Anna Higgs
{{short description|English film producer}}
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Anna Higgs is a film producer known for 20,000 Days on Earth,{{Cite web|last=D'Arcy|first=David|date=2014-02-11|title=20,000 Days On Earth|url=https://www.screendaily.com/20000-days-on-earth/5066592.article|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722075744/https://www.screendaily.com/20000-days-on-earth/5066592.article |archive-date=22 July 2020 |access-date=2020-07-22|website=Screen|language=en}} Dark Horse{{Cite web|title='Dark Horse': Sundance Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/dark-horse-sundance-review-766528|access-date=2020-07-22|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}} and High-Rise. Higgs is a creative executive working at the intersection of film and digital storytelling.{{Cite web|title=Anna Higgs|url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/creativeleaders50/leader/anna-higgs/|access-date=2020-07-22|website=Creative Review|language=en-UK}}{{Cite web|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|date=2017-06-16|title='Night Manager' Producer Ink Factory Hires Former Film4 Exec for Digital Push|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/global/the-night-manager-producer-hires-former-film4-commissioner-1202468782/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616120729/http://variety.com/2017/tv/global/the-night-manager-producer-hires-former-film4-commissioner-1202468782/ |archive-date=16 June 2017 |access-date=2020-07-22|website=Variety|language=en}} She is currently Director of Entertainment Partnerships at Facebook & Instagram in Northern Europe.{{Cite web|title=Facebook's Creator Studio gains a mobile companion|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/24/facebooks-creator-studio-gains-a-mobile-companion/|access-date=2020-07-22|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}
Early life and career
Higgs co-founded production company Quark Films in 2006.{{Cite web|title=Anna Higgs appointed commissioning editor of Film4 digital division|url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2011/07/22/anna-higgs-appointed-commissioning-editor-film4-digital-division|access-date=2020-07-22|website=The Drum|language=en}} From 2011 to 2015 Higgs joined Film4 as Commission Editor and Head of Digital of Film4.0{{Cite web|date=2011-07-22|title=Film4 names Anna Higgs as commissioning editor of digital division|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/22/film4-names-anna-higgs|access-date=2020-07-22|website=The Guardian|language=en}} Her first feature film for Film4 was A Field in England.{{Cite web|date=2013-09-22|title=Women of the Future Awards: Full shortlist|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/women-of-the-future-awards-full-shortlist-8831546.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/women-of-the-future-awards-full-shortlist-8831546.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2020-07-22|website=The Independent|language=en}}{{cbignore}} In 2012 she was selected as one of the inaugural Time Out ‘Culture 100’. From 2015 to 2017 Higgs was a creative director of NOWNESS.{{Cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Wendy|date=2016-02-04|title=Anna Higgs named creative director of NOWNESS|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/anna-higgs-named-creative-director-of-nowness/5099766.article|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208010433/http://www.screendaily.com:80/news/anna-higgs-named-creative-director-of-nowness/5099766.article |archive-date=8 February 2016 |access-date=2020-07-22|website=Screen|language=en}} Higgs is serving as an elected member of the Film Committee Bafta since 2018.{{Cite web|last=Grater|first=Tom|date=2020-05-12|title=BAFTA Names Steering Group To Tackle Diversity Issues|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/bafta-steering-group-tackle-diversity-issues-1202932195/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516090808/https://deadline.com/2020/05/bafta-steering-group-tackle-diversity-issues-1202932195/ |archive-date=16 May 2020 |access-date=2020-07-22|website=Deadline|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=BAFTA Unveils Steering Group to Review Diversity Issues|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bafta-unveils-steering-group-review-diversity-issues-1294282|access-date=2020-07-22|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}
References
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External links
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Category:English film producers
Category:English documentary filmmakers
Category:Mass media people from Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:British women film producers
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