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Glenn Wilhide | |
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| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | Leighton Park School |
| Alma mater | University of York |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, television producer |
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Glenn Wilhide (born 1958) is an American screenwriter and television producer.
Wilhide was born in Maryland, USA, to American parents. His family moved to the UK when he was a child and he was educated at Leighton Park School in Reading, Berkshire, and the University of York where he read English and History of Art. He is married to Jennifer Caron Hall, the daughter of actress and ballerina Leslie Caron and the late Peter Hall.
His paternal grandfather,[ citation needed ] also called Glenn Calvin Wilhide, was the inventor of the first hand power drill, for the Black and Decker company in Towson, Maryland. [1]
Glenn Wilhide was a co-founder of the independent production company called ZED Ltd in 1985 and, with Sophie Balhetchet, produced documentaries, talk shows, and dramas.
Wilhide's first full producer credit was a feature film titled The Road Home (1985), directed by Jerzy Kaszubowski and shot in Poland for Channel 4. [2] [3] It was released as Cienie in Polish one year later.
With Balhetchet, Wilhide produced The Camomile Lawn (1992), directed by his father-in-law Peter Hall and starring Felicity Kendal, Jennifer Ehle, Toby Stevens, Tara Fitzgerald and a young Rebecca Hall. It was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Series and won the BAFTA for Best Costume. In 2018 it was named No 4 in The 60 Best British TV Shows of All Time by The Daily Telegraph . [4]
Also with Balhetchet, Wilhide produced The Manageress (1993) about a female manager of a football club, starring Cherie Lunghi, Tom Georgeson and Warren Clarke. It was commissioned for a second series. A BBC documentary about Karren Brady, who became the first female managing director of Birmingham City F.C. in 1994, was titled The Real Life Manageress after the series. [5] [6] [7]
Wilhide and Balhetchet also produced The Peacock Spring (1996) starring Naveen Andrews, Jennifer Carol Hall and Hattie Morahan.
Wilhide disbanded ZED Ltd in 1996, and began working as a freelance producer at Granada TV, developing projects primarily with Gub Neal in the drama department.[ citation needed ]
Wilhide produced the first series of The Royle Family (1998) starring Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, which they co-wrote with Henry Normal. The Royle Family won the Best New Television Comedy award at The British Comedy Awards, and it ranks 31st in the BFI TV 100. The following year Wilhide produced Mrs Merton and Malcolm (1999) with The Royle Family team;[ who? ] both shows were made by Granada TV for the BBC.
Along with Tim Whitby, Wilhilde produced Metropolis (2000), about a group of recent graduate friends finding their feet in London, written by Peter Morgan. [8] [9]
| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
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| 1984 | A TV Dante | Peter Greenaway, Tom Phillips | Artifax for Channel 4 | Associate Producer (Pilot) |
| 1984 | 26 Bathrooms | Peter Greenaway | Artifax for Channel 4 | Associate Producer (Pilot) |
| 1985 | The Possessed | Yuri Lyubimov, Jolyon Wimhurst | Zed Ltd for Channel 4 | Associate Producer |
| 1986 | Le Tango Stupéfiant | Anne Foreman | Zed Ltd for Channel 4; La Sept | Producer |
| 1987 | The Road Home | Jerzy Kaszubowski | Zed Ltd for Film4; Film Polski | Producer |
| 1988 | HOPPLA | Anne Teresa de Keersmaker | Zed Ltd for Channel 4; La Sept | Producer |
| 1988 | The Manageress | Chris King | Zed Ltd for Channel 4; ECA | Producer |
| 1989 | The Missing Reel | Christopher Rawlence | Zed Ltd for Channel 4; La Sept; Bravo | Producer |
| 1992 | The Camomile Lawn | Peter Hall | Zed Ltd for Channel 4; ABC | Producer |
| 1994 | Why East Grinstead? | Ian Sellar | Zed Ltd for Channel 4 | Producer |
| 1994 | Loach on Location | Laurence Boulting | Zed Ltd for BBC Two | Producer |
| 1995 | The Peacock Spring | Christopher Morahan | Zed Ltd for BBC One | Producer |
| 1998 | The Royle Family | Mark Mylod | Granada TV for BBC Two | Producer (first season) |
| 1995 | Mrs Merton and Malcolm | John Birkin | Granada TV for BBC One | Producer |
| 1999 | Metropolis | Glenn Wilhide, Tim Whitby | Granada TV for ITV | Producer and Director |
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