Rebecca O'Brien (born 25 October 1957) is a BAFTA-winning film producer, known especially for her work with Ken Loach. O'Brien was born in London, England. She grew up in Peebles. Together with Loach and scriptwriter Paul Laverty, she runs the production company Sixteen Films, formed in 2002. The trio received an "outstanding contribution" award from BAFTA Scotland in November 2016. Her career began in theatre and children's television and her early cinema work includes
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), on which she was location manager, and
Bean (1997), which she co-produced. She was co-producer on Loach's
Hidden Agenda (1990) and sole producer on his
Land and Freedom (1995) and on many of his subsequent films, two of which,
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and
I, Daniel Blake (...
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