Lavinia Warner

Lavinia Warner

Lavinia Warner created several successful TV series in the 80s and 90s, all of which featured women in the leading roles. These included the female internee drama "Tenko" (1981-5) for the BBC, secret agent drama "Wish Me Luck" (1988-90) for LWT and the less well-known taxi-firm series "Rides" (1992-3), again for the BBC. For the latter two series she also acted as producer. Warner is now the CEO of Warner Sisters, an independent production company.

Career

After studying history and psychology at university, Warner became a PA in the drama department at LWT, before moving on to Thames Television as a researcher, mainly on "This is Your Life". After this she worked in the BBC Features, Current Affairs and Drama departments as a freelance producer and director. After the launch of Channel 4 in 1982, she started her own independent production company, Warner Sisters, which initially focussed on making television programmes.

Television progammes

*"Lord Mountbatten - Man of Our Times"
*1979 "Women in Captivity"
*"A Life with Crime"
*"Private Lives"
*1981-4 "Tenko"
*1984 "GI Brides" (won the Broadcasting Press Guild Award and was BAFTA nominated for Best Documentary)
*1985 "Tenko Reunion"
*"Jailed by the British"
*1985 "Lizzie - An Amazon Adventure" (about adventuress Lizzie Hessel)
*1987 "Wish Me Luck"
*1991 "Selling Hitler" (based on the book by Robert Harris)
*1992 "Rides"
*1995 "Dangerous Lady"
*1996 "The Bite"
*1998 "The Jump"
*2001 "Do or Die"

Other activities

*One-time Vice-Chair of PACT
*One-time Edinburgh Television Festival committee member
*An original member of the 25% Campaign for increased Independent access to the BBC and ITV
*Consultant to Hollywood director Bruce Beresford on his feature film "Paradise Road". Warner's book "Women Beyond the Wire: A Story of Prisoners of the Japanese 1942-45" (co-written with John Sandilands) was the prime source material for the film.

External links

* [http://www.warnersisterstv.co.uk/lavinia.htm Lavinia Warner information page on Warner Sisters website]
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