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Andy Harries is a Producer British born on 8 april 1954 at Inverness (United-kingdom)

Andy Harries

Andy Harries
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 april 1954 (70 years) at Inverness (United-kingdom)
Creator of Left Bank Pictures

Andrew D. M. Harries (born 7 April 1954) is a British television and film producer. After graduating from Hull University in the 1970s, Harries began his television career on the Granada Television current affairs series World in Action, before moving on to freelance work. He directed and produced programmes for Jonathan Ross's Channel X production company in the 1980s, before being appointed controller of the newly created comedy department at Granada in 1992. Over the next decade he produced and executive produced several critically acclaimed series, including The Royle Family, Cold Feet and The Grimleys.

In 2000 his portfolio was expanded to include Granada's drama productions. He worked on the revivals of Prime Suspect and Cracker, as well as the BAFTA-winning television play The Deal. In 2004 he began work producing The Queen, which was released to critical acclaim in 2006. Though he had spent 14 years with Granada, part of the ITV network, he became increasingly dissatisfied with the management of ITV after its corporate merger in 2003, and publicly criticized the network in 2006. He announced he would not be renewing his contract and departed in 2007 to form Left Bank Pictures. Since 2007, Left Bank has produced the television series Wallander, Strike Back, Married Single Other, the feature film The Damned United, and has several more television series in development.

In addition to the awards won by programmes he has worked on, Harries was given a Special Achievement award by BAFTA in 2007 for his contributions to British television. The same year, he was ranked in The Guardian's Media Top 100, and Broadcast's Top 100 Producers. He is married to novelist and director Rebecca Frayn.

Biography

Après des études à l’université de Hull dans les années 1970, Harries a commencé sa carrière en 1971. Il est marié à la romancière Rebecca Frayn.

Il a dirigé et produit des programmes pour la compagnie Jonathan Ross Channel X dans les années 1980. C'est lui qui a produit The Royle Family, Cold Feet et The Grimleys en 2003.

Depuis 2007, il a réalisé Strike Back, Married Single Other et The Damned United, des séries télévisées qui ont eu beaucoup de succès au Royaume-Uni. Harries a reçu un prix au BAFTA Awards en 2007, pour ses contributions à la télévision britannique. La même année, il a été classé dans le Top 100 Producers et a été élu « meilleur producteur de l’année ».


Filmographie



Année

Titre

Position

Awards (prix)


Granada Television productions


1980

World in Action

Scénariste




1982

Disappearing World

Scénariste




Freelance et Channel X productions


1983

Food for Thought

Directeur et scénariste




Twenty Twenty Vision

Directeur et producteur




1984

Africa

Directeur




The South Bank Show

Directeur et producteur




1985

South of Watford

Directeur et producteur




1987

A Short Sharp Shock

Directeur et producteur




Arena

Directeur




1988

The Incredibly Strange Film Show

Directeur et producteur




1989

Lenny Live and Unleashed

Directeur et producteur




Son of Incredibly Strange Film Show

Directeur et producteur




1990

Omnibus

Directeur et producteur




Jonathan Ross Presents For One Week Only

Directeur et producteur




1991

Viva Elvis!

Directeur et producteur




The Ghosts of Oxford Street

Directeur et producteur




Granada Television productions


1993

Rik Mayall Presents...

Producteur (1993)
producteur exécutif (1994)




1994

An Evening with Gary Lineker

Producteur




1995

Lee Evans

Producteur




The Perfect Match

Producteur




1996

True Love

Producteur




Stand Up

Producteur




1997

Holding the Baby

Producteur




Comedy Premieres

Producteur




My Wonderful Life

Producteur




1998

The Misadventures of Margaret

Producteur




The Royle Family

Producteur




Cold Feet

Producteur




1999

Passion Killers

Producteur




Casting Couch

Producteur




Dark Ages

Producteur




2000

Bob Martin

Producteur




Back Passage to India

Directeur et producteur exécutif




Metropolis

Producteur




Safe as Houses

Producteur




2002

The Jury

Producteur et scénariste




Doctor Zhivago

Producteur




The Forsyte Saga

Producteur




2003

The Deal

Producteur




Henry VIII

Producteur




Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness

Producteur

Nommé, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries, 2004


2004

Murder City

Producteur




Life Begins

Producteur




Island at War

Producteur




Wall of Silence

Producteur




Dirty Filthy Love

Producteur




Whose Baby?

