Kevin Loader
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Kevin Loader is a British film and television producer. Since 1996, he and co-owner
Early life and education
Loader was educated at Maidstone Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he read English. He then pursued post-graduate studies at The University of Connecticut, where he also taught.
Career
Loader returned to London and joined BBC Television as a trainee in 1982, and over the next seven years worked on a series of current affairs, magazine and arts programmes. He directed films for arts documentary strands such as "Omnibus" and "
In 1990 he moved to BBC Drama, where his first production was "The Wolvis Family", an innovative studio comedy about a family in therapy written by Tom Lubbock and Roger Parsons. Other BBC dramas produced by Loader included Clarissa and "The Buddha of Suburbia" - both nominated for six BAFTA awards[6] "Look At It This Way", from the novel by Justin Cartwright, and screen versions of plays "Bed" and "My Night With Reg". He acted as an Executive Producer on several series including "Holding On"[7] and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall". He also worked with Salman Rushdie on a planned, but aborted, seven-hour version of "Midnight's Children".
In 1996 Loader left the BBC to set up and act as General Manager of The Bridge, a London-based joint-venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Le Studio Canal Plus. The company ran for three years and developed films including "
Loader and Michell had been developing a film of Louis De Bernieres's best-selling novel "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" since acquiring the rights shortly after publication, and Loader went on to produce the film for Working Title Films in 2000, with John Madden directing a cast which included Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz and John Hurt. Filming took place entirely on the island of Kefalonia in the Greek Ionian islands, and the film opened in 2001.
Later career
Loader was a partner in Natural Nylon Entertainment, the film company founded by actors Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Pertwee and Sadie Frost et al between 2001 and 2003.
Since then Loader has produced several films for Free Range Films, worked with Ecosse Films on features including
Awards
Among his awards is the Bafta for Best Television Serial in 2015 for "The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies".[12]
References
- ISBN 9780571221929.
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (4 January 2007). "Enduring Love: Review". Variety.
- ISBN 9780571235896.
- ^ Focus Features. "Hyde Park on Hudson". Focus Features.
- ^ Shoard, Catherine (6 September 2013). "Le Week-end First Look Review". The Guardian.
- ^ "Television Craft in 1992". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ Perry, Emma. "Holding On". BFI Screenonline. British Film Institute/BBC.
- ^ "The Lady in the Van - BBC Films". BBC. 1 December 1969. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (16 April 2009). "Review: In The Loop". The Guardian.
- TheGuardian.com. 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Avenue 5".
- ^ Bafta Awards. "TV Awards 2015". BAFTA.