Films as Executive Producer

Margaret Matheson is also acting as Executive Producer on:

THE PROPERTY, producer Claire Moorsom's first feature to be directed by Justin Chadwick;

BARAFUNDLE BAY, written by Vaughan Sivell and to be directed by Hattie Dalton for producers Vaughan Sivell, Kelly Broad and Adam Robertson;

LORE, producer Paul Welsh of Edge City's first feature based on the novella'Lore' by Rachel Seiffert, written by Robin Mukherjee and to be directed by Cate Shortland;

THE SMELL OF APPLES, adapted from Mark Behr's novel by Kfir Yefet who will also direct for producer Kate McCreery.

Television

Through 1997-98, Bard produced SPACE ISLAND ONE (26 x 1 hour episodes) for

B Sky B and Vox in Germany filmed entirely in the Isle of Man.

Also in 1998, Margaret Executive Produced LOST FOR WORDS starring Thora Hird and Pete Postlethwaite, which won numerous awards including an International Emmy and both RTS and BAFTA awards in the UK.

Television in Development

WHIPPED, a comedy series from writer Harriet Smedley

DADDY COOL, a comedy drama by John Maley

COTSWOLD WILD WIFE PARK, a comedy drama by Tony Bicât



MARGARET MATHESON

2008
Producer of SKIN directed by Anthony Fabian starring Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill and Alice Krige

2007
Producer of SLEEP FURIOUSLY, a feature documentary directed by Gideon Koppel

2006
Executive Producer NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS written by Andrea Gibb, directed by Pratibha Parmar

2006
Producer VAMPIRE DIARY written by Phil O'Shea, directed by Mark James and Phil O'Shea

2003 - present
Member of London International Film School Board


2003-2005
Vice Chair of Film for PACT

2002
Executive Producer of AKA written and directed by Duncan Roy

2002
Producer of AMERICAN COUSINS written by Sergio Casci, directed by Don Coutts, starring Danny Nucci, Shirley Henderson, Gerald Lepkowski, Vincent Pastore and Dan Hedaya

2001
Producer of REVENGERS TRAGEDY written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, directed by Alex Cox starring Christopher Eccleston, Eddie Izzard and Derek Jacobi

1999-2000
Producer of KIN, written and directed by Elaine Proctor, starring Miranda Otto and Isaiah Washington

1997-98
Producer of SPACE ISLAND ONE - 26 x 1 hour TV Series

1997
Executive Producer of BABYMOTHER, written and directed by Julian Henriques (Formation Films for Film Four)

1996 - 1997
Chair of Scottish Film Production Fund

1996
Co-Executive Producer of EVE'S BAYOU, written and directed by Kasi Lemmons, starring Samuel L Jackson

1995
Executive Producer of ANTONIA'S LINE (Marleen Gorris) 1996 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

1995
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL (Asmaa Pirzada/Kfir Yefet)

1996
BAFTA Winner - Best Short Film
Channel 4/British Screen

1995
Executive Producer of Screen One for BBC1

Productions include:
PAT AND MARGARET (Victoria Wood/Gavin Miller)
MEAT (Danny Boyle/John Madden)
THE GREAT KANDINSKY (Terry Winsor)
DOGGING AROUND (Alan Plater/Desmond Davis)
MURDER IN MIND (Jenni Diski/Robert Bierman)
TWO GOLDEN BALLS (Maureen Chadwick/Anya Camilleri)

1994
Formed Bard Entertainments Ltd

1993
Producer of CARDIAC ARREST for Island World Productions / BBC1

1992- 1996
Board of Scottish Film Council
Board of Scottish Film Production Fund

1992
Fellow of Royal Television Society

1990 - 1993
Chief Executive of Island World Productions Ltd

Productions include:

Feature: JUICE (Ernest Dickerson)

BBC 1 Series: BETWEEN THE LINES

BBC Screen One: WIDE EYED & LEGLESS (Jack Rosenthal/Richard Loncraine)

1989 - 1992
Governor of National Film & Television School

1988 - 1996
Board of London International Festival of Theatre

1985 - 1989
Governor of British Film Institute

Chair of British Film Institute Production Board

1984 - 1989
Director of Production for Zenith Productions Ltd


Feature Films include:

THE HIT (Peter Prince/Stephen Frears)

INSIGNIFICANCE (Terry Johnson/Nick Roeg)

SID AND NANCY (Abbie Wool/Alex Cox)

PERSONAL SERVICES (David Leland/Terry Jones)

WISH YOU WERE HERE (David Leland)

THE DEAD (John Huston)

PRICK UP YOUR EARS (Alan Bennett/Stephen Frears)


Television productions include:
INSPECTOR MORSE, THE PARADISE CLUB, SHOOT TO KILL


1984
Royal Television Society Silver Medal (for Outstanding Creative Achievement behind the Camera)

1981 - 1984
Controller of Drama for Central TV


Commissions include THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH and AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET

Executive Producer of KENNEDY by Reg Gadney

(BAFTA Best Drama Series) starring Martin Sheen and Blair Brown

Producer of THE LELAND QUARTET:

MADE IN BRITAIN (Alan Clarke) (Prix Italia)

BIRTH OF A NATION (Mike Newell) (Prix Futura)

RHINO (Jane Howell)

FLYING INTO THE WIND (Ed Bennett)

1980 - 1981
Producer: MUCK AND BRASS by Tom Clarke starring Mel Smith, directed by Marek Kanievska and Martin Campbell for Central TV

1977 - 1978
Producer: BBC Play for Today Series.

Productions include:

SCUM (Roy Mnton/Alan Clarke)

STRONGER THAN THE SUN (Stephen Poliakoff/Michael Apted)

NINA (Jehane Markham/Alan Clarke)

OY VAY MARIA (Mary O'Malley/Richard Loncraine)

ABIGAIL'S PARTY (Mike Leigh)

NIPPER (Barrie Keefe/Brian Farnham)

DESTINY (David Edgar/Mike Newell)

THE AFTER DINNER JOKE (Caryl Churchill/Colin Bucksey)

SHOOTING THE CHANDELIER (David Mercer/Jane Howell)

THE LEGION HALL BOMBING (Caryl Churchill/Roland Joffe)

WHO'S WHO (Mike Leigh)

1975
Producer IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A VET (starring John Alderton and Colin Blakeley) for EMI

1973 - 1975
London Representative of Talent Associates.


(David Susskind's US company.)

Associate Producer CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA (Alec Guinness and Genevieve Bujold)





1973
Researcher/Reporter - Local News and Documentaries
Granada Television

1970 - 1973
Story Editor of BBC Series:

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