Name Sue Birtwistle Role Producer | Children Lucy Eyre | |
Books The Making of Pride and Prejudice, The Making of Jane Austen's Emma Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama Movies and TV shows Cranford, Return to Cranford, Dutch Girls, Scoop Similar People Simon Langton, Andrew Davies, Heidi Thomas, Richard Eyre, Simon Curtis | ||
Susan Elizabeth Birtwistle, Lady Eyre, (born 9 December 1945) is a producer and writer of television drama. Birtwistle has won awards for several of her productions, including Hotel du Lac, Pride and Prejudice and Emma, and was one of the nominees for the 2008 BAFTA Awards for her production of Cranford.
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Early life
She was born in Northwich, Cheshire, England, and attended Northwich County Grammar School for Girls (now The County High School, Leftwich). She studied drama and English at Coventry College of Education (became part of the University of Warwick).
Career
She is known for producing well-known costume dramas.
Partial filmography as producer
Personal life
In 2008, she was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Chester.
She married the English film, theatre, television and opera director Richard Eyre in 1973 in Chelsea, London; they have one daughter, Lucy (born in 1974).