Finola Dwyer
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| name = Finola Dwyer
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}}
| image = Finola Dwyer ONZM (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Dwyer in 2017
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|07|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = New Zealander
| occupation = Film producer, film editor
| years_active = 1984–present
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Finola Dwyer {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (born 10 July 1963) is a UK-based New Zealand film producer and editor, best known for her films An Education and Brooklyn, produced with frequent collaborator Amanda Posey.
Career
In 2015, Dwyer 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 Amanda Posey.{{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}}
In the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours, Dwyer was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the film industry.{{cite web | url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/qb2016-list | title=Queen's 90th birthday honours list 2016 |date=6 June 2016 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=6 June 2016}}
Filmography
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- 1984: Trial Run (editor)
- 1986: Bridge to Nowhere (editor)
- 1986: Queen City Rocker (associate producer)
- 1987: Raglan by the Sea (TV Movie documentary, producer)
- 1987: Starlight Hotel (producer)
- 1988: A Soldier's Tale (line producer)
- 1994: Backbeat (producer)
- 1996: Hollow Reed (co-executive producer)
- 1997: Welcome to Woop Woop (producer)
- 1999: The Lost Son (producer)
- 2001: Me Without You (producer)
- 2003: One Love (executive producer)
- 2004: The Open Doors (Short, executive producer)
- 2004: The Hamburg Cell (TV Movie, producer)
- 2005: Stoned (producer)
- 2006: Opal Dream (executive producer)
- 2006: Alien Autopsy (producer)
- 2006: Severance (producer)
- 2006: Tsunami: The Aftermath (TV Movie, producer)
- 2008: My Talks with Dean Spanley (executive producer)
- 2009: An Education (producer)
- 2012: Quartet (producer)
- 2012: Undefeated (Short, executive producer)
- 2014: A Long Way Down (producer)
- 2015: Brooklyn (producer)
- 2015: What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy (Documentary, producer)
- 2017: Our Souls at Night (producer)
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0245493}}
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Category:New Zealand film producers
Category:British film producers
Category:New Zealand women film producers
Category:British women film producers
Category:New Zealand film editors
Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Category:British women film editors
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