Amanda Posey

{{short description|British film producer (born 1965)}}

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| name = Amanda Posey

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| birthname = Amanda Rachel Posey

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965|6}}

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| nationality = British

| occupation = Film producer

| years_active = 1997–present

| known_for = Brooklyn

| spouse = Nick Hornby

| children = 2

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Amanda Rachel Posey (born June 1965) is a British film producer, best known for her films An Education (2009) and Brooklyn (2015), produced with frequent collaborator Finola Dwyer. She is married to novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby, with whom she has two sons.{{cite news|title=Amanda Posey: I didn't win, but my only regret is that I didn't meet|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/amanda-posey-i-didnt-win-but-my-only-regret-is-that-i-didnt-meet-george-clooney-1918339.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312011338/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/amanda-posey-i-didnt-win-but-my-only-regret-is-that-i-didnt-meet-george-clooney-1918339.html |archive-date=2010-03-12 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|accessdate=January 15, 2016|work=The Independent|issue=March 9, 2010|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Whitworth |first=Damian |title=Nick Hornby: Therapy? I've been in and out for years |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/nick-hornby-therapy-ive-been-in-and-out-for-years-rs7638k2g |access-date=2022-08-23 |issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite web |date=2014-11-01 |title=Nick Hornby: 'The journeys of young women are more moving' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/01/nick-hornby-interview-funny-girl |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

Career

In 2015, Posey produced an historical drama film Brooklyn, starring Saoirse Ronan, directed by John Crowley based on the screenplay by Nick Hornby. She received an Academy Award nomination for the film for Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards along with Finola Dwyer.{{cite news|title=Kiwi's Brooklyn in Oscar race|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/75923408/Oscars-2016-Kiwi-producer-Finola-Dwyers-Brooklyn-gets-Best-Picture-nomination|accessdate=January 15, 2016|work=Stuff|date=January 15, 2016}}{{cite news|title=Shot-in-Canada films flood Oscar's best picture race|url=http://www.news1130.com/2016/01/14/newsalert-canadian-co-productions-brooklyn-room-in-best-picture-race/|accessdate=January 15, 2016|work=NEWS 1130|date=January 14, 2016}}

Selected filmography

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