Adrian Sturges

Background

Sturges was born in London, England and grew up in Rochester, Kent.

Education

Sturges was educated at The King"s School, Rochester, in Kent, in South East England.

He studied Theology and Religious Studies and History of Art at King"s College, Cambridge and graduated with First Class Honours in 1998. Whilst at Cambridge he was President of the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club and produced comedy for the Footlights.

Sturges studied producing at the National Film and Television School, taking their Industry Course and was selected for the inaugural Inside Pictures scheme.

Career

Sturges was educated at The King"s School, Rochester, in Kent, in South East England. Sturges began his career working as assistant to producer Simon Relph whilst he was also chairman of British Academy of Film and Television Arts. His first feature was The Baker, written and directed by Gareth Lewis. He then produced The Disappearance of Alice Creed, written and directed by J Blakeson which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.

In 2011 he produced Albatross, the film debut of Niall MacCormick.

Foreign television he has produced Whatever Happened to Harry Hill? for Channel 4 – a spoof documentary about the comedian. Future projects include J Blakeson"s Bad Blood and Trouble which he is producing with Michael De Luca.

Sturges was named a Producer to Watch by Variety a Star of Tomorrow by Screen International Producer on the Move at Cannes Film Festival by European Film Promotion and a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Brit to Watch in 2011.

Achievements

• Sturges began producing by making the short films of such directors as Rupert Wyatt – Subterrain and Get the Picture, Gareth Lewis – Normal for Norfolk and Sam Taylor-Wood – Love You More, the latter being nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the Palme d"Or Subsequently, he produced The Escapist, the first film by Rupert Wyatt which was selected for the Sundance Film Festival and for which he won the British Independent Film Awards prize for Best Achievement in Production.