George Hanison and the US operation of Dennis O'Brien, the sale of the Kings Road Library, the restructuring of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, and the acquisition of various distribution contracts from Nelson Entertainment, Inc. Sinclair is a member of the panel of arbitrators of the American Film Marketing Association in Los Angeles. He is on the Board of Directors of Shepperton Studios in the UK, serves as a Director for a number of other entertainment companies, and has executive produced several motion pictures.
RUTH JACKSON - Executive Producer Jackson spent several years as a creative executive at Majestic Films where she was involved in the development of the Academy Award-winning Best Pictures "Driving Miss Daisey" (1989) and "Dances With Wolves" (1990). Jackson attended Oxford University, then joined the BBC as a researcher for Current Affairs programming. She was promoted to producer, and remained at the BBC for over a decade. She ultimately served as senior producer for the major BBC documentary series, including Forty Minutes, before departing in 1989 to join Majestic Films as a creative executive. Later, in a return to the BBC, Jackson produced and directed "The Englishwoman's Wardrobe," which featured Margaret Thatcher (at the time still Prime Minister of Britain) giving an unusually candid interview, and tour of her own wardrobe. The program was presented, and adapted, by Angela Huth, who had written the book which the program was based on. Huth and Jackson remained friends, and Jackson went on to option Huth's novel "The Land Girls" for the film version. Jackson formed her own production company, West Eleven Films, to develop her own feature film projects. With a focus on strong and original story driven films, an exciting slate of films is in development including "Blow Dry", with a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, Academy Award nominated writer of "The Full Monty" and "The Clearing" an adaptation for the screen by Helen Edmundson of the acclaimed stage play.
CAROLINE DALE - Cellist Caroline Dale' previous film work as cello soloist includes recording the soundtrack of Anthony Minghella's "Truly, Madly, Deeply." Caroline's CD, "Ghostland," co-written with Sinead O'Connor's producer, John Reynolds, was recently released to much critical acclaim. Caroline was inspired to take up the cello after hearing Jacqueline du Pre on the radio. The two met after Caroline won the BBC's first Young Musician Of The Year Award. As a concert soloist she has appeared with the London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Calgary Philharmonic, Halle, English Chamber, London Chamber and London Metropolitan orchestras. She has given highly acclaimed recitals at the Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall and on tour in the U.S.A., Canada and Sweden. Caroline's recordings include a recital disc and a debut performance of the C.P.E. Bach cello concerto on the Virgin label. She recently premiered Barrington Pheloung's cello concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Glasgow. She has written arrangements for Joan Armatrading, Simply Red and Belinda Carlisle.
MARTIN WALSH - Editor Martin Walsh's credits include "The Mighty", "The Big Red," "Roseanna's Grave," "Feeling Minnesota," "Hackers," "Funny Bones," "Backbeat," "Hear My Song" and "The Krays." After "Hilary and Jackie" he will go on to HAL Films'production of Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park".
DAVID JOHNSON - Director of Photography David Johnson's credits include "Martha Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence," "Basil," "Othello," "Saint Ex." and the television film, "The Mill on the Floss," which starred Emily Watson and James Frain. His most recent work includes Oliver Parker's production of "An Ideal Husband".
SANDY POWELL - Costume Designer Sandy Powell received Academy Award nominations for "Wings of a Dove" and "Orlando. Her film credits include: "Shakespeare in Love," "Velvet Goldmine," "Butcher's Boy," "Michael Miracle," "Stonny Monday" and four films for the late Derek Jarrnan including "Caravaggio."