Margaret Matheson, the founder of Bard Entertainments has worked in film and television for the past 40 odd years on the following:

2019
Producer of RUN written and directed by Scott Graham
2017
Executive Producer of NEW TOWN UTOPIA
2015
Producer of IONA written and directed by Scott Graham
2013-2014
Producer of KATIE MORAG Series 1 and Series 2 (Move On Up and BBC), winner of BAFTA’s Best Children’s Drama award two years running
2013
Producer of B O R T H, Gideon Koppel’s film installation, exhibited at the Cardiff International Festival of Photography
2012
Producer with David Smith of SHELL written and directed by Scott Graham
2012
Executive Producer of LORE directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Paul Welsh, Liz Watts, Benny Drechsel and Karsten Stoter
2012
Executive Producer of THE FOLD written by Poppy Cogan, directed by John Jencks and produced by Alexa Seligman and Jay Taylor
2012
Executive Producer of L’HISTOIRE DE NOS PETITES MORTS written, directed and produced by David Chidlow
2012
Producer of IN THE DARK HALF written by Lucy Catherine and directed by Alastair Siddons
2011
Executive Producer of HARD BOILED SWEETS written directed and produced by David L G Hughes and produced by Demelza Jones, Lara Greenway and Michael Riley
2010
Executive Producer of THIRD STAR written by Vaughan Sivell, directed by Hattie Dalton and produced by Kelly Broad and Vaughan Sivell
2008
Producer of SKIN directed by Anthony Fabian starring Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill and Alice Krige
2007
Producer of SLEEP FURIOUSLY, a feature documentary directed by Gideon Koppel
2006
Executive Producer NINA’S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS written by Andrea Gibb, directed by Pratibha Parmar
2006
Producer VAMPIRE DIARY written by Phil O’Shea, directed by Mark James and Phil O’Shea
2003-2017
Vice Chair of the London Film School
2003-2005
Vice Chair of Film for PACT
2002
Executive Producer of AKA written and directed by Duncan Roy
2002
Producer of AMERICAN COUSINS written by Sergio Casci, directed by Don Coutts, starring Danny Nucci, Shirley Henderson, Gerald Lepkowski, Vincent Pastore and Dan Hedaya
2001
Producer of REVENGERS TRAGEDY written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, directed by Alex Cox starring Christopher Eccleston, Eddie Izzard and Derek Jacobi
1999-2000
Producer of KIN, written and directed by Elaine Proctor, starring Miranda Otto and Isaiah Washington
1998
Executive Producer of LOST FOR WORDS written by Deric Longden, directed by Alan J W Bell starring Thora Hird and Pete Postlethwaite. Winner of an International Emmy and both BAFTA and RTS awards in the UK
1997-1998
Producer of SPACE ISLAND ONE - 26 x 1 hour TV Series
1997
Executive Producer of BABYMOTHER, written and directed by Julian Henriques (Formation Films for Film Four)
1996-1997
Chair of Scottish Film Production Fund
1996
Co-Executive Producer of EVE’S BAYOU, written and directed by Kasi Lemmons, starring Samuel L Jackson
1995
Executive Producer of ANTONIA’S LINE (Marleen Gorris) 1996 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
1995
IT’S NOT UNUSUAL (Asmaa Pirzada/Kfir Yefet)1996 BAFTA Winner - Best Short FilmChannel 4/British Screen
1995
Executive Producer of Screen One for BBC1
Productions include:
PAT AND MARGARET (Victoria Wood/Gavin Miller)
MEAT (Danny Boyle/John Madden)
THE GREAT KANDINSKY (Terry Winsor)
DOGGING AROUND (Alan Plater/Desmond Davis)
MURDER IN MIND (Jenni Diski/Robert Bierman)
TWO GOLDEN BALLS (Maureen Chadwick/Anya Camilleri)
1994
Formed Bard Entertainments Ltd
1993
Producer of CARDIAC ARREST for Island World Productions /BBC1
1992-1996
Board of Scottish Film Council
Board of Scottish Film Production Fund
1992
Fellow of Royal Television Society
1990-1993
Chief Executive of Island World Productions Ltd
Productions include:
Feature: JUICE (Ernest Dickerson)
BBC 1 Series: BETWEEN THE LINES
BBC Screen One: WIDE EYED & LEGLESS (Jack Rosenthal/Richard Loncraine)
1989-1992
Governor of National Film & Television School
1988-1996
Board of London International Festival of Theatre
1985-1989
Governor of British Film Institute
1984-1989
Chair of British Film Institute Production Board

Director of Production for Zenith Productions Ltd
Feature Films include:
THE HIT (Peter Prince/Stephen Frears)
INSIGNIFICANCE (Terry Johnson/Nick Roeg)
SID AND NANCY (Abbie Wool/Alex Cox)
PERSONAL SERVICES (David Leland/Terry Jones)
WISH YOU WERE HERE (David Leland)
THE DEAD (John Huston)
PRICK UP YOUR EARS (Alan Bennett/Stephen Frears)

Television productions include:
INSPECTOR MORSE, THE PARADISE CLUB, SHOOT TO KILL
1984
Royal Television Society Silver Medal (for Outstanding Creative Achievement behind the Camera)
1981-1984
Controller of Drama for Central TV
Commissions include
THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH and AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET

Executive Producer of KENNEDY by Reg Gadney (BAFTA Best Drama Series) starring Martin Sheen and Blair Brown

Producer of THE LELAND QUARTET:
MADE IN BRITAIN (Alan Clarke) (Prix Italia)
BIRTH OF A NATION (Mike Newell) (Prix Futura)
RHINO (Jane Howell)
FLYING INTO THE WIND (Ed Bennett)
1980-1981
Producer: MUCK AND BRASS by Tom Clarke starring Mel Smith, directed by Marek Kanievska and Martin Campbell for Central TV
1977-1978
Producer: BBC Play for Today Series
Productions include:
SCUM (Roy Mnton/Alan Clarke)
STRONGER THAN THE SUN (Stephen Poliakoff/Michael Apted)
NINA (Jehane Markham/Alan Clarke)
OY VAY MARIA (Mary O’Malley/Richard Loncraine)
ABIGAIL’S PARTY (Mike Leigh)
NIPPER (Barrie Keefe/Brian Farnham)
DESTINY (David Edgar/Mike Newell)
THE AFTER DINNER JOKE (Caryl Churchill/Colin Bucksey)
SHOOTING THE CHANDELIER (David Mercer/Jane Howell)
THE LEGION HALL BOMBING (Caryl Churchill/Roland Joffe)
WHO’S WHO (Mike Leigh)
1975
Producer IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A VET (starring John Alderton and Colin Blakeley) for EMI
1973-1975
London Representative of Talent Associates.(David Susskind’s US company.)
Associate Producer CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA (Alec Guinness and Genevieve Bujold)
1973
Researcher/Reporter - Local News and Documentaries
Granada Television
1970-1973
Story Editor of BBC Series:
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