Hilary Bevan Jones produced, as part of the Make Poverty History campaign, the telefilm The Girl in the Café, scripted by Richard Curtis. Directed by David Yates and starring Bill Nighy and Kelly Macdonald, the feature won three Emmy Awards: one for Ms. Macdonald as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, one for Outstanding Made for Television Movie (shared by Ms. Bevan Jones, Mr. Curtis, and Paul Abbott), and one for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. Among other honors, the movie also received a Humanitas Prize in recognition of its humanitarian message.
Her other credits as a producer include the award-winning television drama series Cracker, starring Robbie Coltrane,and Red Dwarf; Nicholas Renton's miniseries remake of Far from the Madding Crowd; Jean Stewart's miniseries Butterfly Collectors, starring Pete Postlethwaite; Marc Munden's miniseries The Secret World of Michael Fry, starring Ewen Bremner; and the acclaimed miniseries State of Play, directed by David Yates, written by Paul Abbott, and starring Bill Nighy. She is preparing Indian Summer with Working Title, to star Cate Blanchett for director Joe Wright; William Nicholson is adapting Alex von Tunzelmann's book of the same name.
In 2004, along with State of Play screenwriter Paul Abbott, Ms. Bevan Jones started the production company Tightrope Pictures. That same year, Women in Film and Television honored her with the Contribution to the Medium Award. For Tightrope, she has produced the telefilm dramas All in the Game, directed by Jim O'Hanlon and starring Ray Winstone, and Dad, directed by Sarah Harding and starring Richard Briers; and executive-produced David Attwood's miniseries To the Ends of the Earth,starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Terry McDonough's miniseries Instinct, and the series The Innocence Project.
In 2006, Ms. Bevan Jones was made chairperson of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts; she is the first woman ever to hold this position.
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