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,^[1][2] and for executive producing television series Top of the Lake, which was nominated for an Emmy, BAFTA and Golden Globe award. ^[3][4][5] 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. ^[6][7][8]

Iain Canning
Nationality	British
Occupation	Producer
Title	Managing Director and Co-founder of See-Saw Films

Iain co-founded See-Saw Films with producing partner Emile Sherman in 2008.^[9] Their offices are based in London, UK and Sydney, Australia.

Career

Iain Canning co-founded See-Saw Films with Emile Sherman in 2008^[9] and has produced several major films including Lion,^[6] 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.^[10][11][7] Canning produced Jane Campion's Emmy Award-nominated TV series Top of the Lake.^[12] The second series, Top of the Lake: China Girl, also directed by Campion, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2017.^[13] Elisabeth Moss reprised her Golden Globe-winning role as Detective Robin Griffin, which also starred Nicole Kidman and Gwendoline Christie.^[14]

Canning won an Academy Award in 2011 for The King's Speech directed by Tom Hooper.^[1] The film stars Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter^[1]

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.^[15]

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^[16] and Anton Corbijn's Control.^[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Notes
2006	Candy	Neil Armfield^[18]	Neil Armfield; Luke Davies
2007	Control	Anton Corbijn^[17]	Matt Greenhalgh
2008	Hunger	Steve McQueen^[19]	Enda Walsh; Steve McQueen
2009	Mary and Max	Adam Elliot^[20]	Adam Elliot
2010	Oranges and Sunshine	Jim Loach^[21]	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^[22]
	The Kings of Mykonos	Peter Andrikidis^[23]
	The King's Speech	Tom Hooper^[24]	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^[25]
2011	Shame	Steve McQueen^[26]	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^[27]
2012	Anton Corbijn Inside Out	Klaartje Quirijns^[28]
	Dead Europe	Tony Krawitz^[29]	Louise Fox	Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Film Nominated – FCCA Award^[30]
2013	Tracks	John Curran^[31]	Marion Nelson	Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Film Nominated – AFCA Award for Best Film Nominated – FCCA Award^[32]
2015	Life	Anton Corbijn^[33]	Luke Davies
	Macbeth	Justin Kurzel^[34]	Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Todd Louiso
	Mr. Holmes	Bill Condon^[35]	Jeffrey Hatcher
	Slow West	John Maclean^[36]	John Maclean
2016	Lion	Garth Davis^[37]	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^[38] Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Film
2017	How to Talk to Girls at Parties	John Cameron Mitchell^[39]	Philippa Goslett, John Cameron Mitchell
2018	Mary Magdalene	Garth Davis^[40]	Helen Edmundson, Philippa Goslett
	Widows	Steve McQueen^[41]	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^[42]	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^[43]
2015	Banished	Jimmy McGovern, Shaun Duggan	Daniel Percival, Jeffrey Walker^[44]	Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Miniseries^[45]
2016	Codes of Conduct	Matthew Michael Carnahan	Steve McQueen^[46]
	Love, Nina	Nick Hornby, Nina Stibbe	SJ Clarkson^[47]
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^[48]	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	^[49]
2016	All Day/I Feel Like That	Steve McQueen

References

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4. "2014 Television Drama Series | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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10. "Lion: Best Picture - Oscar Nominees 2017". Academy Awards. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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13. "Top of the Lake: China Girl".
14. "Who Is Nicole Kidman Playing in 'Top of the Lake: China Girl'? Watch the Trailer and Find Out". EW.com. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
15. "Garth Davis Joins Forces with See-Saw Films to Launch Production Company 'I AM THAT'". FilmInk. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
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External links

• Iain Canning at IMDb
• See-Saw Films website