Steve Abbott, Esq

Career: film and television producer; Price Waterhouse London 1976-79, Hand Made Films London 1979-81, Mayday Management Ltd 1981-, chm Prominent Features Ltd 1989- (md 1986-89), dir Prominent Television 1992- (exec prodr Himalaya 2004, New Europe 2007, Around the World in 20 Years 2008 and Brazil 2012 (all with Michael Palin)); dir: Nat Film Tstee Co Ltd 2002-06, Urban Rock Ltd 2004-; chair Screen Yorkshire 2002-, tstee Training and Performance Showcase 2001-06, chair Bradford City of Film 2007-; ambass to City of Bradford 1997; hon treas Belsize Square Synagogue 2012-; memb: AMPAS, BAFTA, EFA (Euro Film Acad); Hon DLitt Univ of Bradford 1998; FCA 1990 (ACA 1979), FRSA 1999; Films exec prodr: A Fish Called Wanda 1988, Fierce Creatures 1995 (released 1997); prodr: American Friends 1990, Blame It On the Bellboy 1991, Brassed Off 1996