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'''Tessa Sarah Ross''' [[CBE]] (born 1961) is a [[UK]] film executive. She became the Controller of Film and Drama at [[Channel 4]] in 2000 and was head of [[Film4]] from 2002 to 2014.<ref name="profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5qNmmx5xHgx3FL5HG9SRxV/tessa-ross-cbe|title=Tessa Ross CBE|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/06/channel4.broadcasting|title=Interview: Tessa Ross|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Owen|last=Gibson|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/26/tessa-ross-leaves-channel-4-national-theatre|title=Tessa Ross leaves Film4 for National Theatre|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Andrew|last=Pulver|date=26 March 2014|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> Ross was appointed to the Board of the [[Royal National Theatre]] in 2011, and Chief Executive in 2014.<ref name="profile"/><ref name="Plunkett">{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/26/channel-4-tessa-ross-national-theatre|title=Channel 4 boss Tessa Ross appointed chief executive of the National Theatre|work=The Guardian|first=John|last=Plunkett|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> She resigned in April 2015, citing concerns over the new leadership structure, but remained working with the National Theatre as a consultant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/apr/16/tessa-ross-resigns-as-national-theatres-chief-executive|title=Tessa Ross resigns as National Theatre's chief executive|work=The Guardian|first=Mark|last=Brown|date=16 April 2015|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> Ross received the [[BAFTA Award]] for [[BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award|Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award]] and was named as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by [[Woman's Hour]] in 2013.<ref name="Plunkett"/><ref name="Power 100">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3J92brPmK0hskzhpTV3CrZ0/the-power-list-2013|title=BBC Radio 4 − Woman's Hour − The Power list|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> Ross is an [[Honorary title (academic)|honorary fellow]] of the [[National Film and Television School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/honorary-fellows|title=Honorary Fellows|publisher=National Film and Television School|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> |
'''Tessa Sarah Ross''' [[CBE]] (born 1961) is a [[UK]] film executive. She became the Controller of Film and Drama at [[Channel 4]] in 2000 and was head of [[Film4]] from 2002 to 2014.<ref name="profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5qNmmx5xHgx3FL5HG9SRxV/tessa-ross-cbe|title=Tessa Ross CBE|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/06/channel4.broadcasting|title=Interview: Tessa Ross|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Owen|last=Gibson|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/26/tessa-ross-leaves-channel-4-national-theatre|title=Tessa Ross leaves Film4 for National Theatre|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Andrew|last=Pulver|date=26 March 2014|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> Ross was appointed to the Board of the [[Royal National Theatre]] in 2011, and Chief Executive in 2014.<ref name="profile"/><ref name="Plunkett">{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/26/channel-4-tessa-ross-national-theatre|title=Channel 4 boss Tessa Ross appointed chief executive of the National Theatre|work=The Guardian|first=John|last=Plunkett|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> She resigned in April 2015, citing concerns over the new leadership structure, but remained working with the National Theatre as a consultant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/apr/16/tessa-ross-resigns-as-national-theatres-chief-executive|title=Tessa Ross resigns as National Theatre's chief executive|work=The Guardian|first=Mark|last=Brown|date=16 April 2015|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> Ross received the [[BAFTA Award]] for [[BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award|Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award]] and was named as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by [[Woman's Hour]] in 2013.<ref name="Plunkett"/><ref name="Power 100">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3J92brPmK0hskzhpTV3CrZ0/the-power-list-2013|title=BBC Radio 4 − Woman's Hour − The Power list|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> Ross is an [[Honorary title (academic)|honorary fellow]] of the [[National Film and Television School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nfts.co.uk/who-we-are/honorary-fellows|title=Honorary Fellows|publisher=National Film and Television School|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> In the [[2010 New Year Honours]], she was awarded the [[CBE]] for services to broadcasting.<ref name="profile"/> |
