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Alan Rickman pays tribute to the life and work of acclaimed film and television producer, Mark Shivas, who passed away on 11 October 2008.
In later years, he returned to producing as a freelancer. Some of his most noted later productions included the second series of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads monologues in 1998 and the 2003 espionage drama Cambridge Spies. Death. Shivas died from lung cancer on 11 October 2008, aged 70. References
Mar 8, 2009 · On 8 March 2009, the Academy celebrated the life and work of the late Mark Shivas - the multi-award-winning producer and executive producer of some of the most popular television programmes and feature films of the past 40 years.
Oct 15, 2008 · Former BBC drama chief Mark Shivas, who collaborated with Stephen Frears and Alan Bennett and gave the late Anthony Minghella his big break, has died aged 70. One of the UK's best loved TV and...
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Although I had a number of professional dealings with Mark over the years, it was at BAFTA where I really got to see him in action. He was a loyal and hardworking member of the Film Committee and we all relied on his spare, intelligent and wise contributions no matter what the subject of our debate. I often spoke to him after meetings to take advan...
I first met Mark Shivas in 1977, when I was working on Sesame Street in New York and was invited to Madrid to speak for the first time at an international television conference. Mark was there too as a senior BBC drama producer, the dauntingly clever man behind the hugely successful . At that time I knew a number of very cool young TV people in Spa...
It is hard to believe that Mark Shivas has died. He was such a constant in the world of cinema and television; it will be a lesser one without him. I first met Mark back in the 60s when he was writing for the New York Times. He came to the set of (1969), where I was Assistant Director, to do a piece about the film. Before that he'd co-founded the b...
Mark ran BBC Films through an exceptionally creative period. Many of today's writers, producers, directors and actors got started in these often surprising and innovative television films. He was the best kind of executive producer, someone who properly understood the filmmaking process and knew how to get the best out of people without needing to ...
Oct 15, 2008 · The flawless little romantic fantasy Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), written by Minghella, starring Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman, was released successfully on the cinema circuit, with a...
