Iain Canning

Iain Canning is an English film and television producer best known for producing the film The King's Speech (2010), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA award for Best Film and Best British Film, and for executive producing television series Top of the Lake, which was nominated for an Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe award.

He has been nominated for 3 Academy Awards and won 1, nominated for 5 BAFTAs and won 3, and nominated for 2 Emmy Awards and won 1.

Iain Canning
Iain Canning
NationalityBritish
OccupationProducer
TitleManaging Director and Co-founder of See-Saw Films

Iain co-founded See-Saw Films with producing partner Emile Sherman in 2008. Their offices are based in London, UK and Sydney, Australia.

Career

Iain Canning co-founded See-Saw Films with Emile Sherman in 2008 and has produced several major films including Lion, winner of two BAFTA Awards, starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara, and The Power of the Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons. Canning produced Jane Campion's Emmy Award-nominated TV series Top of the Lake. The second series, Top of the Lake: China Girl, also directed by Campion, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2017. Elisabeth Moss reprised her Golden Globe-winning role as Detective Robin Griffin, which also starred Nicole Kidman and Gwendoline Christie.

Canning won an Academy Award in 2011 for The King's Speech directed by Tom Hooper. The film stars Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter

In 2019, Canning produced short-form British comedy series, State of the Union, which premiered on Sundance TV. The first season starred Rosamund Pike and Chris O'Dowd and won three Emmy Awards including Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. In 2021, the series was renewed for a second season starring Brendan Gleeson and Patricia Clarkson.[citation needed]

Also in 2019, Canning and Sherman teamed up with Garth Davis to form a new production company called I AM THAT, with Samantha Lang as head of development.

2021 saw the releases of British TV series The North Water, written and directed by Andrew Haigh, starring Jack O'Connell and Colin Farrell, and Australian TV series Firebite, written by Warwick Thornton and Brendan Fletcher and directed by Thornton, Fletcher and Tony Krawitz. Both series premiered on AMC+ in the United States.[citation needed]

In November 2021, Netflix released The Power of the Dog, which is See-Saw's second collaboration with Jane Campion. In 2022, the film won 2 BAFTAs including Best Film, and was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, with Jane Campion going on to win Best Director. The film originally premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival and Campion was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Director.[citation needed]

See-Saw's latest TV projects to release in 2022 include Slow Horses and The Essex Serpent for Apple TV+, and Heartstopper for Netflix. Upcoming films include Operation Mincemeat, which stars Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Winton and Johnny Flynn; The Stranger, which stars Sean Harris and Joel Edgerton; and Florian Zeller's The Son, which stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby and Zen McGrath.[citation needed]

Prior to founding See-Saw, Canning executive-produced the award-winning films Hunger directed by McQueen and Anton Corbijn's Control.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Director Writer Notes
2006 Candy Neil Armfield Neil Armfield; Luke Davies
2007 Control Anton Corbijn Matt Greenhalgh
2008 Hunger Steve McQueen Enda Walsh; Steve McQueen
2009 Mary and Max Adam Elliot Adam Elliot
2010 Oranges and Sunshine Jim Loach Rona Munro Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Film
Nominated – AFI Members' Choice Award
Nominated – FCCA Award for Best Film
Nominated – Inside Film Award for Best Feature Film
The Kings of Mykonos Peter Andrikidis
The King's Speech Tom Hooper David Seidler Academy Award for Best Picture
BAFTA Award for Best Film
BAFTA Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
PGA Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture
Nominated – ACCA Award for Best Motion Picture
Nominated – Davis Award for Best Motion Picture
Nominated – EDA Award for Best Picture
Nominated – European Film Award for Best Film
Nominated – Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Film
2011 Shame Steve McQueen Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan Nominated – BAFTA Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Film
Nominated – European Film Award for Best Film
Nominated – Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Film
2012 Anton Corbijn Inside Out Klaartje Quirijns
Dead Europe Tony Krawitz Louise Fox Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Film
Nominated – FCCA Award
2013 Tracks John Curran Marion Nelson Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Film
Nominated – AFCA Award for Best Film
Nominated – FCCA Award
2015 Life Anton Corbijn Luke Davies
Macbeth Justin Kurzel Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Todd Louiso
Mr. Holmes Bill Condon Jeffrey Hatcher
Slow West John Maclean John Maclean
2016 Lion Garth Davis Luke Davies AACTA Award for Best Film
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated – AACTA International Award for Best Film
Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Nominated – Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Film
Nominated – PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Film
2017 How to Talk to Girls at Parties John Cameron Mitchell Philippa Goslett, John Cameron Mitchell
2018 Mary Magdalene Garth Davis Helen Edmundson, Philippa Goslett
Widows Steve McQueen Gillian Flynn, Steve McQueen
2019 The Day Shall Come Chris Morris Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong
2020 Ammonite Francis Lee Francis Lee
2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion Jane Campion BAFTA Award for Best Film

Critics' Choice Award for Best Picture

AACTA International Award for Best Film

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama

Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture

Nominated - PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

2022 Operation Mincemeat John Madden Michelle Ashford
The Stranger Thomas M. Wright Thomas M. Wright Premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 75th Cannes Film Festival
The Son Florian Zeller Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton

Television

Year TV Series Writer Director Notes
2013 Top of the Lake Jane Campion, Gerard Lee Jane Campion, Garth Davis AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Miniseries

New Zealand Film and TV Awards for Best Television Feature or Drama

Nominated – Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie

Nominated – PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television

2015 Banished Jimmy McGovern, Shaun Duggan Daniel Percival, Jeffrey Walker Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Miniseries
2016 Codes of Conduct Matthew Michael Carnahan Steve McQueen
Love, Nina Nick Hornby, Nina Stibbe SJ Clarkson
2017 Top of the Lake: China Girl Jane Campion, Gerard Lee Jane Campion, Ariel Kleiman Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
2018 The New Legends of Monkey Jacquelin Perske Gerard Johnstone Nominated - AACTA Award for Best Children's Television Series
2019 State of the Union Nick Hornby Stephen Frears International Emmy Award for Short Form Series
2020 The End Samantha Strauss Jessica M. Thompson, Jonathan Brough Nominated - AACTA Award for Best Miniseries or Telefeature
2021 The North Water Andrew Haigh Andrew Haigh
Firebite Warwick Thornton, Brendan Fletcher Warwick Thornton, Brendan Fletcher, Tony Krawitz
2022 Slow Horses Will Smith, Morwenna Banks, Mark Denton, Jonny Stockwood James Hawes
2022 Heartstopper Alice Oseman Euros Lyn
2022 The Essex Serpent Anna Symon Clio Barnard

Music videos

Year Music video Director Notes
2009 Linear Anton Corbijn
2013 Arcade Fire: Reflektor Anton Corbijn
2016 All Day/I Feel Like That Steve McQueen

References

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