Andy Harries

Andy Harries
OBE
Photo of Harries on the 2009 Roma Fiction Fest carpet
Harries in July 2009
Born
Andrew Harries

(1954-04-07) April 7, 1954 (age 70)
Inverness, Scotland
NationalityBritish
OccupationChief Executive
EmployerLeft Bank Pictures

Andrew Harries[1] OBE (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.[2] 2011 saw the Royal Television Society confer a Fellowship on Harries for outstanding contributions to the broadcasting industry.[3] He has been described by Broadcast Magazine as "one of the UK's most outstanding drama producers".[4]

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)[5] and Broadcast Awards (2018).[6]

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  5. ^ "Edinburgh TV Festival 2017, Left Bank Pictures wins Production Company of the year – Left Bank Pictures". www.leftbankpictures.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Broadcast Awards 2018 – Left Bank Wins Best Independent Production Company – Left Bank Pictures". www.leftbankpictures.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.