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Ross was born in 1961 in [[London]]. She attended [[Westminster School]], and graduated from [[Somerville College, Oxford]], where she majored in oriental studies, in 1980.<ref name="Power 100"/><ref name="Somerville">{{cite web|url=http://www.some.ox.ac.uk/191-5810/Tessa-Ross-to-receive-BAFTA-Award-for-Outstanding-British-Contribution-to-Cinema.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163926/http://www.some.ox.ac.uk/191-5810/Tessa-Ross-to-receive-BAFTA-Award-for-Outstanding-British-Contribution-to-Cinema.html|archivedate=2 April 2015|title=Tessa Ross to receive BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema|publisher=Somerville College, Oxford|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> In 1986, she became a literary agent and in 1988 a script editor at [[BBC Scotland]]. She was appointed Head of Development at British Screen in 1990, and in 1993 head of drama for the [[BBC]] independent commissioning group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gold.ac.uk/honorands/tessa-ross/|title=Tessa Ross|publisher=[[Goldsmiths, University of London]]|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.focusfeatures.com/in_bruges/castncrew?member=tessa_ross|title=Tessa Ross, executive producer|publisher=[[Focus Features]]|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> |
Ross was born in 1961 in [[London]]. She attended [[Westminster School]], and graduated from [[Somerville College, Oxford]], where she majored in oriental studies, in 1980.<ref name="Power 100"/><ref name="Somerville">{{cite web|url=http://www.some.ox.ac.uk/191-5810/Tessa-Ross-to-receive-BAFTA-Award-for-Outstanding-British-Contribution-to-Cinema.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163926/http://www.some.ox.ac.uk/191-5810/Tessa-Ross-to-receive-BAFTA-Award-for-Outstanding-British-Contribution-to-Cinema.html|archivedate=2 April 2015|title=Tessa Ross to receive BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema|publisher=Somerville College, Oxford|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> In 1986, she became a literary agent and in 1988 a script editor at [[BBC Scotland]]. She was appointed Head of Development at British Screen in 1990, and in 1993 head of drama for the [[BBC]] independent commissioning group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gold.ac.uk/honorands/tessa-ross/|title=Tessa Ross|publisher=[[Goldsmiths, University of London]]|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="FF">{{cite web|url=http://www.focusfeatures.com/in_bruges/castncrew?member=tessa_ross|title=Tessa Ross, executive producer|publisher=[[Focus Features]]|accessdate=24 February 2016}}</ref> |
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Ross has been the executive producer of a number of notable UK-financed films including; ''[[Billy Elliot]]'' (2000), ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'' (2006), ''[[This Is England]]'' (2006), ''[[Happy-Go-Lucky]]'' (2008), ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008), ''[[Hunger (2008 film)|Hunger]]'' (2008), ''[[Four Lions]]'' (2010), ''[[ |
Ross has been the [[executive producer]] of a number of notable UK-financed films including; ''[[Billy Elliot]]'' (2000), ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'' (2006), ''[[This Is England]]'' (2006), ''[[Happy-Go-Lucky]]'' (2008), ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008), ''[[Hunger (2008 film)|Hunger]]'' (2008), ''[[Four Lions]]'' (2010), ''[[127 Hours]]'' (2010), ''[[Shame (2011 film)|Shame]]'' (2011), ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'' (2013), ''[[Under the Skin (2013 film)|Under the Skin]]'' (2013), ''[[Ex Machina (film)|Ex Machina]]'' (2015), ''[[45 Years]]'' (2015), ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]'' (2015), and ''[[Carol (2015 film)|Carol]]'' (2015). |
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==Filmography== |
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Films Ross has executive produced. |
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* ''[[Billy Elliot]]'' (2000) |
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* ''[[Liam (film)]]'' (2000) |
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* ''[[Touching the Void (film)|Touching the Void]]'' (2003) |
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* ''[[Dead Man's Shoes (2004 film)|Dead Man's Shoes]]'' (2004) |
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* ''[[Enduring Love (film)|Enduring Love]]'' (2004) |
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* ''[[The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|The Motorcycle Diaries]]'' (2004) |
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* ''[[Brothers of the Head]]'' (2005) |
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* ''[[Isolation (2005 film)|Isolation]]'' (2005) |
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* ''[[Mischief Night (2006 film)|Mischief Night]]'' (2006) |
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* ''[[This Is England]]'' (2006) |
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* ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'' (2006) |
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* ''[[The Road to Guantánamo]]'' (2006) |
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* ''[[Venus (film)|Venus]]'' (2006) |
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* ''[[And When Did You Last See Your Father?]]'' (2007) |
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* ''[[Brick Lane (2007 film)|Brick Lane]]'' (2007) |
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* ''[[Far North (2007 film)|Far North]]'' (2007) |
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* ''[[Garage (film)|Garage]]'' (2007) |
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* ''[[A Summer in Genoa]]'' (2008) |
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* ''[[Happy-Go-Lucky]]'' (2008) |
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* ''[[How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)|How to Lose Friends & Alienate People]]'' (2008) |
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* ''[[Incendiary (film)|Incendiary]]'' (2008) |
