Ruth Caleb

{{short description|British film and television producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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Ruth Irene Caleb {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born 1942) is a British film and television producer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/winner-of-the-eon-productions-lifetime-achievement-award-news-photo/157911944|title = Winner of the EON Productions Lifetime Achievement Award Ruth Caleb| date=7 December 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/18790/Ruth-Irene-CALEB |title=Charles Hunter-Pease, Esq, OBE Authorised Biography {{!}} Debrett's People of Today |website=www.debretts.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234730/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/18790/Ruth-Irene-CALEB |archive-date=2015-09-23}} She was appointed head of drama at BBC Wales in the mid-1980s, making her the BBC's first ever female head of drama.{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/indies/ruth-caleb-to-collaborate-with-argonon/5048360.article|title=Ruth Caleb to collaborate with Argonon}} She is known for her work on productions that include; Pawel Pawlikowski's Last Resort,{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Outstanding%20British%20Film&f%5B0%5D=string_type%3AFilm&f%5B1%5D=string_category%3AOutstanding%20British%20Film&f%5B2%5D=string_category%3AAlexander%20Korda%20Award%20for%20the%20outstanding%20British%20Film%20of%20the%20Year|title = BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards}} the BBC1 series Judge John Deed{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/19/lehman.shtml|title = BBC - Press Office - New BBC Two drama from Ruth Caleb inspired by collapse of Lehman Brothers}} and Saul Dibb's Bullet Boy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1208336/|title = BFI Screenonline: Bullet Boy (2004)}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0129827/|title=Ruth Caleb|website=IMDb}}

In 2012, it was announced that Caleb would partner with independent production company, Leopard Drama,{{cite web |url=http://leoparddrama.com/people/ruth-caleb/ |title=Ruth Caleb {{!}} Leopard Drama |website=leoparddrama.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518065048/http://leoparddrama.com/people/ruth-caleb/ |archive-date=2015-05-18}} the drama division of Argonon.{{cite web |url=http://www.argonon.com/information/ |title=Information {{!}} Argonon |website=www.argonon.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603191142/http://argonon.com/information |archive-date=2011-06-03}} One of her recent projects in collaboration with Argonon has been producing children’s drama series, Eve, for CBBC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b052hvd5/credits|title = Eve - CBBC - BBC}}{{cite web |url=http://www.televisual.com/news-detail/Argonons-first-childrens-drama-for-CBBC_nid-3285.html |title=Televisual {{!}} NEWS & COMMENTS |website=www.televisual.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114128/http://www.televisual.com/news-detail/Argonons-first-childrens-drama-for-CBBC_nid-3285.html |archive-date=2015-09-24}}

Ruth was awarded the Alan Clarke BAFTA Award in 2001, for her "outstanding personal contribution to TV"{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/c4-floors-rivals-with-bafta-sweep/1175033.article|title = C4 floors rivals with BAFTA sweep}}{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=alan%20clarke%20award|title=BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards}} and in 2012, was granted a lifetime achievement award at the year’s Women in Film and Television Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/wftv-to-honour-ruth-caleb/5049302.article|title = WFTV to honour Ruth Caleb}}{{cite web |url=http://www.televisual.com/news-detail/WFTV-Lifetime-achievement-award-for-Ruth-Caleb_nid-2294.html |title=Televisual {{!}} NEWS & COMMENTS |website=www.televisual.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080724/http://www.televisual.com/news-detail/WFTV-Lifetime-achievement-award-for-Ruth-Caleb_nid-2294.html |archive-date=2015-05-18}} The award was presented by actress Julie Walters, whom Caleb had worked with twice before; on TV film, Pat and Margaret (1994){{Cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/wftv-to-honour-ruth-caleb/5049302.article|title = WFTV to honour Ruth Caleb}} and again, in the 2009 drama, A Short Stay in Switzerland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/07_july/18/walters.shtml|title = BBC - Press Office - Julie Walters to star in a Short Stay in Switzerland}} In 2004, she was appointed an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to drama.{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/18790/Ruth-Irene-CALEB |title=Charles Hunter-Pease, Esq, OBE Authorised Biography {{!}} Debrett's People of Today |website=www.debretts.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234730/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/18790/Ruth-Irene-CALEB |archive-date=2015-09-23}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4192689/Queens-Birthday-Honours.html|title = Queen's Birthday Honours| date=12 June 2004 }}

Some of Caleb’s more recent credits include The Last Days of Lehman Brothers,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/19/lehman.shtml|title = BBC - Press Office - New BBC Two drama from Ruth Caleb inspired by collapse of Lehman Brothers}} The Whale, starring Martin Sheen{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/sheen-the-whale|title = Multiple award-winner Martin Sheen stars in BBC One's the Whale}} and the Dylan Thomas biopic, A Poet in New York.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/poetinnewyork|title = A Poet in New York}}