Sue Birtwistle
Susan Elizabeth Birtwistle, Lady Eyre, is a producer and writer of television drama. Birtwistle has won awards for several of her productions, including Hotel du Lac, Pride and Prejudice and Emma, and was one of the nominees for the 2008 BAFTA Awards for her production of Cranford.[1]
Early life
She was born in Northwich, Cheshire, England, and studied drama and English at Coventry College of Education (became part of the University of Warwick).
Career
She is known for producing well-known costume dramas.
Partial filmography as producer
. Oi For England
. Educating Marmalade
- Dutch Girls, 1985
- Hotel du Lac, 1986
- Scoop, 1987
- Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage 1989
- Or Shall We Die?
- v.
- Pride and Prejudice, 1995
- Emma, 1996
- Armadillo
- King Lear
- Wives and Daughters, 1999
- Cranford, 2007
- Return to Cranford, 2009
Personal life
In 2008, she was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Chester.[2]
She married the English film, theatre, television and opera director Richard Eyre in 1973 in Chelsea, London; they have one daughter, Lucy (born in 1974).[3]
References
- ^ BAFTA awards site, accessed on April 6, 2008
- ^ News release from University of Chester, accessed on April 6, 2008
- ^ Made in heaven, article in Daily Telegraph, Nov 18, 2006, accessed on April 6, 2008
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