Tim Bevan

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New Zealand-British film producer (born 1957)

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nameTim Bevan
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birth_nameTimothy John Bevan
birth_date
birth_placeQueenstown, New Zealand
educationCheltenham College
Sidcot School
occupationFilm producer
yearsactive1984–present
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* {{marriageJoely Richardson
children3, including Daisy
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| children = 3, including Daisy Timothy John Bevan, (born 20 December 1957) is a New Zealand-British film producer, the co-chairman (with Eric Fellner) of the production company Working Title Films. Bevan and Fellner are the most successful British producers of their era. Through 2017, the films he has co-produced have grossed a total of almost $7 billion worldwide. As of 2017, films by Working Title Films have won 12 Academy Awards and 39 British Academy Film Awards.

Early life and education

Bevan was born in 1957 in Queenstown, New Zealand. From 1969 to 1974, he was educated at Sidcot School, a Quaker boarding independent school in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Winscombe in North Somerset, in South West England. He then attended Cheltenham College, a boarding independent school in the spa town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, in the West of England.

Life and career

Bevan co-founded Working Title Films in London with Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. Radclyffe left the company in 1991 and Eric Fellner joined to partner Bevan. Among Bevan's more than 40 films as producer or executive producer include Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Elizabeth (1998), Notting Hill (1999), Billy Elliot (2000), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), Atonement (2007), Frost/Nixon (2008), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), and Darkest Hour (2017). Working Title are also notable for their long-time collaboration with American filmmakers the Coen brothers, having produced Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), The Big Lebowski (1998), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? among others.

Working Title signed a deal with Universal Studios in 1999 for a reported US$600 million, which gave Bevan and Fellner the authority to commission projects with a budget of up to $35 million without having to consult their investors.

Bevan is a co-producer of the West End musical Billy Elliot.

Bevan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2005 Birthday Honours for services to the British film industry.

In 2013, he and Fellner received the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures from the Producers Guild of America.

Along with Fellner, Lisa Bryer, David Heyman, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, he founded the London Screen Academy in September 2019, a sixth form school teaching behind the camera skills to a student body of 800.

Personal life

Bevan is divorced from English actress Joely Richardson; the two have a daughter, Daisy, born in 1992. Bevan is now married to Amy Gadney, and they have a daughter and a son.

Filmography

Film

Producer

Executive producer

As an actor

Thanks

Television

Executive producer ::data[format=table]

YearTitleNotes
1988Echoes
1992The Borrowers
1993Tales of the City
1998More Tales of the City
2001Further Tales of the City
2003About a BoyTelevision pilot
2008FrontlineDocumentary
2007−10The Tudors
2011Love Bites
The BorrowersTelevision film
2012Birdsong
True Love
2013Mary and MarthaTelevision film
2014The Secrets
About a Boy
2015You, Me and the Apocalypse
London Spy
2013−16Yonderland
2017Gypsy
2019The Case Against Adnan SyedDocumentary
Tales of the City
2020The Luminaries
2019−20Hanna
2021We Are Lady Parts
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Awards and honours

References

References

  1. ''UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960''
  2. (14 July 2008). "The Media 100, 2008: 51. Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner". The Guardian.
  3. (10 July 2017). "Why Working Title's Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner Are the Best Indie Producers in the World Right Now". IndieWire.
  4. (9 August 2010). "Working Title: Why UK's Most Successful Film Production Company Is Back In Its Wheelhouse". Deadline.
  5. (16 April 2005). "Interview: Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, co-chairmen Working Title Films". The Guardian.
  6. "About". Working Title Films.
  7. "Mountain Films Limited".
  8. "Alumni of Sidcot School". [[Sidcot School]], Somerset.
  9. (11 February 2016). "Cheltenham College". Tatler.
  10. (14 December 1998). "WT milestones".
  11. (16 February 2004). "Producers give backbone to industry".
  12. Knight, Christina. (2015-09-14). "Billy Elliot the Musical Live ~ Preview the Musical {{!}} Great Performances".
  13. {{London Gazette. (11 June 2005)
  14. King, Susan. (14 November 2012). "Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner to receive Producers Guild honor". Los Angeles Times.
  15. (10 October 2018). "Eon, Working Title, and Heyday Launch London School Specializing in Industry Skills".
  16. The University of York: Graduation Ceremonies Central Hall, 10, 11 and 12 July 2013

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