Alison Owen

Alison Mary Owen (born 18 February 1961) is an English film producer. Her credits as a producer include Moonlight and Valentino, Elizabeth (1998), Sylvia (2003), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Proof (2005), The Other Boleyn Girl (2007), Brick Lane (2007), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Tulip Fever (2017) and Back to Black (2024).

Life Owen was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, into a Roman Catholic family. Her parents were Mary Kathleen (née Hitchiner), a Royal Navy dockyard worker, and Peter Ronald Owen, chief petty officer in the Royal Navy, and was the younger of two daughters. Her sister is Jill Beatrice Owen.

Owen's first marriage (other sources simply say "relationship") started when she was a teenager in the 1970s, producing her first child, Sarah, in late December 1979, when Owen was an 18-year-old university student. She married actor Keith Allen in 1984, and they had two children together, pop singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen, before divorcing in 1989. She is married to art director Aaron Batterham.

In 2017, the National Portrait Gallery acquired an early portrait of Owen by photographer David Gwinnutt for its permanent collection.

Career She first started working at Limelight Records producing music videos. Later she produced her first film Hear My Song and a TV series called Diary of a Teenage Health Freak. She subsequently worked for Working Title Films, where she set up the low-budget film division. Her production company is Ruby Films.

Filmography

Awards and nominations 1995 Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era BAFTA TV Award for Best Best Light Entertainment (Programme or Series)

BAFTA Award for Best British Film Academy Award for Best Picture BAFTA Award for Best Film

Temple Grandin Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie Small Island BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Serial 2011 Temple Grandin Producers Guild of America Award for Best Long-Form Television

Saving Mr. Banks BAFTA Award for Best British Film Saving Mr. Banks Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture