Andrea Calderwood

Andrea began her production career in Scotland, producing documentaries, short dramas and music videos with independent company Crash Films, before being appointed Head of Drama at BBC Scotland, where she was commissioned hit network TV series including Hamish Macbeth and The Crow Road and feature films including Academy Award®-nominated Mrs Brown. She then joined Pathe Pictures as their Head of Production, executive producing eight feature films including An Ideal Husband, Ratcatcher and The Claim.

Andrea established her own production company, Slate Films, in 2000, which joined forces with Potboiler Productions in 2009. Andrea's producer credits include Mike Figgis's experimental digital film Hotel; Shane Meadows' Once Upon a Time in the Midlands; Kevin Macdonald's The Last King of Scotland (winner of three BAFTAs and the Academy Award® for Forest Whitaker); HBO's multiple EMMY-winning Generation Kill; I Am Slave, directed by Gabriel Range and written by Jeremy Brock; two series of David Kane's The Field of Blood for the BBC; Eric Steel's fly fishing documentary Kiss the Water, and Biyi Bandele's adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's award-winning Half of a Yellow Sun starring Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Andrea was producing A Little Chaos, directed by Alan Rickman and starring Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts.

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