Jonathan Cavendish

Jonathan Stewart Cavendish (born 4 February 1959) is an English independent film producer. He is notable for his work on Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Breathe (2017) and the Bridget Jones films.

Jonathan Cavendish
Born	4 February 1959
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1987–present http://www.imaginariumuk.com

Early life

Jonathan Stewart Cavendish was born 4 February 1959, the son of Robin Cavendish and Diana Blacker Cavendish, who became advocates for the disabled following Robin's paralysis by polio in December 1958.[1][2]

Cavendish studied history at Oxford University.[3]

Career

Cavendish began his career in advertising. He was part of the marketing team behind Channel 4's launch in 1982. After joining Little Bird Productions in 1983, Cavendish has been responsible for acclaimed titles such as In My Father's Den (2004), Croupier (1998) and Trauma (2004), as well as numerous TV projects.[3]

In 2011, he founded The Imaginarium Studios with actor Andy Serkis.[4] The Imaginarium is a creative digital studio based in Ealing, dedicated to the invention of believable, emotionally engaging digital characters using Performance Capture technology. Cavendish had his motion capture "epiphany" while watching King Kong. "To the embarrassment of my children, I cried … and it was only afterwards when I looked up the movie and found out about it that I discovered that inside all of that was little Andy."[5]

On 20 October 2012, the studio acquired rights to The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon and a new motion capture adaptation of Animal Farm. Cavendish will produce both films along with Serkis.[6]

Cavendish commissioned writer William Nicholson to write a screenplay on his father's life and work. The film, Breathe, is directed by Serkis, and opened in October 2017. In it, Cavendish's father, Robin, is portrayed by Andrew Garfield, and his wife, Diana, is portrayed by Claire Foy.[7] Bleecker Street and Participant Media acquired the domestic distribution rights to the film at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[8]

Personal life

Cavendish is married to Lesley Ann Rogers. They have triplets, born in 1996.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role
1987	December Bride	Producer
1992	Into the West	Producer
1994	A Man of No Importance	Producer
1995	Moondance	Producer
	Nothing Personal	Producer
1998	Croupier	Producer
	St. Ives	Producer
2000	Ordinary Decent Criminal	Producer
	Gangster No. 1	Producer
2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	Producer
2004	Trauma	Producer
	Marie and Bruce	Executive Producer
	In My Father's Den	Producer
	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Producer
	Churchill: The Hollywood Years	Producer
2006	Bernard and Doris	Executive Producer
2007	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Producer
2010	All Good Children	Producer
2016	Bridget Jones's Baby	Producer
2017	Breathe	Producer
	The Ritual	Producer
2018	Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle	Producer
TBA	Next Goal Wins	Producer

Television

Year	Film	Role
1990	The Lilac Bus	Producer
1991	4 Play	Producer (1 episode)
1995	The Hanging Gale	Producer
1996	The Writing on the Wall	Producer
2000	Dirty Tricks	Executive Producer
2003	The Key	Executive Producer
2005	Whiskey Echo	Executive Producer

References

1. Renton, Alice; Renton, Tim (10 August 1994). "Obituary: Robin Cavendish". The Independent.
2. Oaksey, John (17 August 2001). "Obituaries: Professor E T 'Teddy' Hall". The Telegraph.
3. "Jonathan Cavendish: Independent producer". 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
4. "Who we Are". 2011. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
5. "Andy Serkis: From Gollum to studio boss". 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
6. "Hobbit's Andy Serkis Plots 'The Bone Season' and 'Animal Farm' Remake". 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
7. Kilday, Gregg (10 September 2016). "Toronto: Andrew Garfield Starrer 'Breathe' Goes to Bleecker Street, Participant". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
8. Donnelly, Matt (10 September 2016). "Andrew Garfield’s ‘Breathe’ Bought by Participant Media, Bleecker Street". Yahoo! Lifestyle.
9. Sophia Money-Coutts (26 September 2017). "Meet the man behind this year's most heartbreaking film". Tatler Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

External links

• Jonathan Cavendish at IMDb