Rebecca O'Brien
Rebecca O'Brien | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 61–62) London, England |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Website | www.sixteenfilms.co.uk/people/profile/2/rebecca_o_brien/ |
Rebecca O'Brien is a Muslim-British, BAFTA-winning film producer, known especially for her work with Ken Loach.
O'Brien was born in London, England in 1957.[1]
Together with Loach and scriptwriter Paul Laverty, she runs the production company Sixteen Films, formed in 2002.[2][3] The trio received an "outstanding contribution" award from BAFTA Scotland in November 2016.[4]
Her career began in theatre and children's television and her early cinema work includes My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), on which she was location manager, and Bean (1997), which she co-produced.[2]
She was co-producer on Loach's Hidden Agenda (1990) and sole producer on his Land and Freedom (1995) and on many of his subsequent films,[2] two of which, The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016) received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Laverty, Loach and O'Brien won the 2017 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film, for I, Daniel Blake.[5]
She served as a member of the board of the UK Film Council, until that body's dissolution in 2010,[6] and of the UK Film Industry Training Board.[7] She is a board member of PACT, the trade body for independent film production companies in the United Kingdom,[8] and of the European Film Academy.[7] She is also a member of The British Screen Advisory Council.[9]
Filmography
- 1987 (1987): Friendship’s Death
- 1990 (1990): Hidden Agenda
- 1995 (1995): Land and Freedom
- 1997 (1997): Bean
- 1998 (1998): My Name is Joe
- 2000 (2000): Bread and Roses
- 2001 (2001): The Navigators
- 2002 (2002): Sweet Sixteen
- 2002 (2002): 11'09"01 September 11
- 2004 (2004): Ae Fond Kiss...
- 2005 (2005): Tickets
- 2006 (2006): The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- 2007 (2007): It's a Free World...
- 2009 (2009): Looking for Eric
- 2010 (2010): Route Irish
- 2012 (2012): The Angels' Share
- 2014 (2014): Jimmy's Hall
- 2016 (2016): I, Daniel Blake
- 2016 (2016): Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
- 2019 (2019): Sorry We Missed You
References
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^ abc "O'Brien, Rebecca (1957-) Biography". BFI. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "'I, Daniel Blake' producer Rebecca O'Brien joins Screen Film Summit". Screen Daily. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "Crime drama Shetland triumphs at Bafta Scotland". BBC News. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "2017 Film Outstanding British Film". BAFTA. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ "Producer Rebecca O'Brien reacts to abolition of UK Film Council". BBC News. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ ab "People" (in German). European Film Academy. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "Our Team". PACT. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "Rebecca O'Brien". British Screen Advisory Council. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
External links
Official website
Rebecca O'Brien on IMDb
Rebecca O'Brien on Journalisted
2012 interview with the Highlands of Scotland Film Commission
Cannes Winner Ken Loach’s Producer Rebecca O’Brien on Their 30-Year Film Partnership - 2016 interview with 'Variety'
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