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* ''[[In Bruges]]'' (2008) |
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* ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008) |
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* ''[[Hunger (2008 film)|Hunger]]'' (2008 |
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* ''[[Nowhere Boy]]'' (2009) |
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* ''[[The Lovely Bones (film)|The Lovely Bones]]'' (2009) |
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* ''[[Another Year (film)|Another Year]]'' (2010) |
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* ''[[Four Lions]]'' (2010) |
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* ''[[Never Let Me Go (2010 film)|Never Let Me Go]]'' (2010) |
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* ''[[Submarine (2010 film)|Submarine]]'' (2010) |
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* ''[[127 Hours]]'' (2010) |
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* ''[[Attack the Block]]'' (2011) |
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* ''[[The Eagle (2011 film)|The Eagle]]'' (2011) |
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* ''[[The Iron Lady (film)|The Iron Lady]]'' (2011) |
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* ''[[One Day (2011 film)|One Day]]'' (2011) |
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* ''[[On the Road (film)|On the Road]]'' (2011) |
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* ''[[Shame (2011 film)|Shame]]'' (2011) |
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* ''[[The Woman in the Fifth]]'' (2011) |
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* ''[[Wuthering Heights (2011 film)|Wuthering Heights]]'' (2011) |
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* ''[[Hyde Park on Hudson]]'' (2012) |
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* ''[[Seven Psychopaths]]'' (2012) |
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* ''[[The Double (2013 film)|The Double]]'' (2013) |
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* ''[[How I Live Now (film)|How I Live Now]]'' (2013) |
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* ''[[The Look of Love (film)|The Look of Love]]'' (2013) |
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* ''[[Trance (2013 film)|Trance]]'' (2013) |
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* ''[[Under the Skin (2013 film)|Under the Skin]]'' (2013) |
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* ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'' (2013) |
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* ''[[Frank (film)|Frank]]'' (2014) |
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* ''[[A Most Wanted Man (film)|A Most Wanted Man]]'' (2014) |
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* ''[['71 (film)|'71]]'' (2014) |
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* ''[[Cuban Fury]]'' (2014) |
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* ''[[The Riot Club]]'' (2014) |
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* ''[[Black Sea (film)|Black Sea]]'' (2014) |
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* ''[[Ex Machina (film)|Ex Machina]]'' (2015) |
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* ''[[45 Years]]'' (2015) |
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* ''[[Life (2015 film)|Life]]'' (2015) |
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* ''[[The Lobster]]'' (2015) |
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* ''[[Carol (2015 film)|Carol]]'' (2015) |
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* ''[[Macbeth (2015 film)|Macbeth]]'' (2015) |
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* ''[[Suffragette (film)|Suffragette]]'' (2015) |
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* ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]'' (2015) |
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Tessa Sarah Ross CBE (born 1961) is a UK film executive. She became the Controller of Film and Drama at Channel 4 in 2000 and was head of Film4 from 2002 to 2014.[1][2][3] Ross was appointed to the Board of the Royal National Theatre in 2011, and Chief Executive in 2014.[1][4] She resigned in April 2015, citing concerns over the new leadership structure, but remained working with the National Theatre as a consultant.[5] Ross received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award and was named as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour in 2013.[4][6] Ross is an honorary fellow of the National Film and Television School.[7] In the 2010 New Year Honours, she was awarded the CBE for services to broadcasting.[1]
Ross was born in 1961 in London. She attended Westminster School, and graduated from Somerville College, Oxford, where she majored in oriental studies, in 1980.[6][8] In 1986, she became a literary agent and in 1988 a script editor at BBC Scotland. She was appointed Head of Development at British Screen in 1990, and in 1993 head of drama for the BBC independent commissioning group.[9][10]
Ross has been the executive producer of a number of notable UK-financed films including; Billy Elliot (2000), The Last King of Scotland (2006), This Is England (2006), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Hunger (2008), Four Lions (2010), 127 Hours (2010), Shame (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Under the Skin (2013), Ex Machina (2015), 45 Years (2015), Room (2015), and Carol (2015).
Films Ross has executive produced.
