Director NIGEL COLE made his feature film debut with SAVING GRACE, the comedy about a middle-aged woman who goes into the cannabis trade which starred Brenda Blethyn. The film enjoyed an enthusiastic world premiere at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival and had Cole fending off several offers from Hollywood agents and producers. Cole began his career in fringe theatre before moving on to commercials and television. He directed the first series of the award-winning, hugely popular comedy drama series COLD FEET, as well as episodes of the IN THE WILD series, which took celebrities including Julia Roberts and Robin Williams to experience life in remote parts of the world.







Producers NICK BARTON and SUZANNE MACKIE are respectively Chief Executive and Director of Development of Harbour Pictures, the company created in 1999 as the film production subsidiary of ABTV Ltd, an independent television production company co-founded by Barton that has produced dramas and documentaries for over fifteen years.

In 2001, Harbour Pictures secured a first-look deal with Buena Vista International (the distribution arm of Disney) for the development and production of British comedy films.

Other feature projects on the Harbour Pictures slate include, for Buena Vista International, KINKY BOOTS written by Geoff Deane and co-produced by Peter Ettedgui, and INDIAN CALL CENTRE written by Sanjeev Bhaskar and Nigel Cole and a Nigel Williams film. Further key projects in development include SLEIGHT OF HAND. Also in development are FLESH AND BLOOD for BBC Films and AMPLE BOSOM.COM written by Jason Sutton for Little Wing.

Recent credits for Harbour Pictures/ABTV include a major 6-part documentary for Channel 4, GREAT EXCAVATIONS, the award-winning series LOST WORLDS, the documentary series BYZANTIUM – THE LOST EMPIRE, the television film THE VANISHING MAN, Jack Rosenthal’s BYE BYE BABY, John Byrne’s BOSWELL & JOHNSON’S TOUR OF THE WESTERN ISLES, Jack Rosenthal’s MOVING STORY, Nigel Williams’ THE WIMBLEDON POISONER, and the documentary series THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
TIM FIRTH is one of Britain's most exciting new screenwriting talents. He came to the attention of television viewers and critics with the 1994 series ALL QUIET ON THE PRESTON FRONT and went on to win plaudits for a number of one-offs and continuing series including NEVILLE'S ISLAND, THE FLINT STREET NATIVITY and BORDER CAFE. CALENDAR GIRLS is his first feature film.

JULIETTE TOWHIDI first came across the Calendar Girls story when a friend pointed out an article in the Guardian in 1999. After discussing the idea of a film with producer Suzanne Mackie, they decided to develop it together. After writing Calendar Girls, Juliette went on to write ARIZONA, an original thriller for BBC Films. She has various feature film projects underway, including an original romantic comedy, and is currently working with new directing talent Sarah Gavron (OEThis Little Life¹) on a project for BBC Films due to be shot this summer.

Juliette has previously worked as a journalist and a script editor. Calendar Girls was her first original commission as well as being her first produced feature film.

ASHLEY ROWE is one of Britain's most in-demand directors of photography. His numerous credits include Mark Herman's HOPE SPRINGS, Mark Mylod’s ALI G INDAHOUSE, Charles Shyer's THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE, A ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS and TWENTYFOUR/SEVEN, both directed by Shane Meadows, Phil Agland's THE WOODLANDERS, Michael Radford's B. MONKEY, Sandra Goldbacher's THE GOVERNESS, Suri Krishnama's A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, Nancy Meckler's SISTER, MY SISTER, John Irvin's WIDOW'S PEAK and Chris Menges' SECOND BEST.
Production designer MARTIN CHILDS won an Academy Award for Best Production Design in 1999 for his sumptious designs for John Madden's SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. Two years later in 2001 he was nominated for both the Academy Award and BAFTA for his work on Philip Kaufman's QUILLS. His credits also include Allen and Albert Hughes's FROM HELL, Christopher Miles' THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE, John Madden's MRS BROWN and, as art director, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, PETER'S FRIENDS and HENRY V, all directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Academy nominated British composer PATRICK DOYLE started his showbusiness career as an actor before making the successful transition to composer. His many major film credits include Gosford Park, Bridget Jones’s Diary, DONNIE BRASCO, Kenneth Branagh’s HAMLET (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award), SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (for which he received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations), Branagh’s FRANKENSTEIN, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, DEAD AGAIN (Golden Globe nomination) and Henry V.


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