Category: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films
Date: 10.05.2006
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David Thompson, Head of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films, announced today that the award-winning producer
Christine Langan is to join ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films.
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Christine's recent credits include feature film Pierrepoint - directed by Adrian Shergold and starring
Timothy Spall - which had its world premiere at last year's Toronto Film Festival and forthcoming
feature film The Queen - directed by Stephen Frears and starring Helen Mirren - due to be released later
this year.
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She joined Granada in 1993 where she produced the multi-award winning Cold Feet.
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In 2003
she produced The Deal for Channel 4 which won a Bafta and in 2004 she produced Dirty Filthy
Love for ITV which won a Royal Television Society award.
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Christine is joining ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films as Producer/Executive Producer and will work alongside the current
Development team to originate a slate of new feature film projects in partnership with independent
producers.
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Christine will start at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films at the beginning of September.
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David Thompson said: "I'm delighted that Christine has agreed to join us.
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"She is one of the most
formidable talents in the industry, full of energy and invention and with great popular taste.
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"She joins a
development department which is already very strong and I'm sure that her skills will be a significant
complement to the development process at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films which is at the heart of what we do."
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Christine Langan said: "I'm very excited to be joining ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films and relish the opportunity to work with the best of British talent
- writers, directors and producers - in getting accessible, quality films into our cinemas."
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