Producteur

Directeur Rebecca Frayn


Christmas Lights

Producteur




2005

Pierrepoint

Producteur




Bloodlines

Producteur




Planespotting

Producteur




The Walk

Producteur




Colditz

Producteur




Donovan

Producteur




All About George

Producteur




Vincent

Producteur




2006

Eleventh Hour

Producteur




See No Evil: The Moors Murders

Producteur




The Queen (film)

Producteur




The Street

Producteur (2006–2007)




The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant

Producteur




The Kindness of Strangers

Producteur




Cracker

Producteur

1 épisode ("Nine Eleven")


What We Did on Our Holiday

Producteur




Longford (film)

Producteur

Nommé, British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama, 2007


Prime Suspect

Producteur




The Royle Family: "The Queen of Sheba"

Producteur




Losing Gemma

Producteur




2007

Northanger Abbey

Producteur




City Lights

Producteur




Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback

Producteur




Dead Clever

Producteur




Left Bank Pictures productions


2008

Comedy Lab: Kids School of Comedy

Producteur




Les Enquêtes de l'inspecteur Wallander

Producteur




2009

The Damned United

Producteur




Father and Son

Producteur




School of Comedy

Producteur




2010

Married Single Other

Producteur




The Special Relationship (film)

Producteur

société de production: HBO Films et BBC Films


Strike Back

Producteur




Zen

Producteur




2011

DCI Banks: Aftermath

Producteur




Mad Dogs

Producteur

2 saisons


2011

Zen (série)

Producteur exécutif

1 saison


2011

The Lady

Producteur




2012

All in Good Time

Producteur




2012

Cardinal Burns

Producteur exécutif




2012

Loving Miss Hatto

Producteur exécutif

Téléfilm


2013

Madiba

Producteur exécutif

Mini-série


2013

Marriages (série)

Producteur exécutif


Best films

The Queen
The Queen
(2006)
(Producer) The Lady
The Lady
(2011)
(Producer)

Usually with

Peter Morgan
Peter Morgan
(5 films)
Christine Langan
Christine Langan
(8 films)
Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen
(5 films)
Tracey Ullman
Tracey Ullman
(1 films)
Andrew Davies
Andrew Davies
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Andy Harries (15 films)

