Sarah Lawson (producer)

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Sarah Lawson
Born Sarah Jane Lawson
Years active 1976–present
Spouse(s) Michael Grade (1982-1991) (divorced)
 ??? (?-present)

Sarah Lawson is an English film producer.

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[edit] Career

From 1982 to 1985, she was Vice President of Planning and Development for DL Taffner Ltd, Los Angeles, and from 1995 to 1996 she was Managing Director of Anglia Television Entertainment Ltd - a joint venture between HBO and ITV Company.

She is known for her work on The Dawning, starring Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Grant, Rebecca Pidgeon and Adrian Dunbar and several Television films and series. She also founded a production company, Lawson Productions, through which she produces most of her projects. She took a hiatus in the late 1990s to start a family and pursue other non-producing media related activities. In 2008 she is working with Anne Chambers, author of the biography Granuaile: Ireland's Pirate Queen, on a film about Grace O'Malley. She is also producing the project, which is slated for release in 2009, and is backed by the Irish Film Board.

Lawson has also written and produced extensively for radio. She developed and still executive produces the Baldi' series, starring David Threlfall which airs its fifth season in 2008.[1]

[edit] Lawson Productions

Lawson Productions Logo
Lawson Productions Logo

Lawson Productions was, from 1985 to 1988, with Taft Entertainment, known as the Taft Entertainment/Lawson Group.[2] From 1988 it joined up with Universal Studios, with offices in London and Los Angeles. It became independent later in 1988, with its first project being Life After Life. It is now primarily based in London and Dublin.

Lawson Productions' current project is Grace O'Malley, an upcoming film about the Irish sea legend.

[edit] Personal life

Before becoming a film producer, she was a solicitor and a literary agent.[3] From 1982 to 1991 she was married to Michael Grade,[3] the current Executive Chairman of ITV. She has since remarried, and has two children. She lives in Dublin and London. She is also a Governor at St. Patrick's Hospital, Dublin.[4]

[edit] Selected filmography

[edit] Producer

Year Film Notes
2009 Untitled Grace O'Malley Project Also co-writing with Anne Chambers.
1998 The Rope Trick A short film for the BBC about the dangerous games a group of friends played when they were younger.
1997 The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous Based on a book by Jilly Cooper, it starred Stephen Billington, Hugh Bonneville, and a then-unknown Rhona Mitra.
1993 The Only Way Out A TV movie about a woman who endangers her almost ex-huband by engaging with a student sociopath. It starred John Ritter, Henry Winkler and Jewel Straite.
1992 Natural Lies A short TV series starring Bob Peck and Shannon Duce, distributed by the BBC. The story involved an advertising executive investigating the death of his girlfriend, uncovering a conspiracy to hide the spread of BSE in humans.
1992 Seekers A four part mini-series about a police officer who disappears, and when his wife tries to find him, she discovers... another wife. They team up to search for him. It starred Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, and was written by the celebrated novelist and screenwriter Lynda La Plante.
1990 Life After Life A TV movie about a 70 year old man (George Cole), who gets shunned into a retirement home. It also starred Leslie Phillips, and was written by Jonathan Lynn.
1990 An Adult Comedy A TV series pilot starring Julianne Moore, based on the English TV series That's Love.
1988 The Dawning A film about an IRA gunman on the run from the government. It starred Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Hugh Grant and Adrian Dunbar.
1988 That's Love That's Love was a hit TV series that lasted for four years. It starred Derek Benfield, Tony Slatterly, Patsy Rowlands and featured Phyllida Law as 'Babs'.
1986 You Again? You Again? was a popular TV series that ran for two years; it starred Jack Klugman and John Stamos.
1986 Murrow Murrow was a TV movie about Edward Murrow, starring Daniel Traventi and Robert Vaughn. Lawson co-financed for the UK.

[edit] Writer

Year Film Notes
2009 Untitled Grace O'Malley Project Co-writing with Anne Chambers. Also producing.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm2531910/personal Subscription required
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/company/co0173815/ Taft Entertainment/Lawson Group
  3. ^ a b Sarah Lawson at the Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ IMDb Trivia Page

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Sarah Lawson (producer)
Films
The Dawning (1988) • Grace O'Malley (2009)
Television
You Again? (1986) • That's Love (1988) • Life After Life (1988) • Seekers (1992) • Natural Lies (1992) • The Only Way Out (1993) • The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997)
Short Films
The Rope Trick (1998)