Andy Harries

Andrew Harries OBE born 7 April 1954 is chief executive and cofounder of Left Bank Pictures a UKbased production company formed in 2007 In a career spanning four decades he has produced television dramas including The Royle Family Cold Feet the revivals of Prime Suspect and Cracker as well as the BAFTAwinning television play The Deal In 2006 he received an Academy Award nomination as producer of The Queen which won Helen Mirren the Best Actress award for her role In 2007 the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awarded him the Special Award in Honour of Alan Clarke In 2011 the Royal Television Society conferred a Fellowship on Harries for outstanding contributions to the broadcasting industry Broadcast Magazine has described him as one of the UKs most outstanding drama producers Since 2007 Left Bank has produced the television series Wallander Strike Back Outlander TV series and The Replacement amongst many other acclaimed dramas In 2016 they released The Crown the first AmericanBritish television series produced exclusively for Netflix The Golden Globe SAG and Emmywinning series written by Peter Morgan has been very well received by critics and audiences Their fourth feature film Dark River was released on 23 February 2018 It was written and directed by Clio Barnard stars Ruth Wilson Mark Stanley and Sean Bean It screened in the Platform section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Left Bank Pictures has won numerous industry awards including Best Independent Production Company at the Edinburgh TV Awards 2017 and the Broadcast Awards 2018 Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Harries licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia