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Rebecca O'Brien
O'Brien in 2015
Born1957 (age 67–68)
London, England
OccupationFilm producer
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Rebecca O'Brien (born 25 October 1957) is a BAFTA-winning film producer, known especially for her work with co-producer Ken Loach and scriptwriter Paul Laverty. She has twice been the recipient of the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. She has also won a BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film.

Early life

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O'Brien was born in London, England[1] and raised in the town of Peebles in Scotland.[2]

Career

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Her career began in theatre and children's television and her early cinema work includes My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), on which she was location manager, and Bean (1997), which she co-produced.[3]

She was co-producer on Ken Loach's Hidden Agenda (1990) and sole producer on his Land and Freedom (1995) and on many of his subsequent films.[3]

Together with Loach and scriptwriter Paul Laverty, she runs the production company Sixteen Films, formed in 2002.[3][4]

Two of O'Brien and Loach's films, The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016) received the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. Laverty, Loach and O'Brien received an "outstanding contribution" award from BAFTA Scotland in November 2016[5] and the trio won the 2017 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film, for I, Daniel Blake.[6]

Leadership roles

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O'Brien served as a member of the board of the UK Film Council, until that body's dissolution in 2010,[7] and of the UK Film Industry Training Board.[8] She is a board member of PACT, the trade body for independent film production companies in the United Kingdom,[9] and of the European Film Academy.[8] She is also a member of The British Screen Advisory Council.[10]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Rebecca O'Brien". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  2. ^ The Scotsman Friday 16 October 1998, page 31
  3. ^ a b c "O'Brien, Rebecca (1957-) Biography". BFI. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. ^ "'I, Daniel Blake' producer Rebecca O'Brien joins Screen Film Summit". Screen Daily. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Crime drama Shetland triumphs at Bafta Scotland". BBC News. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  6. ^ "2017 Film Outstanding British Film". BAFTA. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Producer Rebecca O'Brien reacts to abolition of UK Film Council". BBC News. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  8. ^ a b "People" (in German). European Film Academy. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Our Team". PACT. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Rebecca O'Brien". British Screen Advisory Council. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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