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Jonathan Stewart Cavendish (born 4 February 1959) is a British independent film producer. He is notable for his work on Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Breathe (2017) and the Bridget Jones films. He is a member of the Cavendish family.
The film tells the true story of Jonathan’s father, Robin Cavendish, who, in the 1950s, was stricken with polio at age 28 but went on to live a rich life of adventure and advocacy despite being paralyzed and requiring a respirator.
Official website. The Imaginarium, also known as Imaginarium Productions, is a production company linked to a digital performance-capture studio The Imaginarium Studios, founded by actor-director Andy Serkis and film producer Jonathan Cavendish in 2011.
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- Polio Diagnosis and Subsequent Career
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Robin Francis Cavendish was born 12 March 1930 in Middleton, Derbyshire, England. He attended Winchester College. He attended Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned into the 60th Rifles, of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, spending seven years in the Army, eventually attaining the rank of captain. He left the Army to join Thompson Smith...
In December 1958, while in Kenya, Cavendish became ill with polio. Because he was paralyzed from the neck down, a Nairobi doctor put him on a mechanical respirator that Cavendish needed to breathe, making him a "responaut". Cavendish flew back to England. He was initially given only three months, and then one year, to live.Against the advice of his...
Among his pastimes was reading newspapers. Cavendish and Diana refused to accept Cavendish's condition as a major restriction, travelling widely until a short time before his death. They often drove from Oxford to London in their specially adapted van, returning home late at night. They also travelled abroad to visit places such as the battlefields...
Cavendish died on 8 August 1994 at Drayton St Leonard, Oxfordshire, England at the age of 64, notable as one of the longest-surviving responauts in Great Britain. In their obituary of him, the Rentons stated, "To know Robin Cavendish was to know the personification of courage. Many people achieve moments of great courage, few are called on to show ...
Cavendish's son, Jonathan Cavendish, a film producer who runs the production company The Imaginarium Studios with actor/director Andy Serkis, commissioned writer William Nicholson to write a screenplay on his father's life and work. The film, Breathe, which is directed by Serkis, premiered in October 2017. In the film, Cavendish is portrayed by And...
Evans, Greg (10 September 2016). "Bleecker Street & Participant Media Nab North American Distribution Rights To Andy Serkis' 'Breathe' Starring Andrew Garfield – Toronto". Deadline Hollywood.Webb, Geoff (1975). "Geoff Webb Memories of Polio". "Disability Voices Part 4 of 6", British Library Sounds.Mini Bio. Jonathan Cavendish is known for Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Godzilla (2014) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). He is married to Lesley Ann Rogers. They have three children. Family. Spouse. Lesley Ann Rogers (? - present) (3 children) Trivia. Son of Robin Cavendish. Father of triplets (Polly, Teddy, and Willow) born in 1996.
Sep 10, 2017 · “It’s a love story, a story of triumph over adversity, and a story of somebody who loses control of their life and then gets it back,” says producer Jonathan Cavendish, who previously filmed...
The producer of Breathe, Jonathan Cavendish, and his mother discuss the film about his father’s paralysis. Interviews by . Caroline Scott. Sunday October 29 2017, 12.01am, The Sunday Times.
