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Robert Jones Biography

Birth Name:Robert Jones

Profession Producer, Assistant director

Fast Facts

  • Became head of the U․K․ Film Council's Premiere Fund in 2000
  • Advisory board member for the British Independent Film Association and The Script Factory
  • Worked with film production students attending the Media Business School, Cuba's EICTV and Rome's European Masters in Audiovisual Management (EMAM)
  • External examiner at the London College of Communications
  • In 2005, became president of Material Entertainment, the production company owned and distributed by New Line Cinema and U․K․ distributor Entertainment
  • During the early '80s as the director of acquisitions for Palace Picture, an independent film company, acquired Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" films, Rob Reiner's "When Harry Met Sally․․․" and Jim Sheridan's "My Left Foot" before transitioning into film production
  • Executive producer, producer, associate producer whose work includes "The Usual Suspects," "The Constant Gardener," "The Proposition" and several other films

Awards

  • 1998Independent Spirit Award-Best First Feature: nominated
  • 2003Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
  • 2003European Film Award-European Film: nominated