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Andy Harries
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Biography
Andrew Harries OBE (born 7 April 1954) is chief executive and co-founder of Left Bank Pictures, a UK-based production company formed in 2007. In a career spanning four decades, he has produced television dramas including The Royle Family, Cold Feet, the revivals of Prime Suspect and Cracker, as well as the BAFTA-winning television play The Deal. In 2006, he received an Academy Award nomination as producer of The Queen, which won Helen Mirren the Best Actress award for her role. In 2007, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awarded him the Special Award in Honour of Alan Clarke. In 2011, the Royal Television Society conferred a Fellowship on Harries for outstanding contributions to the broadcasting industry. Broadcast Magazine has described him as "one of the UK's most outstanding drama producers". Since 2007, Left Bank has produced the television series Wallander, Strike Back, Outlander (TV series), and The Replacement, amongst many other acclaimed dramas. In 2016, they released The Crown, the first American-British television series produced exclusively for Netflix. The Golden Globe, SAG and Emmy-winning series, written by Peter Morgan, has been very well received by critics and audiences. Their fourth feature film, Dark River, was released on 23 February 2018. It was written and directed by Clio Barnard, stars Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, and Sean Bean. It screened in the Platform section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Left Bank Pictures has won numerous industry awards, including Best Independent Production Company at the Edinburgh TV Awards (2017) and the Broadcast Awards (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Harries, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable films
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Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Last Picture Shows
In an age of digital gloss, a new generation of filmmakers has returned to celluloid for its warmth, grain, and honesty. This chain follows the medium's resurge...
8 films
The Beautiful Game on Screen
From the favelas of Rio to the pitches of Glasgow, a journey through football's cinematic universe, where the sport becomes a mirror for society, identity, and...
8 films
The Weight of Command: Eight Faces of Authority
From courtroom to battlefield, from boardroom to the Oval Office, these eight performances explore the many masks of power and the human cost of wearing them.
8 films
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