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Producer

Stan & Ollie
Stan & Ollie (2019)
, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy
Actors Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Nina Arianda, Susy Kane
Roles Executive Producer
Rating71% 3.5970653.5970653.5970653.5970653.597065
Durant leur tournée de 1953 au Royaume-Uni, Stan Laurel et Oliver Hardy se rendent compte que leur popularité a décliné. Ils peinent à remplir de petits théâtres mais avec de la publicité ils parviennent à retrouver le succès et remplissent de grandes salles. Alors que les affaires semblent reprendre, Laurel apprend de son producteur que leur film sur Robin des Bois ne se fera pas, il cache la vérité à Hardy. Peu de temps après, la santé de Hardy commence à décliner.
Dark River
Dark River (2018)
, 1h29
Directed by Clio Barnard
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Ruth Wilson, Sean Bean, Mark Stanley, Joe Dempsie
Roles Executive Producer
Rating58% 2.9484452.9484452.9484452.9484452.948445
À la mort de leur père, Alice Bell et son frère Joe se disputent la ferme familiale située dans les landes du Yorkshire.
All in Good Time
All in Good Time (2012)
, 1h33
Directed by Nigel Cole
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Reece Ritchie, Amara Karan, Harish Patel, Meera Syal, Arsher Ali, Christine Bottomley
Roles Executive producer
Rating57% 2.8581952.8581952.8581952.8581952.858195
Atul (Reece Ritchie) and Vina (Amara Karan) are newly married and in love. But their marriage gets off to a slow start because they are living with Atul's parents in Bolton. Lack of privacy in the cramped household and Atul's overbearing father, Eeshwar (played by Harish Patel), prevent Atul and Vina to find a suitable time and place to consummate their marriage. At time goes by, word gets around and the young couple's relationship begins to fray. After Vina leaves Atul, Eeshwar is finally able to talk to Atul without judgment and tells him to bring Vina home. With the relationship repaired, Atul and Vina are finally able to consummate their marriage.
The Lady
The Lady (2011)
, 2h7
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Actors Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Woodhouse, William Hope, Benedict Wong, William Hope
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.4971853.4971853.4971853.4971853.497185
In 1947, when Aung San Suu Kyi is two years old, her father Aung San leads Burma to independence. But soon afterwards, on 19 July 1947, he along with a group of his colleagues is assassinated by a group of armed men in uniform.
The Special Relationship
The Special Relationship (2010)
, 1h33
Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Michael Sheen, Dennis Quaid, Hope Davis, Helen McCrory, Adam Godley, Marc Rioufol
Roles Executive Producer
Rating66% 3.348363.348363.348363.348363.34836
Troisième film de la trilogie qui retrace les relations entre Tony Blair et Bill Clinton.
The Damned United
The Damned United (2009)
, 1h37
Directed by Tom Hooper
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent, Maurice Roëves, Elizabeth Carling
Roles Producer
Rating74% 3.7477753.7477753.7477753.7477753.747775
After failing to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, England manager Alf Ramsey is replaced by Don Revie (Colm Meaney), the highly successful manager of Leeds United. Revie's replacement at Leeds is Brian Clough (Michael Sheen), the former manager of Derby County and a fierce critic of Leeds, because of their violent and physical style of play under Revie's management. Furthermore, Clough's longtime assistant, Peter Taylor (Timothy Spall), has not joined him.
Joanne Lees: Murder In The Outback
Joanne Lees: Murder In The Outback (2007)
, 1h34
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Joanne Froggatt, Bryan Brown, John Wood, Tom Long, Asher Keddie, Richard Carter
Roles Executive Producer
Rating64% 3.2399653.2399653.2399653.2399653.239965
The film begins in 2001, when backpackers Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio were travelling around the outback in Australia in a camper van. On the Stuart Highway, near Barrow Creek, in the Northern Territory, they were waved down by Bradley John Murdoch, who was later convicted of assaulting Lees and murdering Falconio.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey (2007)
, 1h26
Directed by Jon Jones
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Felicity Jones, Geraldine James, JJ Feild, Desmond Barrit, Carey Mulligan, Hugh O'Conor
Roles Executive Producer
Rating71% 3.595943.595943.595943.595943.59594
Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland (Felicity Jones), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morland (Gerry O'Brien and Julia Dearden), is a tomboy with a wild imagination and a passion for Gothic novels. Family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen (Desmond Barrit and Sylvestra Le Touzel), invite Catherine to spend the season in Bath and she readily accepts. At her first ball, Catherine meets and dances with Henry Tilney (JJ Feild). The following day, Catherine makes the acquaintance of the Thorpe family. She becomes good friends with Isabella Thorpe (Carey Mulligan) and she meets Isabella's brother, John (William Beck), when she is reunited with her own brother, James (Hugh O'Conor).
