Allan McKeown, Esq's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Allan John
- Sex
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Male
- Date of Birth
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21/5/1946
- Surname
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McKEOWN
- Style
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Allan McKeown, Esq
- Recreations
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golf, running, French food
Allan McKeown, Esq's Professional Career
- Career
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TV commercials prodr 1970, md James Garratt Ltd TV advtg prodn co 1971, md JGP Ltd London and NY 1972-73, fndr British Lion Productions Ltd and conslt Shepperton Studios 1973, chief exec Pembridge Productions 1974-76, in US 1976-79, fndr WitzEnd Productions Ltd (with Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais) 1979; SelecTV plc: chief exec (following reverse takeover by WitzEnd) 1988-95, exec chm 1995-96, fndr SelecTV subsids Alomo Productions (with Laurence Marks, qv, and Maurice Gran, qv) 1988; co-fndr, dir of comedy programming and main bd dir Meridian Broadcasting (now part of ITV) 1991; fndr Selected Cable Station (now Carlton Select) 1995; SelecTV group progs incl: Auf Wiedersehen Pet (BAFTA Award nominated), Tracey Ullman Takes On New York (exec prodr, Emmy nominated), Lovejoy (US Cable Acad Award nominated), Birds of a Feather, Love Hurts, Pie in the Sky; exec prodr: Tracey Takes On 1996-99 (Emmy 1997), Tracy Ullman's TV series, Trailer Tails, Tracey Ullman's Best Bits, Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales 2003, Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed 2005; theatre prodr: Jerry Springer the Opera (NT) 2004 (Olivier Award, Evening Standard Award, Critics Circle Award, prodr TV version 2005), Lennon (Curran Theatre San Francisco, transfer to Broadway 2005); chm Allan McKeown Presnts 2006-; exec prodr State of the Union 2007-, exec prodr, writer and dir Mumbai Calling (ITV) 2009; fell Acad of TV Arts and Sciences, memb BAFTA; FRTS
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