Tim Bevan

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Tim Bevan

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Bevan in 2019
Born
Timothy John Bevan

(1957-12-20) 20 December 1957 (age 65) [1]
Queenstown, New Zealand
Education Cheltenham College
Sidcot School
OccupationFilm producer
Years active1984–present
Spouses
(m. 1992;div. 2001)
Amy Gadney
(m. 2001)
Children3, including Daisy Bevan

Timothy John Bevan, CBE (born 20 December 1957) is a New Zealand-British film producer, [2] the co-chairman (with Eric Fellner) of the production company Working Title Films.

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Bevan and Fellner are the most successful British producers of their era, having produced several critically and commercially successful films including Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Elizabeth (1998), Notting Hill (1999), Billy Elliot (2000), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Atonement (2007), Frost/Nixon (2008), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), and Darkest Hour (2017). They are also notable for their long-time collaboration with American filmmakers the Coen brothers, having produced Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), The Big Lebowski (1998), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? among others. As of 2017, films by Working Title Films have won 12 Academy Awards and 39 British Academy Film Awards. [3] [4] [5]

Bevan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2005 Birthday Honours for services to the British film industry. [6]

Early life and education

Bevan was born in 1957 in Queenstown, New Zealand. [7] [1] From 1969—1974, he was educated at Sidcot School, [8] a Quaker boarding independent school in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Winscombe in North Somerset, in South West England. He then attended Cheltenham College, [9] a boarding independent school in the spa town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, in the West of England.

Life and career

Bevan co-founded Working Title Films in London with Sarah Radclyffe and Graham Bradstreet in the 1980s. [2] (Eric Fellner now partners Tim Bevan at Working Title Films). Among Bevan's more than 40 films as producer or executive producer are Moonlight and Valentino , Fargo , O Brother, Where Art Thou? , The Guru , Captain Corelli's Mandolin , Love Actually , Notting Hill , Elizabeth , Bridget Jones's Diary , Atonement , and Frost/Nixon . Through 2017, the films he has co-produced have grossed a total of almost $7 billion worldwide. [10]

Working Title Films signed a deal with Universal Studios in 1999 for a reported US$600 million, which gave Bevan and Fellner the power to commission projects with a budget of up to $35 million without having to consult their paymasters.[ citation needed ]

Bevan is a co-producer of the West End musical Billy Elliot .[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Bevan is divorced from English actress Joely Richardson; the two have a daughter, Daisy, born in 1992. Bevan is now married to Amy Gadney, and they have a daughter Nell, born 2001, and a son Jago, born 2003.

Filmography

Film

Producer

Executive producer

As an actor

Thanks

Television

Executive producer

YearTitleNotes
1988 Echoes
1992 The Borrowers
1993 Tales of the City
1998 More Tales of the City
2001 Further Tales of the City
2003About a BoyTelevision 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
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

Awards and honours

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