Andrea Calderwood
{{short description|British film and television producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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|image = Andrea Calderwood 2019 (sq cropped).png
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|birth_place=Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
|occupation=Film producer, television producer
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Andrea Calderwood is a British film and television producer. She produced Mrs Brown and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind which was distributed by Netflix.
Life
Calderwood was born in Paisley, Scotland.{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/andrea-calderwood-interview-line-fire-2452636|title=Andrea Calderwood interview: In the line of fire|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=25 February 2009|access-date=30 August 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/mother-of-invention-andrea-calderwood-was-once-written-off-as-a-wee-lassie-in-a-big-job-eight-years-later-she-is-emerging-as-a-creative-heavyweight-in-the-world-of-films-1.140444|title=Mother of invention Andrea Calderwood was once written off as a wee lassie in a big job. Eight years later she was emerging as a creative heavyweight in the world of films |newspaper=Herald Scotland|date=31 August 2002|access-date=3 April 2011}} She won a British Academy of Film and Television Award for Best British Film for her work on The Last King of Scotland.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2010/feb/14/baft-nominations-andrea-calderwood-solomons|title=Who's tipped for glory at the Baftas?|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=3 April 2011|location=London|first1=Jason|last1=Solomons|first2=Philip|last2=French|date=14 February 2010}} She produced the HBO television mini-series Generation Kill.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/1208 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110108223855/http%3A//www.bfi.org.uk/lff/node/1208 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 January 2011 |title=Andrea Calderwood |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=3 April 2011 }}
In 2012, Scottish newspaper The Herald put her as number 42 in its list of Scotland's top 50 influential women.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/content/scotlands-top-50-influential-women-39-46 |newspaper=The Herald|title=Meet Scotland's top 50 influential women {{!}} numbers 39–46|date= 12 January 2012}} She produced the film Half of a Yellow Sun, which premiered in 2013 at the Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.kftv.com/news/2013/04/22/Half-of-a-Yellow-Sun-producer-Andrea-Calderwood-on-filming-in-Nigeria|title=Half of a Yellow Sun producer Andera Calderwood on filming in Nigeria|first=Nia|last=Daniels|website=KFTV|date=23 April 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/comment/the-importance-of-nigerian-film-half-a-yellow-sun/5071546.article|title=The importance of Nigerian film Half a Yellow Sun|first=Andrea|last=Calderwood|website=Screendaily|date=11 May 2014|access-date=5 September 2022}} In 2019, she produced The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, distributed by Netflix.
Filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Die, My Love | rowspan="8"|Producer | |
| 2024 | Rob Peace | ||
| 2018 | The Little Stranger | ||
| 2017 | Woman Walks Ahead | ||
| 2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | ||
| 2015 | Trespass Against Us | ||
| 2014 | A Most Wanted Man | ||
| rowspan="2"| 2013 | Half of a Yellow Sun | ||
| Kiss the Water | Executive producer | ||
| 2010 | I Am Slave | rowspan="4"|Producer | |
| rowspan="2"|2006 | The Last King of Scotland | ||
| Cargo | |||
| 2002 | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | ||
| rowspan="2"|2001 | Hotel | rowspan="5"|Executive producer | |
| The Hole | |||
| rowspan="4"|2000 | The Claim | ||
| It Was an Accident | |||
| There's Only One Jimmy Grimble | |||
| Love's Labour's Lost | Associate producer | ||
| rowspan="3"|1999 | The Darkest Light | rowspan="8"|Executive producer | |
| Ratcatcher | |||
| An Ideal Husband | |||
| 1998 | Jilting Joe | ||
| 1997 | Mrs Brown | ||
| rowspan="2"|1996 | Initiation | ||
| Small Faces | |||
| 1995 | Nervous Energy | ||
| 1994 | Marooned | rowspan="2"|Producer | |
| rowspan="2"|1992 | Sealladh | ||
| Blue Black Permanent | Location Manager | ||
| 1988 | The Dressmaker | Production Trainee |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Field of Blood | Executive producer | rowspan="3"|Mini-series |
| 2008 | Generation Kill | Producer | |
| rowspan="2"|1998 | Invasion: Earth | rowspan="9"|Executive producer | |
| Looking After Jo Jo | Various episodes | ||
| rowspan="2"|1997 | Bumping the Odds | rowspan="2"|TV movie | |
| The Missing Postman | |||
| rowspan="4"|1996 | The Crow Road | 5 episodes | |
| Flowers of the Forest | rowspan="3"|TV movie | ||
| Nightlife | |||
| Truth or Dear | |||
| 1995-1997 | Hamish Macbeth | 15 episodes |
References
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Category:British television producers
Category:British women television producers