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Barney Reisz

Glorious 39

Barney entered the film industry in 1978 as a runner/tea-boy working his way up through the ranks of assistant-directing before becoming a location manager in 1985. Throughout the rest of the 80s and first half of the 90s, he was a location manager then production manager on numerous feature films and television dramas.
 
He produced a short comedy It's Good To Talk, directed by Roger Goldby which was nominated for an Oscar in 1999. He has subsequently produced a range of TV drama and documentary films, music videos, and feature films including Stephen Poliakoffss recent Glorious 39.

Selected Credits since 1996
As PRODUCER
 
CO-PRODUCER - 'THE LOSS OF SEXUAL INNOCENCE', Super 16/35mm feature film directed by Mike Figgis, starring Saffron Burrows, Julian Sands, Gina McKee, Kelly MacDonald, financed by Summit Entertainment
 
PRODUCER - 'IT'S GOOD TO TALK', 15-minute 35mm short film comedy directed by Roger Goldby, starring Martin Clunes, Sean Hughes, Steven MacIntosh, financed by The Foundation for Sport and the Arts and sold worldwide including Channel 4 Television.
 
PRODUCER - 'INVISIBLE SUN' - STING pop video to accompany theme song from "X-Files - The Movie" for Twentieth Century Fox.
 
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER - 'MISS JULIE', Super 16/35mm feature film adaptation of Strindberg's play, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Peter Mullan and Saffron Burrows.
 
PRODUCER - 'ON SET WITH RANDALL AND HOPKIRK', 50-minute documentary directed by Roger Goldby, 'behind-the-scenes' on the Working Title TV show starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, financed by BBC Television.
 
PRODUCER - 'KEN AND ROSA', 50-minute documentary directed by Henrique Goldman about Ken Loach and the making-of his feature film 'Bread and Roses', financed by FilmFour and BAC Films
 
PRODUCER - 'DEAD GORGEOUS', 2 hour TV drama for Carlton/ITV network starring Faye Ripley and Helen McCrory, directed by Sarah Harding.
 
PRODUCER - 'JOHNNY ENGLISH:CLASSIFIED INFORMATION', 1/2 hour behind the scenes documentary for ITV about the making-of the feature film "Johnny English" starring Rowan Atkinson.
 
PRODUCER - 'FAMILY BUSINESS', 6 x 1 hour TV drama series for BBC1 starring Jamie Foreman, Elizabeth Berrington and Trevor Peacock, directed by Tom Shankland and Sarah Harding, written by Tony Grounds.
 
PRODUCER - 'ALL THE GIRLS I'VE LOVED BEFORE', 50-minute documentary for Channel 4 TV, directed by Henrique Goldman.
 
PRODUCER - 'ELIZABETH I', 2 x 2 hour TV drama mini-series for Company Pictures, Channel 4 TV and HBO, starring Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons and Hugh Dancy, directed by Tom Hooper, written by Nigel Williams.
 
(*Nomination - Royal Television Society - TV DRAMA SERIES*
*Nomination - Broadcast award - TV DRAMA SERIES*
*Winner - South Bank Show award - BEST TV DRAMA*
*Winner - Emmy (Primetime) - OUTSTANDING MINI-SERIES*
*Winner - Golden Globe - BEST FILM FOR TELEVISION*
*Winner - PGA Award - PRODUCER OF THE YEAR*
*Winner - Peabody Award*)
 
PRODUCER - 'TIME OF YOUR LIFE', 6 x 1 hour TV drama series for Granada/ITV1, starring Geraldine James, Robert Pugh and Genevieve O'Reilly, directed by David Blair, written by Charlie Martin.
 
PRODUCER - 'THE SHOOTING OF THOMAS HURNDALL', 90-min TV film drama for Channel 4 TV/Talkback Thames, starring Stephen Dillane and Kerry Fox, directed by Rowan Joffe, written by Simon Block.
 
PRODUCER - 'GLORIOUS 39', feature film for Talkback Thames, starring Bill Nighy and Romola Garai, written and directed by Stephen Polikoff.