Name Ruth Caleb | Role Film producer | |
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Education Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama, British Academy Television Alan Clarke Award Nominations BAFTA Award for Best British Film, British Academy Television Award for Best Innovation Movies A Poet in New York, The Theory of Flight, Out of Control, Last Resort, Bullet Boy Similar People David M Thompson, Dominic Savage, Mark Shivas, Andrew Davies, Karl Francis | ||
Ruth Irene Caleb OBE, was born in 1942, and is an award-winning veteran film and television producer. She was appointed head of drama at BBC Wales in the mid-1980s, making her the BBC's first ever female head of drama. She is known for her work on productions that include; Pawel Pawlikowski's Last Resort, the BBC1 series Judge John Deed and Saul Dibb's Bullet Boy.
In 2012, it was announced that Caleb would partner with independent production company, Leopard Drama, the drama division of Argonon. Argonon’s founder and CEO James Burstall said of the partnership: "We are delighted to partner with one of the U.K.’s most talented creatives, whose unrivalled track record of delivering popular and award-winning drama and features will be a major asset to the group." One of her recent projects in collaboration with Argonon has been producing children’s drama series, Eve, for CBBC.
Ruth was awarded the Alan Clarke BAFTA Award in 2001, for her "outstanding personal contribution to TV" and in 2012, she granted a lifetime achievement award at the year’s Women in Film and Television Awards. The award was presented by actress Julie Walters, whom Caleb had worked with twice before; on TV film, Pat and Margaret (1994) and again, in the 2009 drama, A Short Stay in Switzerland. In 2004, she was appointed an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to drama.
Some of Caleb’s more recent credits include, The Last Days of Lehman Brothers, The Whale, starring Martin Sheen and the Dylan Thomas biopic, A poet in New York.