Colin Vaines Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Colin Vaines is a film producer working out of London and LA. He began his career in the film industry in 1977 as a journalist with the trade paper Screen International, which he went on to edit. In 1984, he left journalism to run the UK’s National Film Development Fund, and act as consultant to parent body British Screen Finance.In 1987, he oversaw UK development for Columbia Pictures during David Puttnam’s tenure at the studio, subsequently becoming head of development for Puttnam’s own production company, Enigma, working on films including Memphis Belle.He made his debut as a producer in 1992 with the Emmy-winning TV film A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia, which introduced Ralph Fiennes in the title role.During this time, in addition to developing projects as an independent producer, Vaines was artistic director of both the Performing Arts Screenwriting Lab in the UK, and the writers’ lab SCRAWL in South Africa. Among the writers he handpicked to develop their projects at these workshops were Simon Beaufoy, who went on to write The Full Monty, John Hodge, who went on to write Trainspotting, Lee Hall, who went on to write Billy Elliot, Paul Laverty, who went on to write many films for Ken Loach including Cannes Palme d'Or winner "The Wind That Shakes The Barley", and John Michael McDonagh, who went on to write and direct The Guard.After co-producing Michael Radford’s B. Monkey, Vaines supervised production and development for UK lottery franchise The Film Consortium from 1997 to 1999, overseeing movies including Hideous Kinky, starring Kate Winslet.He was appointed Executive Vice-President, Development for New York-based Miramax Films in 1999, becoming Executive Vice-President, European Production and Development in 2002. He was Co-executive producer of Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, and Executive in Charge of Production on Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain.In October 2005, he was appointed Executive Vice-President, European Production and Development for The Weinstein Company working closely with Harvey Weinstein. He was an executive producer of Anthony Minghella’s Breaking and Entering, starring Jude Law, and Chris Noonan’s Miss Potter, starring Renée Zellweger. He also developed and oversaw production on numerous projects for The Weinstein Company, including The Reader, Factory Girl and Minghella’s final film for television, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.He joined Graham King’s GK Films in Los Angeles as Co-President of Production in 2007, where he became Executive Producer of The Young Victoria, The Rum Diary, starring Johnny Depp, and London Boulevard, the directing debut of Oscar-winning writer William Monahan, starring Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell.Returning to freelance production in 2010, at the start of the year he produced Coriolanus, which marks the directing debut of its star, Ralph Fiennes, twenty years after Vaines and Fiennes first worked together on A Dangerous Man. The film also stars Gerard Butler and
Net Worth
$200,000
Date Of Birth
1957-06-16
Profession
Producer, Production Manager, Miscellaneous Crew
Nicknames
Colin Vaines, Vaines, Colin
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
producer post-production
Red Dog: True Blue
2016
executive producer
The Marriage of Reason & Squalor
2015
producer
The Rum Diary
2011
executive producer
My Week with Marilyn
2011
co-executive producer: The Weinstein Company
W.E.
2011
co-producer
Coriolanus
2011
producer
London Boulevard
2010
executive producer
The Young Victoria
2009
executive producer
Miss Potter
2006
executive producer
Breaking and Entering
2006
executive producer
Gangs of New York
2002
co-executive producer
B. Monkey
1998
producer
Great Performances
1992
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cold Mountain
2003
executive in charge of production
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
My Life So Far
1999
script consultant
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The First Film
2015
Documentary thanks
Red Dog
2011
Nelson Woss would like to thank
The Guard
2011
special thanks
Guantanamero
2007
special thanks
Factory Girl
2006
special thanks
East Is East
1999
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Last Impresario
2013
Documentary
Himself - Interviewee
1st Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards