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10 July 1963 (age 60) Nationality. New Zealander. Occupation (s) Film producer, film editor. Years active. 1984–present. Finola Dwyer ONZM (born 10 July 1963) is a UK-based New Zealand film producer and editor, best known for her films An Education and Brooklyn, produced with frequent collaborator Amanda Posey .
Dec 3, 2020 · Finola Dwyer - Finola Dwyer, ONZM, began as an editor. After cutting Country Calendar and movie Trial Run, she was encouraged by Larry Parr to become a producer. Three films and a number of TV programmes later, Dwyer began her producing career anew in London in the early 90s. Her work in England stretches from acclaimed Beatles feature Backbeat to Oscar-nominated dramas An Education and Brooklyn.
An Education is a 2009 coming-of-age drama film based on a memoir of the same name by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby . It stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David, the charming conman who seduces her.
Oscar-nominated producer Finola Dwyer, ONZM, began her career as an editor at the National Film Unit, then went to TVNZ. Dwyer soon added producing to her skill set. Among the memorable Kiwi features she worked on are Came a Hot Friday, Starlight Hotel, and The Quiet Earth. In the 1990s, Dwyer moved to the United Kingdom where she has made a name for herself producing films like Brooklyn, An ...
Amanda Rachel Posey (born June 1965) is a British film producer, best known for her films An Education (2009) and Brooklyn (2015), produced with frequent collaborator Finola Dwyer. She is married to novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby , with whom she has two sons.
Apr 13, 2021 · Finola Dwyer. 13 April 2021. Finola Dwyer is an Oscar nominated and BAFTA award winning film and television producer. She runs Wildgaze Films with her producing partner, Amanda Posey. Finola moved to the UK in the early 1990s after having started her career in New Zealand, where she was born. She entered the industry as a film editor, and since ...
Finola is producing the Broadway production starring Brendan Fraser and Denis O’Hare. Finola is the Chair of the BAFTA Film Committee. Finola, alongside Amanda Posey, devised and is spearheading an innovative new screenwriters’ initiative – The Story Works – which had its inaugural residential week at EIFF this year.
