born january english film producer head april graduating cambridge_university working advertising years joined drama department script edited daytime soap operas transferred newly created comedy department developed acclaimed television series cold feet comedies left freelance producer produced romantic comedy series rescue bbc returned produced acclaimed dramas deal dirty feature film production debut got award nomination 60th produced queen won bafta award best film nominated executive producer developing features girl april appointed creative director giving control million annual budget projects commissioned development led record nominations included loop education lives london partner writer children background born january london england mother father dinner lady respectively children growing interested television production seeing credits programmes attended catholic grammar school read english cambridge graduating cambridge_university spent years working advertising company contributed film reviews cinema programme began career film production assistant developer following year responded advertisement script editor drama department located manchester hired worked mainly daytime soap operas career comedy returned london work newly created comedy department script edited september song television adaptation evening second series associate producer perfect match comedy drama written bbc radio producer perfect match broadcast september shortly asked develop ideas devised cold feet comedy drama based love lives friends produced cold feet guiding script drafts hiring father director shoot broadcast march comedy itv script edited received poor ratings little critical reaction won rose commissioned series cold feet august produced series tried achieve written visual style differed regular avoiding liners quick laughs hiring directors little television work cold feet premiered series november stayed series received nomination worked feature film script editing margaret executive producer department oversaw productions including starring safe houses starring pilot episode saw starring offered position bbc drama department rearranged year trade magazine broadcast reported bbc substantial offer director programmes grant countered bbc bid offering position deputy controller drama operating recently appointed controller department accepted offer instead freelance producer contract expired developed episodes saw project producing romantic comedy series rescue tiger aspect productions bbc producing credited directorial debut final episode series starring broadcast ratings success bbc commission second series drama september signed new contract develop new projects combined drama film comedy department production romantic comedy television film starring end began developing deal political rise initially giving backing itv network backed pre production channel picked film broadcast september deal presented year produced drama dirty nominated bafta best single drama feature debut released major film festivals based life british played got nomination award promising newcomer 60th saw theatrical release queen feature film follow deal focused impact death diana princess wales reprised role deal played elizabeth film produced operation itv network released late critical acclaim won bafta award best film nominated work queen variety writer said tribute skill working tricky talented writers directors stories easily confined small screen real cinematic depth breadth september low key departure position executive producer approached join years feel time concentrate exclusively film immediately began overseeing editing work girl post production began developing film based novel days managed leeds united film adapted executive produced starred continues work people projects said reason return working people invested time energy thought care relationships pay queen example relationships paying following announcement retiring post head september widely expected duties confirmation following month appointed commissioning editor company taking day day duties reporting bbc transferred position los_angeles bbc decided fill controller fiction vacancy single person instead responsibilities divided people creative director responsible editorial strategy commissioning joined board overseeing million annual budget executive produced high profile films loop education received nomination 63rd described record number executive produced special relationship final blair trilogy british feature film guardian recognised achievements ranking number inaugural film power list september executive produced directorial debut biopic week adaptation novel need talk kevin project development hell realised trying big budget rewrote script allow lower budget filmography awards nominations
Christine Langan