Biography
Andrew Harries (born 7 April 1954) is chief executive and co-founder of Left Bank Pictures, a UK based 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 BAFTA-winning television play The Deal.
In 2006 he received an Academy Award nomination as producer of The Queen, which saw Helen Mirren win Best Actress for her role, and in 2007, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awarded him the Special Award in Honour of Alan Clarke. 2011 saw the Royal Television Society confer a Fellowship on Harries for outstanding contributions to the broadcasting industry. He has been described by Broadcast Magazine as "one of the UK's most outstanding drama producers".Since 2007, Left Bank has produced the television series Wallander, Strike Back, Outlander (TV series), The Replacement amongst many other acclaimed dramas.
In 2016, they released The Crown, the first American-British television series produced exclusively for Netflix. The Golden Globe, SAG and Emmy winning 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 Broadcast Awards (2018).
Filmography
all 77
Producer 62
Movies 41
TV Shows 36
Director 12
self 3
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy (2023)
Everything Now (2023)
Who Is Erin Carter? (2023)
Without Sin (2022)
Three Pines (2022)
White Lines (2020)
Quiz (2020)
Misbehaviour (2020)
Stan & Ollie (2018)
Origin (2018)
Dark River (2018)
The Crown (2016)
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama (2014)
Outlander (2014)
The Ice Cream Girls (2013)
Loving Miss Hatto (2012)
The Lady (2011)
DCI Banks (2011)
Mad Dogs (2011)
Zen (2011)
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa (2010)
The Special Relationship (2010)
Strike Back (2010)
Married Single Other (2010)
School of Comedy (2009)
Father & Son (2009)
The Damned United (2009)
Wallander (2008)
Northanger Abbey (2007)
City Lights (2007)
Joanne Lees: Murder In The Outback (2007)
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley (2007)
Cracker: Nine Eleven (2006)
The Queen of Sheba (2006)
Longford (2006)
What We Did on Our Holiday (2006)
The Queen (2006)
The Kindness of Strangers (2006)
Eleventh Hour (2006)
Northern Lights (2006)
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (2005)
Christmas Lights (2004)
Island at War (2004)
Murder City (2004)
Life Begins (2004)
Henry VIII (2003)
The Deal (2003)
Doctor Zhivago (2002)
The Forsyte Saga (2002)
Dark Ages (1999)
Mrs Merton and Malcolm (1999)
Cold Feet (1998)
The Royle Family (1998)
King Leek (1997)
The Chest (1997)
Holding The Baby (UK) (1997)
The Perfect Match (1995)
An Evening With Gary Lineker (1994)
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen (1993)
Rik Mayall Presents: Briefest Encounter (1993)
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love (1993)
Rik Mayall Presents (1993)
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990)
Up the Garden Path (1990)
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismaki (1990)
Lenny Live and Unleashed (1989)
The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Ray Dennis Steckler (1989)
The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Jackie Chan (1988)
The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Russ Meyer (1988)
The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Sam Raimi (1988)
The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Ted V. Mikels (1988)
The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Herschell Gordon Lewis (1988)
The Incredibly Strange Film Show: John Waters (1988)
Martín Chambi and the Heirs of the Incas (1986)
Sam Raimi Early Shorts (1985)
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Known ForProduction
GenderMale
Birthday1954-04-07 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceInverness, United Kingdom
SpouseRebecca Frayn
ChildrenFinn Harries, Jack Harries
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
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