Eric Fellner

Eric Nigel Fellner, is a British film producer. He is the co-chairman of the production company Working Title Films.

Early life and education

Fellner was born in England. From 1972 to 1977, he was educated at Cranleigh School, a boarding independent school for boys, in Surrey in South East England, followed by the Guildhall [School of Music and Drama] in London.

Career

Fellner was a film producer at Initial Films and had come to prominence as the producer of Sid and Nancy and the executive producer of A Kiss Before Dying. Following the departure of Sarah Radclyffe from Working Title Films, he joined to partner Tim Bevan in 1991.
Working Title has a separate deal covering television with Universal’s corporate sibling, NBCUniversal International Studios. It is now one of Britain's largest production company with offices in London and Los Angeles and its films have grossed over $8.5 billion worldwide. Successes include Four Weddings and a Funeral which has grossed over US$250 million worldwide. Dead Man Walking and Fargo won Oscars in 1996 and 1997 respectively, while Elizabeth, Atonement and Frost/Nixon were all nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award.

Recognition

He was awarded the C.B.E. in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the British film industry.
In 2013, he and Bevan received the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures from the Producers Guild of America.
In 2013, he was Awarded a Career Achievement Award at Zurich Film Festival.
2018: Cinematic Production Award of the Royal Photographic Society

Personal life

Fellner has five children, three from his marriage and two with long-time partner, photographer Laura Bailey. They live in London.

Philanthropy

He is the Chairman of Into Film which is a charity which aims to put film at the heart of children and young people’s educational, cultural and personal development.
Along with his business partner Tim Bevan, Lisa Bryer, David Heyman, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson he founded the London Screen Academy in September 2019, a sixth form school teaching behind the camera skills to a student body of 800.

Filmography

Film

ProducerSid and Nancy Straight to Hell Hidden Agenda Liebestraum Wild West No Worries French Kiss Moonlight and Valentino Loch Ness Bean The Matchmaker The Borrowers What Rats Won't Do Elizabeth The Hi-Lo Country Plunkett & Macleane Bridget Jones's Diary Captain Corelli's Mandolin 40 Days and 40 Nights Ali G Indahouse About a Boy The Guru Johnny English Love Actually The Calcium Kid Thunderbirds Wimbledon Bridget Jones: [The Edge of Reason (film)|Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason] The Interpreter Pride & Prejudice Nanny McPhee United 93 Catch a Fire Sixty Six Smokin' Aces Hot Fuzz Mr. Bean's Holiday Atonement Elizabeth: The Golden Age Definitely, Maybe Wild Child Frost/Nixon The Boat That Rocked State of Play Green Zone Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Paul Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Johnny English Reborn Contraband Big Miracle Anna Karenina Les Misérables I Give It a Year About Time The World's End Closed Circuit The [Two Faces of January (film)|The Two Faces of January] The [Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything] Billy Elliot the Musical Live Trash We Are Your Friends Everest Legend The Danish Girl The Program Hail, Caesar! Bridget Jones's Baby Baby Driver Darkest Hour Victoria & Abdul The Snowman Entebbe King of Thieves Johnny English Strikes Again Mary [Queen of Scots (2018 film)|Mary Queen of Scots] The Kid Who Would Be King Yesterday Radioactive Cats Emma The High Note Rebecca Cyrano Last Night in Soho Ticket to Paradise The Swimmers What's Love Got to Do with It? Catherine Called Birdy Genie Drive-Away Dolls The Substance Blitz Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Honey Don't! Crime 101 The Sheep Detectives Finding Emily Pressure Sense and Sensibility Werwulf Hippie Hippie Shake
Executive producerThe Rachel Papers A Kiss Before Dying Year of the Gun Posse Romeo Is Bleeding The Hawk Four Weddings and a Funeral The Hudsucker Proxy Panther Dead Man Walking Fargo The Big Lebowski Notting Hill O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Man Who Cried The [Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There] Long Time Dead My Little Eye Thirteen The Shape of Things Ned Kelly The Italian Job Gettin' Square Shaun of the Dead Mickybo and Me Inside I'm Dancing No. 2 Gone Burn After Reading The Soloist A Serious Man Arrietty Rush Grimsby
ThanksFollowing Grand Theft Parsons

''Outlaw King''

Television

Executive producer

Year	Title	Notes
1992	Underbelly
1993	Spender
2003	About a Boy	Television pilot
2008	Frontline	Documentary
2007−10	The Tudors
2011	Love Bites
2011	The Borrowers	Television film
2012	Birdsong
2012	True Love
2013	Mary and Martha	Television film; Also associate producer
2014	The Secrets
2014	About a Boy
2015	You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015	London Spy
2013−16	Yonderland
2017	Gypsy
2019	The Case Against Adnan Syed	Documentary
2019	Tales of the City
2020	The Luminaries
2019−20	Hanna
2021	We Are Lady Parts
2022	Everything I Know About Love

ProducerFrankie's House
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''Independent Lens''