Annabel Jones | |
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Born | January 1972 (age 52) |
Education | London School of Economics |
Occupation | Producer |
Years active | 2006–present |
Annabel Jones (born January 1972) [1] is a Welsh television producer, best known for producing Black Mirror with Charlie Brooker. [2] She is a co-writer of the 2018 book Inside Black Mirror, with Brooker and Jason Arnopp. [3] Jones is co-founder of the production company Broke and Bones, alongside Brooker. [4]
Jones was born in January 1972 and grew up in Milford Haven, Wales. [1] [5] She began studying developmental economics at the London School of Economics in 1990. After graduating in 1994, she worked for television production companies in Soho, London. [5]
Jones became an executive at the production company Endemol. [5] She began working with Charlie Brooker at the production company Zeppotron, owned by the Endemol, on five series of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (2006–2008), the first two series of the science fiction anthology series Black Mirror (2011 and 2013) and the satirical police procedural A Touch of Cloth (2012–2014). [5] [6] Jones and Brooker founded the Endemol Shine production company House of Tomorrow in 2014, Jones serving as managing director. It had a revenue of £31.2 million in 2018. [6] Jones and Brooker quit the label House of Tomorrow in January 2020, founding the production company Broke and Bones in February 2020. The pair each have a 50% share in the company. [4] [6]
Title | Year | Executive producer | Notes |
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Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe | 2006–2008 | No | Program consultant |
Dead Set | 2008 | Yes | |
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe | 2009 | Yes | |
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker | 2009–2010 | Yes | |
Charlie Brooker's 2010 Wipe | 2010 | Yes | |
How TV Ruined Your Life | 2011 | Yes | |
Charlie Brooker's 2011 Wipe | 2011 | Yes | |
Black Mirror | 2011–2019 | Yes | |
Charlie Brooker's 2012 Wipe | 2012 | Yes | |
A Touch of Cloth | 2012–2014 | Yes | |
How Videogames Changed the World | 2013 | Yes | |
Charlie Brooker's 2013 Wipe | 2013 | Yes | |
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe | 2013–2015 | Yes | |
Charlie Brooker's 2014 Wipe | 2014 | Yes | |
Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe | 2015 | Yes | |
Charlie Brooker's 2015 Wipe | 2015 | Yes | |
Cunk on Shakespeare | 2016 | Yes | |
Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe | 2016 | Yes | |
Cunk on Christmas | 2016 | Yes | |
Cunk on Britain | 2017 | Yes | |
Cunk and Other Humans on 2019 | 2019 | Yes | |
Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe | 2020 | Yes | |
Death to 2020 | 2020 | Yes | Also co-creator |
Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! | 2021 | Yes | |
Death to 2021 | 2021 | Yes | Also co-creator |
Cat Burglar | 2022 | Yes | |
Toxic Town | TBA | Yes |
In 2017, Jones won a Primetime Emmy Award for the Black Mirror episode "San Junipero" and in 2018, won another for the episode "USS Callister". [7] Alongside other individuals associated with the series, Jones was credited in the programme's nomination for the 2018 Black Reel Award for Outstanding Television Movie or Limited Series [8] and the 2017 nomination and 2018 awarding of the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Long-Form Television. [9] [10]
Title | Year | Award | Work |
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BAFTA | 2021 | Comedy Entertainment | Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe |
Producers Guild of America | 2020 | Innovation in Broadcasting Award | Black Mirror: Bandersnatch |
Producers Guild of America | 2020 | Outstanding Producer of Streamed or TV | Black Mirror: "Striking Vipers" |
BAFTA | 2019 | Best Single Drama | Black Mirror: Bandersnatch |
BAFTA | 2018 | Best Single Drama | Black Mirror: "Hang The DJ" |
Rose d'Or | 2018 | Best Limited Series | Black Mirror: Series 4 |
Rose d'Or | 2018 | Best Comedy | Cunk on Britain |
Producers Guild of America | 2017 | Outstanding Producer of Streamed or TV | Black Mirror : Series 4 |
BAFTA | 2017 | Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment | Cunk on Shakespeare |
Broadcast Award | 2016 | Best Single Drama | Black Mirror: "White Christmas" |
Royal Television Society | 2016 | Best Single Drama | Black Mirror: "White Christmas" |
BAFTA | 2016 | Comedy and Comedy Entertainment | Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe |
BAFTA | 2015 | Comedy and Comedy Entertainment | Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe |
BAFTA | 2014 | Best Single Drama | Black Mirror: "Be Right Back" |
Royal Television Society | 2014 | Best Scripted Comedy | A Touch of Cloth Part II |
Broadcast Award | 2013 | Best Single Drama | Black Mirror: "The National Anthem" |
BAFTA | 2009 | Best Entertainment | Charlie Brooker's Newswipe |
BAFTA | 2008 | Best Drama Serial | Dead Set |
Jones is a vegetarian. [12]
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