Sue Birtwistle

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Sue Elizabeth Birtwistle (* 1945 in Northwich , Cheshire , England ) is a British television producer.

Life

Sue Birtwistle was born the daughter of a railroad worker in the English county of Cheshire . After studying drama and English at Coventry College of Education, she worked as a theater director at the Royal Lyceum Theater from 1970 to 1972 and at the Nottingham Playhouse Roundabout from 1973 to 1978 . In the early 1980s she switched to television, where she produced several television films and series from then on.

In 1986, she decided, along with screenwriter Andrew Davies , Jane Austen's famous novel Pride and Prejudice to adapt for television. In 1993 the production started with the help of the BBC and the six-part television adaptation was made (1995) with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth in the leading roles. In both the UK and the United States , the multi-part was a street sweeper . As a producer, it was Birtwistle who convinced the then rather unknown British actor Colin Firth to take on the role of Mr. Darcy. Both had worked together for the television film Dutch Girls in 1987 and Birtwistle was certain that Firth would be the ideal cast for Darcy. Thanks to this role, Firth rose to star. For pride and prejudice , Birtwistle was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award and an Emmy . In 1996, Birtwistle and Emma produced another adaptation of an Austen novel for television in which Kate Beckinsale played the title role. For Pride and Prejudice and Emma , Birtwistle wrote the companion books The Making of Pride and Prejudice (1995) and The Making of Jane Austen's Emma (1996). From 2007 to 2009 she was also responsible for the production of the television series Cranford , which she conceived .

In 1969 Birtwistle met the British theater and film director Richard Eyre in Edinburgh , whom she married in 1973 and with whom she has a daughter (* 1975). They live together in London and Gloucestershire .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1982: Oi for England (TV movie)
  • 1982–1983: Educating Marmalade (TV series, eleven episodes)
  • 1985: Dutch Girls (TV movie)
  • 1986: Screen Two (TV series, one episode)
  • 1987: V. (TV movie)
  • 1989: Scoop (TV movie)
  • 1993: Anna Lee: Headcase (TV movie)
  • 1995: Pride and Prejudice ( Pride and Prejudice ) (TV miniseries)
  • 1996: Emma (TV movie)
  • 1999: Wives and Daughters (TV series, episode)
  • 2001: Armadillo (TV series, two episodes)
  • 2007–2009: Cranford (TV series, two episodes)

Awards

BAFTA TV Award

Nominated:

  • 1983: Educating Marmalade (with Colin Bucksey and John Stroud)
  • 1996: Pride and Prejudice (with Simon Langton and Andrew Davies )
  • 2000: Wives and Daughters (with Nicholas Renton and Andrew Davies)
  • 2008: Cranford (together with Simon Curtis and Heidi Thomas)

Won:

  • 1987: Screen Two (episode: Hotel du Lac ) (with Giles Foster)

Further

  • 1996: Nominated for an Emmy with Michael Wearing for Pride and Prejudice
  • 2008: Banff Rockie Award at the Banff World Media Festival with Heidi Thomas and Simon Curtis for Cranford
  • 2008: Nominated for an Emmy with Kate Harwood and Rebecca Eaton for Cranford
  • 2010: Nominated for an Emmy with Kate Harwood for Cranford

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b cf. debretts.com
  2. ^ Soap Opera and Satire . In: Der Spiegel , February 19, 1996.
  3. ^ William Grimes: An Austen Tale of Sex and Money in Which Girls Kick Up Their Heels . In: The New York Times , Jan. 14, 1996.
  4. ^ Sally Williams: Made in Heaven . In: The Daily Telegraph , November 18, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Birtwistle, Sue
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Birtwistle, Sue Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British television producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Northwich , Cheshire , England