Rebecca O'Brien
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Rebecca O'Brien (born 25 October 1957) is a BAFTA-winning film producer, known especially for her work with co-producer Ken Loach and scriptwriter Paul Laverty. She has twice been the recipient of the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. She has also won a BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film.
Early life
O'Brien was born in London, England{{cite web|title=Rebecca O'Brien|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba855137b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030172258/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba855137b|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 October 2016|publisher=BFI|access-date=19 August 2017|language=en}} and raised in the town of Peebles in Scotland.The Scotsman Friday 16 October 1998, page 31
Career
Her career began in theatre and children's television and her early cinema work includes My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), on which she was location manager, and Bean (1997), which she co-produced.{{cite web |title=O'Brien, Rebecca (1957-) Biography |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1415452/index.html |access-date=19 August 2017 |publisher=BFI |language=en}}
She was co-producer on Ken Loach's Hidden Agenda (1990) and sole producer on his Land and Freedom (1995) and on many of his subsequent films.
Together with Loach and scriptwriter Paul Laverty, she runs the production company Sixteen Films, formed in 2002.{{cite web |title='I, Daniel Blake' producer Rebecca O'Brien joins Screen Film Summit |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/i-daniel-blake-producer-rebecca-obrien-joins-screen-film-summit/5111331.article |access-date=19 August 2017 |publisher=Screen Daily |language=en}}
Two of O'Brien and Loach's films, The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016) received the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. Laverty, Loach and O'Brien received an "outstanding contribution" award from BAFTA Scotland in November 2016{{cite web |date=7 November 2016 |title=Crime drama Shetland triumphs at Bafta Scotland |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37893926 |access-date=19 August 2017 |website=BBC News}} and the trio won the 2017 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film, for I, Daniel Blake.{{cite web|title=2017 Film Outstanding British Film|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2017/film/outstanding-british-film|publisher=BAFTA|access-date=21 August 2017|language=en}}
Leadership roles
O'Brien served as a member of the board of the UK Film Council, until that body's dissolution in 2010,{{cite news|title=Producer Rebecca O'Brien reacts to abolition of UK Film Council|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-10768660/producer-rebecca-o-brien-reacts-to-abolition-of-uk-film-council|access-date=19 August 2017}} and of the UK Film Industry Training Board.{{cite web|title=People|url=https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/People.138.0.html|publisher=European Film Academy|access-date=19 August 2017|language=de}} She is a board member of PACT, the trade body for independent film production companies in the United Kingdom,{{cite web|title=Our Team |url=http://www.pact.co.uk/about-us/our-team.html?who=F1F76680-D2F8-4A8C-BD03B89878207624|publisher=PACT|access-date=19 August 2017}} and of the European Film Academy. She is also a member of The British Screen Advisory Council.{{cite web|title=Rebecca O'Brien|url=http://www.bsac.uk.com/member/rebecca-obrien/|website=British Screen Advisory Council|access-date=19 August 2017}}
Filmography
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1987}}|event=Friendship's Death}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1990}}|event=Hidden Agenda}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1995}}|event=Land and Freedom}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1997}}|event=Bean}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1998}}|event=My Name is Joe}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2000}}|event=Bread and Roses}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2001}}|event=The Navigators}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2002}}|event=Sweet Sixteen}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2002}}|event=11'09"01 September 11}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2004}}|event=Ae Fond Kiss...}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2005}}|event=Tickets}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2006}}|event=The Wind That Shakes the Barley}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2007}}|event=It's a Free World...}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2009}}|event=Looking for Eric}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2010}}|event=Route Irish}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2012}}|event=The Angels' Share}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2014}}|event=Jimmy's Hall}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2016}}|event=I, Daniel Blake}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2016}}|event=Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach}}
- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2019}}|event=Sorry We Missed You}}
References
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External links
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- [http://scotfilm.org/2012/interview-the-angels-share-producer-rebecca-obrien/ 2012 interview] with the Highlands of Scotland Film Commission
- [https://variety.com/2016/film/global/palme-dor-ken-loach-rebecca-obrien-1201785482/ Cannes Winner Ken Loach’s Producer Rebecca O’Brien on Their 30-Year Film Partnership]'' - 2016 interview with 'Variety'
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Category:British film producers
Category:British women film producers
Category:Businesspeople from London