Eric Fellner | |
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Born | England | 10 October 1959
Education | Cranleigh School, Surrey |
Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London |
Occupation | Film producer |
Spouse | Gaby Dellal (divorced) |
Partner | Laura Bailey |
Children | 5 |
Eric Nigel Fellner, CBE (born 10 October 1959) [1] [2] is a British film producer. He is the co-chairman (along with Tim Bevan) of the production company Working Title Films.
Fellner was born in England. From 1972 to 1977, he was educated at Cranleigh School, a boarding independent school for boys (now co-educational), in Surrey in South East England, followed by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Fellner was a film producer at Initial Films and had come to prominence as the producer of Sid and Nancy (1986) and the executive producer of A Kiss Before Dying (1991). Following the departure of Sarah Radclyffe from Working Title Films, he joined to partner Tim Bevan in 1991. [3]
Working Title has a separate deal covering television with Universal’s corporate sibling, NBCUniversal International Studios. [4] It is now one of Britain's largest production company with offices in London and Los Angeles and its films have grossed over $8.5 billion worldwide. [5] Successes include Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) which has grossed over US$250 million worldwide. Dead Man Walking and Fargo won Oscars in 1996 and 1997 respectively, while Elizabeth (1998), Atonement (2007) and Frost/Nixon were all nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award.
Fellner has five children. 3 from his marriage and two with his long-time partner who is photographer Laura Bailey and they live in London.
He is the Chairman of Into Film which is a charity which aims to put film at the heart of children and young people’s educational, cultural and personal development. Along with his business partner Tim Bevan, Lisa Bryer, David Heyman, Barbara Broccoli and Michael 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. [7]
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Year | Title | Notes |
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1992 | Underbelly | |
1993 | Spender | |
2003 | About a Boy | Television pilot |
2008 | Frontline | Documentary |
2007−10 | The Tudors | |
2011 | Love Bites | |
The Borrowers | Television film | |
2012 | Birdsong | |
True Love | ||
2013 | Mary and Martha | Television film; Also associate producer |
2014 | The Secrets | |
About a Boy | ||
2015 | You, Me and the Apocalypse | |
London Spy | ||
2013−16 | Yonderland | |
2017 | Gypsy | |
2019 | The Case Against Adnan Syed | Documentary |
Tales of the City | ||
2020 | The Luminaries | |
2019−20 | Hanna | |
2021 | We Are Lady Parts | |
2022 | Everything I Know About Love |
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