Andrea Calderwood

Andrea Calderwood
Born
Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Film producer, television producer

Andrea Calderwood is a British film and television producer, born in Paisley, Scotland.[1][2] She won a British Academy of Film and Television Award for Best British Film for her work on The Last King of Scotland.[3] She produced the HBO television mini-series Generation Kill.[4]

In 2012, Scottish newspaper The Herald put her as number 42 in its list of Scotland's top 50 influential women of 2012.[5] She produced the film Half of a Yellow Sun, which premiered in 2013 at the Toronto International Film Festival.[6][7] In 2019, she produced The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, distributed by Netflix.

  1. ^ "Andrea Calderwood interview: In the line of fire". The Scotsman. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Mother of invention Andrea Calderwood was once written off as a wee lassie in a big job. Eight years later she is emerging as a creative heavyweight in the world of films". Herald Scotland. 31 August 2002. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  3. ^ Solomons, Jason; French, Philip (14 February 2010). "Who's tipped for glory at the Baftas?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Andrea Calderwood". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Meet Scotland's top 50 influential women | numbers 39–46". The Herald. 12 January 2012.
  6. ^ Daniels, Nia (23 April 2013). "Half of a Yellow Sun producer Andera Calderwood on filming in Nigeria". KFTV.
  7. ^ Calderwood, Andrea (11 May 2014). "The importance of Nigerian film Half a Yellow Sun". Screendaily. Retrieved 5 September 2022.