Iain Canning
Iain Canning (born July 23, 1979 in Bristol , England ) is a British film producer . For the film The King's Speech , he won an Oscar in the category Best Picture in 2011 .
Life
Canning studied at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies .
Canning was executive producer in the two award-winning films Control and Hunger . The latter won u. a. the Golden Camera at the Cannes International Film Festival . In 2008 he founded the production company See-Saw Films together with Emile Sherman , with which they have since made numerous films, including The King's Speech with Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush and Oranges and Sunshine with Emily Watson and Hugo Weaving .
For The King's Speech , Canning won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 2011 Academy Awards, along with Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin . The film also won the British Academy Film Award and was nominated for numerous other awards. Shame , like Hunger, a film by British artist Steve McQueen that Canning produced in 2011, has also been nominated for numerous awards. Due to their success with See-Saw Films , Canning and Sherman were included in the 2011 MediaGuardian 100 list of the British daily The Guardian .
Filmography (selection)
- 2006: Candy - Journey of the Angels ( Candy )
- 2007: Control
- 2008: hunger
- 2009: Mary & Max - or: Do sheep shrink when it rains? ( Mary & Max )
- 2010: The Kings of Mykonos
- 2010: The King's Speech
- 2010: Oranges and Sunshine
- 2011: Shame
- 2012: Dead Europe
- 2015: Mr. Holmes
- 2015: Slow West
- 2016: Lion - The Long Way Home ( Lion )
- 2018: Maria Magdalena ( Mary Magdalene )
- 2018: Widows - Deadly widows (Widows)
Web links
- Iain Canning in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Who is Iain Canning? ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on searchdirectories.com
- ↑ Place 90: Iain Canning and Emile Sherman entry in GuardianMedia 100 from July 24, 2011
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SURNAME | Canning, Iain |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bristol , England |