Tessa Ross

Tessa Sarah Ross CBE born 1961 is an English film producer and executive She received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema She was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Womans Hour in 2013 She is an honorary fellow of the National Film and Television School In the 2010 New Year Honours she was appointed a CBE for services to broadcasting Ross was designated Head of Film at Channel 4 in 2000 and ran Film4 and Film4 Productions from 2002 to 2014 In 2011 she was appointed to the Board of the Royal National Theatre and became Chief Executive in 2014 She resigned in April 2015 citing concerns over the new leadership structure but continued working with the National Theatre as a consultant Ross has been the executive producer of a number of notable British films including Billy Elliot 2000 The Last King of Scotland 2006 This Is England 2006 HappyGoLucky 2008 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Hunger 2008 Four Lions 2010 127 Hours 2010 Shame 2011 12 Years a Slave 2013 Under the Skin 2013 Ex Machina 2015 45 Years 2015 Room 2015 and Carol 2015 For her work producing Conclave 2024 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture  won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Description above from the Wikipedia article Tessa Ross licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia