Alison Owen

Alison Owen
Born Alison Mary Owen
(1961-02-18) 18 February 1961
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Nationality British
Occupation Film producer
Spouse(s) Keith Allen
(1982–1989, 2 children)
Aaron Batterham
(?-present)
Children Lily Allen
Alfie Allen
Sarah Owen
Parent(s) Peter Owen
Mary Hitchiner
Relatives Beatrice Owen
(sister)

Alison Mary Owen (born 18 February 1961) is an English film producer.[1][2]

Her credits as a producer include Moonlight and Valentino (1995), Elizabeth (1998), Sylvia (2003), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Proof (2005), The Other Boleyn Girl (2007), Brick Lane (2007), Chatroom (2010), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Tulip Fever (2017).

Personal life

Owen was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Mary Kathleen (née Hitchiner), a Royal Navy dockyard worker, and Peter Ronald Owen, chief petty officer in the Royal Navy, and was the younger of two daughters. Her elder sister is Jill Beatrice Owen (born 1959).[3]

Alison Owen has three children: pop singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen (by her ex-husband, Keith Allen), and Sarah Owen, a daughter from a previous relationship.[4] She is married to art director Aaron Batterham, who has four children of his own.

Career

She first started working at Limelight doing music videos. Later she then produced her first movie Hear My Song and a TV series called Diary of a Teenage Health Freak. Then she worked for Working Title (who were part owned by PolyGram). She set up the low-budget film division.[5]

Filmography

References

  1. Profile, The Guardian, 19 February 2004.
  2. POwerlist, The Guardian, 8 March 2012.
  3. Profile, The Daily Telegraph; 19 May 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  4. Ranscombe, Siân (22 November 2013). "Inside the world of film producer Alison Owen". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. "In Conversation: Alison Owen (Producer of Saving Mr. Banks, Shaun of the Dead, Tamara Drewe)". filmdoctor.co.uk. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

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