Tim Bevan

Bevan was born in 1957 in Queenstown, New Zealand.{{cite web|title=Mountain Films Limited|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08736501/officers|website=Companies House|access-date=6 August 2015}} From 1969 to 1974, he was educated at Sidcot School,{{cite web|url=http://www.sidcot.org.uk/sidcot-community/alumni/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627223434/http://www.sidcot.org.uk/sidcot-community/alumni/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 June 2011 |title=Alumni of Sidcot School |work=Sidcot School, Somerset |access-date=17 September 2017 }} a Quaker boarding independent school in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Winscombe in North Somerset, in South West England. He then attended Cheltenham College,{{cite web|url=http://www.tatler.com/guides/schools-guide/2013/public/cheltenham-college |title=Cheltenham College |publisher=Tatler |date=11 February 2016 |access-date=6 July 2017}} a boarding independent school in the spa town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, in the West of England.

Bevan co-founded Working Title Films in London with Sarah Radclyffe in 1983.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=14 December 1998|page=106|title=WT milestones}} Radclyffe left the company in 1991 and Eric Fellner joined to partner Bevan. Among Bevan's more than 40 films as producer or executive producer include Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Elizabeth (1998), Notting Hill (1999), Billy Elliot (2000), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Love Actually (2003), Atonement (2007), Frost/Nixon (2008), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), and Darkest Hour (2017). Working Title are also notable for their long-time collaboration with American filmmakers the Coen brothers, having produced Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), The Big Lebowski (1998), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? among others.

Working Title signed a deal with Universal Studios in 1999 for a reported US$600 million, which gave Bevan and Fellner the authority to commission projects with a budget of up to $35 million without having to consult their investors.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2821801.stm|website=BBC|date=16 February 2004|access-date=6 October 2023|title=Producers give backbone to industry}}

Bevan is a co-producer of the West End musical Billy Elliot.{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Christina |date=2015-09-14 |title=Billy Elliot the Musical Live ~ Preview the Musical {{!}} Great Performances |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/billy-elliot-musical-live/4136/ |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=Great Performances |language=en-US}}

Bevan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2005 Birthday Honours for services to the British film industry.{{London Gazette |issue=57665 |date= 11 June 2005| page=7|supp=y}}

In 2013, he and Fellner received the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures from the Producers Guild of America.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2012-nov-14-la-et-mn-bevan-fellner-receive-pga-honor-20121114-story.html |title=Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner to receive Producers Guild honor |last=King |first=Susan |date=14 November 2012 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=5 October 2014}}

Along with Fellner, Lisa Bryer, David Heyman, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, he founded the London Screen Academy in September 2019, a sixth form school teaching behind the camera skills to a student body of 800.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/eon-working-title-heyday-films-launch-london-screen-academy-1202975192/|title=Eon, Working Title, and Heyday Launch London School Specializing in Industry Skills|date=10 October 2018|magazine=Variety}}

Bevan is divorced from English actress Joely Richardson; the two have a daughter, Daisy, born in 1992. Bevan is now married to Amy Gadney, and they have a daughter and a son.

Producer

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• My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
• Personal Services (1987)
• Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
• Paperhouse (1988)
• For Queen and Country (1988)
• Diamond Skulls (1989)
• Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)
• Robin Hood (1991) (co-producer)
• London Kills Me (1991)
• Map of the Human Heart (1992)
• French Kiss (1995)
• Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
• Loch Ness (1996)
• Bean (1997)
• The Matchmaker (1997)
• The Borrowers (1997)
• What Rats Won't Do (1998)
• Elizabeth (1998)
• The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
• Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
• High Fidelity (2000)
• Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
• 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
• Ali G Indahouse (2002)
• About a Boy (2002)
• The Guru (2002)
• Johnny English (2003)
• Love Actually (2003)
• The Calcium Kid (2004)
• Thunderbirds (2004)
• Wimbledon (2004)
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
• The Interpreter (2005)
• Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• Nanny McPhee (2005)
• United 93 (2006)
• Catch a Fire (2006)
• Sixty Six (2006)
• Smokin' Aces (2006)
• Hot Fuzz (2007)
• Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
• Atonement (2007)
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
• Definitely, Maybe (2008)
• Wild Child (2008)
• Frost/Nixon (2008)
• The Boat That Rocked (2009)
• State of Play (2009)
• Green Zone (2009)
• Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2009)
• Paul (2011)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
• Johnny English Reborn (2011)
• Contraband (2012)
• Big Miracle (2012)
• Anna Karenina (2012)
• Les Misérables (2012)
• I Give It a Year (2013)
• About Time (2013)
• The World's End (2013)
• Closed Circuit (2013)
• The Two Faces of January (2014)
• The Theory of Everything (2014)
• Billy Elliot the Musical Live (2014)
• Trash (2014)
• We Are Your Friends (2015)
• Everest (2015)
• Legend (2015)
• The Danish Girl (2015)
• The Program (2015)
• Hail, Caesar! (2016)
• Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
• Baby Driver (2017)
• Darkest Hour (2017)
• Victoria & Abdul (2017)
• The Snowman (2017)
• Entebbe (2018)
• King of Thieves (2018)
• Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
• Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
• The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
• Yesterday (2019)
• Radioactive (2019)
• Cats (2019)
• Emma (2020)
• The High Note (2020)
• Rebecca (2020)
• Cyrano (2021)
• Last Night in Soho (2021)
• Ticket to Paradise (2022)
• The Swimmers (2022)
• What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022)
• Matilda the Musical (2022)
• Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
• Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
• The Substance (2024)
• Blitz (2024)
• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)
• Honey Don't! (2025)
• Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie (2026)
• Robot: Colony 25 (TBA)
• The Lifeboat (TBA)
• Hippie Hippie Shake (Unreleased)

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Executive producer

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• A World Apart (1988)
• The Tall Guy (1989)
• Fools of Fortune (1990)
• Drop Dead Fred (1991)
• Bob Roberts (1992)
• Posse (1993)
• Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
• That Eye, the Sky (1994)
• Panther (1995)
• Dead Man Walking (1995)
• Fargo (1996)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Notting Hill (1999)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
• The Man Who Cried (2000)
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• Long Time Dead (2002)
• My Little Eye (2002)
• Thirteen (2003)
• The Shape of Things (2003)
• Ned Kelly (2003)
• The Italian Job (2003)
• Gettin' Square (2003)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• Mickybo and Me (2004)
• Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
• No. 2 (2006)
• Gone (2007)
• Burn After Reading (2008)
• The Soloist (2009)
• A Serious Man (2009)
• Arrietty (2010)
• Rush (2013)
• Genius (2016)
• Grimsby (2016)
• The History Keepers (TBA)

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As an actor

• Elizabeth (1998) (As the "Handsome Man")

Thanks

• The Land Girls (1998)
• Following (1998)

Executive producer

• 2005: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
• 2013 received the degree of Doctor honoris causa from The University of YorkThe University of York: Graduation Ceremonies Central Hall, 10, 11 and 12 July 2013
• 2018: Cinematic Production Award of the Royal Photographic Society

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