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Sarah Curtis Biography

Birth Name:Sarah Curtis

Profession Producer, Script department

Fast Facts

  • Mrs Brown earned her nominations for Best Film and the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the 1998 BAFTA Awards and Best Feature Film at the 1997 BAFTA Scotland Awards
  • Won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama for an episode of "Screen One" called "News Hounds," along with Les Blair
  • Started her television career as a script editor, working on two episodes of "Screen Two" and the television movie "Tumbledown" before moving into producing
  • Quote: "I was working as a script editor at the BBC when I started to realize that good writers and compelling screenplays were at the heart of absolutely everything․ For sex years, that's al I did-find ideas, work with writers developing ideas․"
  • As the CEO of Forthcoming Productions, she attended the Cannes Film Festival in 2010
  • Known for producing "Run, Fatboy, Run," "The Awakening," "Mrs Brown" and "Mansfield Park․"
  • Shortly after having her first child, she decided to become an independent producer because she found the fifty hour work weeks the BBC required difficult to maintain

Awards

  • 1991BAFTA TV Award-Best Single Drama: winner
  • 1996BAFTA Cymru Award-Best Drama - English: nominated
  • 1997BAFTA Scotland Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 1998Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film-: nominated
  • 1998BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated