Alison Owen
Alison Owen | |
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| Born | Alison Mary Owen 18 February 1961 Portsmouth, England |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse(s) | Andy Lavender deceased Aaron Batterham (m. ??) |
| Children | 3, including Lily and Alfie Allen |
Alison Mary Owen (born 18 February 1961) is an English film producer.[1][2] Her credits as a producer include Moonlight and Valentino (1995), Elizabeth (1998), Sylvia (2003), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Proof (2005), The Other Boleyn Girl (2007), Brick Lane (2007), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Tulip Fever (2017) and Back to Black (2024).
Life
[edit]Owen was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, into a Roman Catholic family.[3] Her parents were Mary Kathleen (née Hitchiner), a Royal Navy dockyard worker, and Peter Ronald Owen, chief petty officer in the Royal Navy, and was the younger of two daughters. Her sister is Jill Beatrice Owen.[4]
Owen's first marriage (other sources simply say "relationship") started when she was a teenager in the 1970s, producing her first child, Sarah, in late December 1979, when Owen was an 18-year-old university student.[5] She married actor Keith Allen in 1984, and they had two children together, pop singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen, before divorcing in 1989.[6] She also had a relationship with comedian Harry Enfield who was a common-law stepfather to Owen's children.[7] She is married to art director Aaron Batterham.[8]
In 2017, the National Portrait Gallery acquired an early portrait of Owen by photographer David Gwinnutt for its permanent collection.[6]
Career
[edit]She first started working at Limelight Records producing music videos. Later she produced her first film Hear My Song and a TV series called Diary of a Teenage Health Freak. She subsequently worked for Working Title Films, where she set up the low-budget film division.[9] Her production company is Ruby Films.[10]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Hear My Song | |
| 1993 | The Young Americans | |
| 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino | |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | |
| 2001 | Happy Now? | |
| 2003 | Sylvia | |
| 2004 | Shaun of the Dead | |
| 2005 | Proof | |
| 2007 | Brick Lane | |
| 2008 | The Other Boleyn Girl | |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre | |
| 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | |
| 2014 | The Giver | Executive producer |
| 2015 | Suffragette | |
| 2017 | Tulip Fever | |
| 2019 | How to Build a Girl | |
| 2024 | Back to Black |
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era | BAFTA TV Award for Best Best Light Entertainment (Programme or Series) | Nominated |
| 1999 | Elizabeth | BAFTA Award for Best British Film | Won |
| Academy Award for Best Picture | Nominated | ||
| BAFTA Award for Best Film | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | Temple Grandin | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie | Won |
| Small Island | BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Serial | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Temple Grandin | Producers Guild of America Award for Best Long-Form Television | Nominated |
| 2014 | Saving Mr. Banks | BAFTA Award for Best British Film | Nominated |
| Saving Mr. Banks | Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ↑ Profile, The Guardian, 19 February 2004.
- ↑ POwerlist, The Guardian, 8 March 2012.
- ↑ Lily Allen "Big Read" interview, nme.com. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ↑ Profile, The Daily Telegraph, 19 May 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ Ranscombe, Siân (22 November 2013). "Inside the world of film producer Alison Owen". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- 1 2 Dex, Robert (16 March 2017). "Lily Allen's mother Alison Owen joins singer in National Portrait Gallery". London Evening Standard. Alexander Lebedev. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ↑ Heaswood, Sophie (20 September 2018). "Lily Allen: 'I was pretty brazen with all my behaviour. I just didn't care'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ Woods, Judith (28 September 2015). "Alison Owen: 'The suffragettes were guerrillas. Their story needed to be told'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "In Conversation: Alison Owen (Producer of Saving Mr. Banks, Shaun of the Dead, Tamara Drewe)". filmdoctor.co.uk. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ↑ Dawtrey, Adam (26 March 2006). "Ruby finds new home". Variety. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Alison Owen at IMDb
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