The Queen
The Queen (2006)
, 1h39
Directed by Stephen Frears
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.64813.64813.64813.64813.6481
In the 1997 general election, Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) becomes Britain's Labour prime minister. However, the Queen (Helen Mirren) is wary of Blair and his pledge to modernise Britain, despite his promises to respect the Royal Family. Three months later, Diana, Princess of Wales dies in a car crash at the Alma Bridge tunnel in Paris. Blair's director of communications, Alastair Campbell (Mark Bazeley), prepares a speech in which Diana is described as the people's princess. The phrase catches on and millions of people across London display an outpouring of grief at Buckingham and Kensington Palaces. Meanwhile, the Royal Family is still at their summer estate in Balmoral Castle. Diana's death sparks division amongst members of the family, with some of the view that since Diana was divorced from Prince Charles (Alex Jennings) a year prior to her death, she was no longer a part of the royal family. They argue that Diana's funeral arrangements are thus best left as a private affair of her noble family, the Spencers. Charles, however, argues that the mother of a future king cannot be dismissed so lightly, and persuades the Queen to authorise the use of an aircraft of the Royal Air Force to bring Diana's body back to Britain.
Longford
Longford (2006)
, 1h33
Directed by Tom Hooper
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jim Broadbent, Samantha Morton, Lindsay Duncan, Andy Serkis, Robert Pugh, Anton Rodgers
Roles Executive Producer
Rating74% 3.74193.74193.74193.74193.7419
The film begins during the late 1960s (during the first premiership of Harold Wilson) at the House of Lords, with Lord Longford, a regular prison visitor, presiding over a reception for a number of ex-convicts whom he had visited and corresponded with when they were incarcerated. He receives a letter from one of the most notorious criminals in Britain, the Moors Murderer Myra Hindley, who is several years into her life sentence for taking part in the murder of three children with her boyfriend, Ian Brady.
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
, 1h30
Directed by Adrian Shergold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Eddie Marsan, Simon Armstrong, Tim Woodward, Ann Bell
Roles Executive Producer
Rating73% 3.6961653.6961653.6961653.6961653.696165
The film loosely follows Britain's most prolific hangman, Albert Pierrepoint (Timothy Spall), from the time he is first trained for the job and accepted onto the list of the country's official hangmen in 1932 until his resignation in 1956.
Dirty Filthy Love
Dirty Filthy Love (2005)
, 1h33
Directed by Adrian Shergold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Michael Sheen, Shirley Henderson, Anastasia Griffith, Claudie Blakley, Anton Lesser, Rupert Young
Roles Executive producer
Rating71% 3.591183.591183.591183.591183.59118
Mark Furness (Sheen), once a successful architect, finds it increasingly difficult to control his "bad habits", such as climbing stairs in a strange sequence, swearing involuntarily and washing himself compulsively. His wife, Stevie (Griffith) asks him to leave their home, so he seeks solace with his best friends Nathan (Bower) and Kathy (Blakley), who take him under their wing.
The Deal
The Deal (2003)
, 1h16
Directed by Stephen Frears
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors David Morrissey, Michael Sheen, Dexter Fletcher, Frank Kelly, Paul Rhys, Stuart McQuarrie
Roles Executive Producer
Rating69% 3.4942453.4942453.4942453.4942453.494245
In the prologue, opening in medias res, shows Gordon Brown (David Morrissey) taking a telephone call from Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) to arrange a meeting at the Granita restaurant in Islington.
Doctor Zhivago (TV miniseries)
Doctor Zhivago (TV miniseries) (2002)
, 3h45
Directed by Giacomo Campiotti
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hans Matheson, Keira Knightley, Sam Neill, Kris Marshall, Alexandra Maria Lara Claudia Paolina, Bill Paterson
Roles Executive producer
Rating74% 3.74173.74173.74173.74173.7417
Part I The story begins in Tsarist Russia in the early 1900s and is set primarily against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Russian Civil War of 1918–1921. At its core is Larissa Guishar Antipova, a young woman from Moscow who has a profound effect on three men who become enamored with her.
The Perfect Match
The Perfect Match (1995)
, 1h17
Directed by Nick Hurran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Saskia Reeves, Con O'Neill, Beth Goddard, John Thomson, Sheila Gish, Roger Lloyd-Pack
Roles Producer

Manchester United supporter Phil (Con O'Neill) proposes to his girlfriend Bridget (Saskia Reeves) on the big screen at Wembley during the FA Cup Final. They soon become minor national celebrities, attracting the attention of the tabloid newspaper The Sun and television presenter Keith Chegwin. The public frenzy leads Bridget to decide not to marry Phil. The two eventually reconcile and marry out of the public eye.