Adrian Sturges (born 17 October 1976) is a British-born film producer.

Early life

Sturges was born in London, England and grew up in

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Education

Sturges was educated at

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, in

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, in South East England. He studied Theology and Religious Studies and History of Art at

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and graduated with First Class Honours in 1998. Whilst at Cambridge he was President of the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club and produced comedy for the Footlights. Sturges studied producing at the

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, taking their Industry Course and was selected for the inaugural Inside Pictures scheme.

Life and career

Sturges began his career working as assistant to producer

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whilst he was also chairman of BAFTA. Sturges began producing by making the short films of such directors as

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– ''Subterrain'' and ''Get the Picture'', Gareth Lewis – ''Normal for Norfolk'' and Sam Taylor-Wood – '' Love You More'', the latter being nominated for the BAFTA and the Palme d'Or His first feature was '' The Baker'', written and directed by Gareth Lewis. Subsequently, he produced '' The Escapist'', the first film by

which was selected for the

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and for which he won the British Independent Film Awards prize for Best Achievement in Production. He then produced '' The Disappearance of Alice Creed'', written and directed by J Blakeson which premiered at the

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. In 2011 he produced ''

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'', the film debut of

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. For television he has produced ''Whatever Happened to Harry Hill?'' for

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– a spoof documentary about the comedian. Future projects include J Blakeson's ''Bad Blood and Trouble'' which he is producing with Michael De Luca. Sturges was named a Producer to Watch by '' Variety'' a Star of Tomorrow by ''

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'' Producer on the Move at

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and a BAFTA Brit to Watch in 2011

Personal life

Sturges has a daughter, Nancy, born in 2010 and a son, Gilbert, born in 2011 with his partner Catherine Mahoney.

References

External links

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Why producers so often have the toughest role Guardian article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sturges, Adrian 1976 births Living people English film producers Alumni of the National Film and Television School