LONDON -- Producer Verity Lambert, who made the original Doctor Who series, will pick up this year's Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming Women In Film And Television awards here.
Lambert is scheduled to pick up the award, sponsored by Working Title Films, for her "outstanding contribution to the film and television industry" at the ceremony held Dec. 7 in central London.
Lambert "has conspicuously promoted women on both sides of the camera, and has been at the top of her profession for more than forty years. Verity is an inspiration for us all," said Sophie Balhetchet, chair of Women in Film and Television.
For her part, Lambert said she was thrilled to receive the nod, "especially as I feel very fortunate to have worked with some of the most talented people in the country."
In a career spanning more than four decades, Lambert's credits span Doctor Who in 1963 to the BAFTA and Royal Television Society-winning Rock Follies in 1976. She most recently worked with writer David Renwick on Love Soup, a second series of which will air on BBC1 in early 2008.
Lambert is scheduled to pick up the award, sponsored by Working Title Films, for her "outstanding contribution to the film and television industry" at the ceremony held Dec. 7 in central London.
Lambert "has conspicuously promoted women on both sides of the camera, and has been at the top of her profession for more than forty years. Verity is an inspiration for us all," said Sophie Balhetchet, chair of Women in Film and Television.
For her part, Lambert said she was thrilled to receive the nod, "especially as I feel very fortunate to have worked with some of the most talented people in the country."
In a career spanning more than four decades, Lambert's credits span Doctor Who in 1963 to the BAFTA and Royal Television Society-winning Rock Follies in 1976. She most recently worked with writer David Renwick on Love Soup, a second series of which will air on BBC1 in early 2008.
- 11/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- Penny Averill, most recently deputy director of the British Board of Film Classification, has joined industry body Women in Film and TV as its new chief executive, the organization said Friday.
Averill succeeds Jane Cussons at the promotional and lobby body and will take up the reins this month, reporting to Women in Film chair Sophie Balhetchet.
Before joining the BBFC, Averill's career included stints as head of compliance for UKTV, the joint venture between BBC and Flextech and spells in film acquisition and TV programming.
"I've known Sophie for many years and her work as a producer, where she's created strong leading roles for women," Averill said. "When she offered me the opportunity to head Women in Film and Television I jumped at the chance."
WFTV aims to improve working conditions and training opportunities for women, while at the same time celebrating their achievement in what remains a male-dominated culture in many areas.
Added Balhetchet: "Penny combines experience with energy, humor with thoughtfulness.
Averill succeeds Jane Cussons at the promotional and lobby body and will take up the reins this month, reporting to Women in Film chair Sophie Balhetchet.
Before joining the BBFC, Averill's career included stints as head of compliance for UKTV, the joint venture between BBC and Flextech and spells in film acquisition and TV programming.
"I've known Sophie for many years and her work as a producer, where she's created strong leading roles for women," Averill said. "When she offered me the opportunity to head Women in Film and Television I jumped at the chance."
WFTV aims to improve working conditions and training opportunities for women, while at the same time celebrating their achievement in what remains a male-dominated culture in many areas.
Added Balhetchet: "Penny combines experience with energy, humor with thoughtfulness.
LONDON -- Lynda La Plante and Sophie Balhetchet's Cougar Films is teaming with BBC Films to develop and produce a movie of La Plante's British television hit Widows, the parties said Thursday. Cougar Films and BBC Films snapped up the film rights to Lynda La Plante's iconic TV series from Walt Disney Studios. Cougar and BBC Films previously teamed for Imagine Me and You (aka Click) which upspools today at the Toronto Film Festival.
CANNES -- Christopher Eccleston, currently riding high in the U.K. television ratings as the latest incarnation of Doctor Who, has signed to star in Double Life, from British production company Cougar Films. Joe Ahearne will direct the project, set to begin shooting later this year in Hungary, from his own script. Cougar Films, founded by Sophie Balhetchet and Lynda La Plante, will co-produce the ?3.5 million ($6.5 million) budgeted project with Hungarian Film Connection and London-based Ildiko Kemeny. While keeping tight-lipped about the plot, Balhetchet described it as a high concept sci-fi genre piece...
- 5/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- Seven independent U.K. film productions have been granted development cash from the Film Council's lottery-supported Development Fund, the government-backed strategy body said Thursday. A total of £313,597 ($506,467) was dispensed, with £82,897 ($133,881) going to Reputation, a medical thriller based on a novel by Hugh Montgomery. Stephen Hopkins (The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Under Suspicion) is directing a screenplay by Peter Iliff (Point Break, Patriot Games) for producer Sophie Balhetchet, whose credits include the television shows Table 12 and Rough Treatment.
LONDON -- British independent production company Cougar Films -- set up by veteran television producer Sophie Balhetchet and writer-producer Lynda La Plante -- has sealed a development deal with the U.K. Film Council and tax-fund financier Ingenious Media, the parties said Tuesday. Ingenious Media, in what constitutes a first for the media and entertainment financier, is putting up an undisclosed amount of cash toward establishing a mid-six-figure cash pool to be used purely for the development of projects from Cougar. Previously, Ingenious has been involved only in production financing.
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