P r o d u c e r

ANNE BERESFORD is an independent producer working in film and television. She has a long track record of producing award-winning music and arts films, and also works in drama and features.

Anne is currently developing the feature films: THRILL (working title), a contemporary love story supported by MEDIA New Talent and Finnish regional funds; Frank n’ Stella (working title), a comedy of love, sex, lies and independence set in the Midlands and TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE, supported by MEDIA, EM Media and Britten-Pears Foundation. She is also in production on ONE MAN WALKING, a new dance film commission for Channel 4 and BIG DANCE FILMS with Arts Council England.

Anne's film credits include MOUTH TO MOUTH, writer-director Alison Murray's award-winning debut feature film which was released theatrically in UK, USA, Canada and France; ARMIDA, an original musical drama shot entirely on location in Morocco, directed by Margaret Williams and composed by Judith Weir, and the film version of Benjamin Britten's OWEN WINGRAVE which won The Sunday Times Music DVD of the Year, beating Elvis Presley by a short head.

Anne has produced many short films including OUTSIDE IN, one of the BBC's most awarded music and arts films; LOUNGE which was selected for Cannes/Canal Plus short film screenings; TATTOO, a dance film for military band and 92 soldiers, and GOING GOING for BFI/FilmFour.

Documentaries include TRAIN ON THE BRAIN for Channel 4/TVOntario in which director Alison Murray illegally rode freight trains across North America; QUARTET for Channel 4/Arte/WNET, which looked at the role of ‘four' in music from the 12th century to U2; and a profile of British composer JUDITH WEIR, which was nominated for the Rose d'Or. She also produced THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CHOREOGRAPHY - a 4-part television series for Channel 4, live theatre event and accompanying ROUGH GUIDE book.

Other credits include 4 series of 4DANCE culminating in DANCE4FILM, a 90-minute special celebrating the best of dance on film from around the world with ABC Australia, and THE FORGOTTEN CIRCUS by Shelly Love, made in collaboration with Circus Space. She recently co-produced WAYNE McGREGOR, a feature-length documentary for arte with les films du présent and was the London producer for a new feature film MOST FUN DYING.

Anne is a graduate of EAVE European Producer Training and also selected for Film London’s inaugural Passport scheme and Initialize Film’s Co-production training in Berlin. She was the first UK producer to be invited to the BAL Lab at Buenos Aires/BAFICI Film Festival. Anne is one of the sixteen producers participating in the 21st ACE Training Session with the feature film TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE as her project. In addition to her work as a producer, Anne was for many years a director of the Women's Playhouse Trust and the influential Wapping Project