Biography
Ruth Irene Caleb (born 1942) is a British film and television producer. She was appointed head of drama at BBC Wales in the mid-1980s, making her the BBC's first ever female head of drama. She is known for her work on productions that include; Pawel Pawlikowski's Last Resort, the BBC1 series Judge John Deed and Saul Dibb's Bullet Boy.In 2012, it was announced that Caleb would partner with independent production company, Leopard Drama, the drama division of Argonon. One of her recent projects in collaboration with Argonon has been producing children’s drama series, Eve, for CBBC.Ruth was awarded the Alan Clarke BAFTA Award in 2001, for her "outstanding personal contribution to TV" and in 2012, was granted a lifetime achievement award at the year’s Women in Film and Television Awards. The award was presented by actress Julie Walters, whom Caleb had worked with twice before; on TV film, Pat and Margaret (1994) and again, in the 2009 drama, A Short Stay in Switzerland. In 2004, she was appointed an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to drama.Some of Caleb’s more recent credits include The Last Days of Lehman Brothers, The Whale, starring Martin Sheen and the Dylan Thomas biopic, A Poet in New York.
Filmography
all 53
Producer 52
Movies 50
TV Shows 3
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood (2016)
A Poet in New York (2014)
Walter's War (2008)
Learners (2007)
Four Last Songs (2007)
Born Equal (2006)
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart (2006)
Shooting Dogs (2006)
Bullet Boy (2004)
England Expects (2004)
Red Dust (2004)
The Other Boleyn Girl (2003)
Rehab (2003)
Tomorrow La Scala! (2002)
Out of Control (2002)
When I Was 12 (2001)
Care (2000)
Nice Girl (2000)
Last Resort (2000)
Bravo Two Zero (1999)
The Theory of Flight (1999)
Drovers' Gold (1997)
A Relative Stranger (1996)
Trip Trap (1996)
Streetlife (1995)
Stonewall (1995)
The Making of Maps (1995)
Oliver's Travels (1995)
Dafydd (1995)
Pat and Margaret (1994)
Genghis Cohn (1994)
The Cormorant (1993)
Losing Track (1992)
Black and Blue (1992)
The Lost Language of Cranes (1992)
The Count of Solar (1992)
Can You Hear Me Thinking? (1990)
Keeping Tom Nice (1990)
Close Relations (1990)
The Mountain and the Molehill (1989)
Nineteen96 (1989)
The Act (1989)
A Night on the Tyne (1989)
Testimony of a Child (1989)
Between The Cracks (1988)
Out Of Love (1988)
Stanley (1988)
Sweet As You Are (1988)
Shergar (1986)
Raspberry Ripple (1986)
Ms Rhymney Valley (1985)
Murder in a Small Town
The Post Office Girl
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Birthday1942-05-13 (81 years old)
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