Iain Canning

Iain Canning
BornJuly 1979 (age 45)
NationalityBritish
OccupationProducer
TitleManaging director and co-founder of See-Saw Films

Iain Alexander Canning (born July 1979)[1] is an English film and television producer best known for producing the film The King's Speech (2010), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA award for Best Film and Best British Film,[2][3] and for executive producing television series Top of the Lake, which was nominated for an Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe award. [4][5][6] He has been nominated for 3 Academy Awards and won 1, nominated for 5 BAFTAs and won 3, and nominated for 2 Emmy Awards and won 1. [7][8][9]

Iain co-founded See-Saw Films with producing partner Emile Sherman in 2008.[10] Their offices are based in London, UK and Sydney, Australia.

  1. ^ "Iain Alexander Canning personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ^ "'The King's Speech' Reigns at Oscars". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ^ "King's Speech reigns over Bafta awards". BBC News. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Emmy win for Top of the Lake". New Zealand Film Commission. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  5. ^ "2014 Television Drama Series | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Top of the Lake: China Girl receives Golden Globe nomination". Now To Love. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  7. ^ Lion - IMDb, retrieved 5 April 2022
  8. ^ "BBC Film hails 12 Oscar nominations for The Power of the Dog". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Shame Receives Two Bafta Nominations". www.femalefirst.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Emile Sherman - See Saw Films". See Saw Films. Retrieved 27 June 2017.