Person
Gail Egan
Production
Biography
Originally trained as a barrister, Gail established Potboiler Productions as one of the leading independent production companies in the UK, producing and executive producing over 20 films. Alongside her projects at Potboiler she has continued to collaborate with Mike Leigh’s Thin Man Films, executive producing Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky, Another Year, Mr Turner, Peterloo and most recently, Hard Truths.
Known for
Secret Service
Executive Producer
The Constant Gardener
Executive Producer
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Producer
Funny Woman
Executive Producer
Blindness
Executive Producer
Happy-Go-Lucky
Executive Producer
A Little Chaos
Producer
A Most Wanted Man
Producer
Mr. Turner
Executive Producer
Vera Drake
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026Secret ServiceExecutive Producer
- 2024Hard TruthsExecutive Producer
- 2023Funny WomanExecutive Producer
- 2021LizardExecutive Producer
- 2019The Boy Who Harnessed the WindProducer
- 2018PeterlooExecutive Producer
- 2018The Little StrangerProducer
- 2017Final PortraitProducer
- 2016Trespass Against UsProducer
- 2016Our Kind of TraitorProducer
- 2015A Little ChaosProducer
- 2014Mr. TurnerExecutive Producer
- 2014A Most Wanted ManProducer
- 2013Half of a Yellow SunExecutive Producer
- 2012A Running JumpExecutive Producer
- 2010Another YearExecutive Producer
- 2010I Am SlaveExecutive Producer
- 2008Lecture 21Co-Producer
- 2008BlindnessExecutive Producer
- 2008Happy-Go-LuckyExecutive Producer
- 2006Brothers of the HeadProducer
- 2005The Constant GardenerExecutive Producer
- 2004Vera DrakeExecutive Producer
- 2004Man About DogExecutive Producer
- 2002Nicholas NicklebyExecutive Producer
- —The BeaconProducer
- —Takes One to Know OneProducer
- —Tender Loving CareExecutive Producer
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