| Activity | Brian Eastman is a producer of feature films (such as Shadowlands and Under Suspicion), television drama (such as Agatha Christie's Poirot, Jeeves and Wooster), and stage productions (such as Shadowlands, Misery, Up on the Roof).
He has received two BAFTA awards and two international Emmy awards and his productions have received many other awards and nominations.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society.
Eastman founded the independent production company Carnival Films and between 1980 and 2006 produced over 300 hours of television drama, eight feature films and 10 stage productions. In 2007 Carnival Films was sold to the Australian company Southern Star. Eastman continues to produce through his new production company, Batway Ltd.
Between 1988 and 1994 he was joined at Carnival by Betty Willingale, following her retirement from the BBC. In the detective genre Eastman produced 70 hours of Agatha Christie's Poirot starring David Suchet. Rosemary and Thyme, starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris, Anna Lee starring Imogen Stubbs. In action/adventure he produced 40 hours of Bugs, and in comedy drama he produced the adaptations of Tom Sharpe's novels Blott on the Landscape and Porterhouse Blue.
With Richard Attenborough, Eastman produced the feature film version of William Nicholson's Shadowlands, starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. Other movies with which he has been involved include Under Suspicion, starring Liam Neeson and Laura San Giacomo, and Wilt starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. |