Hattie Bowering
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| Born | April 16, 1977 |
| Nationality | British / New Zealand |
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Hattie Bowering (born April 16, 1977), also known as a Harriot is a British film and television producer.[1][2] She was the creative director of Wild Media in Dubai and Delhi. Hattie is also the founding committee member of Stellar Network UK, an organization run by members for young professionals in the film, television, and theater industry.[3][4][5]
Hattie has surpassed a 25-year career directing and producing several documentaries, films, and digital content, garnering various awards, including an Emmy and BAFTA. Her notable works include The Mona Lisa Curse (Channel 4), The Genius of Photography (BBC4), Damien Hirst - First Look (Channel 4), and The Story of God (BBC1).
Education
Hattie was born on April 16, 1977, in London, England, UK. She completed high school in 1994 at Ascham School. Bowering completed her Bachelor of Arts in art history and religious studies from the University of Sydney in 1997.
Career
In 1998, Hattie started her career as an assistant director at Revolver, a production company based in Sydney. She worked alongside director Steve Rogers and honed her production skills on commercials for Nike, Volvo and Queensland Tourism.[6]
In January 2000, Hattie joined London based production company, Dakota Films Ltd. as an assistant to director Sandra Goldbacher and producer Finola Dwyer for the feature film production of Me Without You starring Michelle Williams, Anna Friel, Kyle McLachlan and Trudie Styler.[7] The film screened at the London Film Festival in 2001, Venice Film Festival 2001, South by SouthWest 2002 and Vancouver Film Festival 2002.
In 2002, Hattie joined Olsberg SPI, a creative, strategic consulting firm providing advisory services to film, digital media, and television clients as a project manager. Bowering was responsible for organizing residential producer training courses in collaboration with PACT, BAFTA, and various other media organizations.[8]
From August 2001, Hattie freelanced as a producer, assistant producer, researcher, production manager, and production coordinator, with some of the UK’s top production companies and in house at the BBC, the world’s leading public service broadcaster. During a productive ten year period, Bowering is known to have played a pivotal part in various broadcast and cinema documentaries. Her notable works include Touching the Void, The Mona Lisa Curse, The Story of God, It’s Surreal Thing, Brand: A Second Coming, How to Get On in the Art World and The Genius of Photography.
Hattie was a jury member for BAFTA’s Huw Wheldon Award For Specialised Programme or Series in 2004, awarding the prize to the series, The National Trust.[9][10]
From October 2012 to March 2014, Hattie produced Art: Interrupted, a feature documentary about India’s first contemporary art biennale, in partnership with the Kochi Muziris Biennale Foundation.[11] Bowering contributed a chapter entitled Making a Biennale: Art: Interrupted to the book, India’s Biennale Effect: A Politics of Contemporary Art, published by Routledge.[12]
In 2005, Hattie was co-producer with Blue Horizon Productions on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival production at Assembly Rooms of Freestyle Love Supreme with Lin Manuel Miranda.
Hattie worked as a creative director of Wild Media until 2020. This creative production agency produced documentaries, digital content, commercials, campaigns, exhibitions, and events across Europe, America, the Middle East, and South Asia. At Wild Media, Bowering worked with clients such as Louvre Abu Dhabi, Dropbox, Instagram, Mercedes, LEGO, Samsung, Expo 2020 Dubai, BBC Arts, and National Geographic.
Hattie is also the founding committee member of Stellar Network UK, a members-run organization for young professionals working in film, television, and theater. The organization addresses the needs of the industry and young professionals working in the industry and provides social and professional events and opportunities. Stellar Network is managed in New York and London, and it organizes and presents events all over the world.[13]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2020 | The Crime of the Century | Producer (India) |
| 2020 | How to Kill a Cloud | Consulting Producer |
| 2019 | Flexible Futures for Dropbox | Creative Director |
| 2019 | Luxury Through the Ages | Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Monumental Art | Co-Producer |
| 2018 | Artists of the Middle East | Executive Producer |
| 2012-14 | Art:Interrupted | Producer, Director & Writer |
| 2014 | Playtime: Capital | Producer (Dubai) |
| 2013 | Brand: A Second Coming | Producer |
| 2012 | Collaboration Culture | Producer |
| 2012 | Damien Hirst: The First Look | Producer |
| 2011 | Books: The Last Chapter? | Producer |
| 2010 | The Genius of Design | Producer |
| 2008 | Let There Be Light | Producer |
| 2008 | Miss Landmine | Producer |
| 2008 | The Mona Lisa Curse | Producer |
| 2007 | How to Get on in the Art World | Producer |
| 2007 | It’s Surreal Thing | Producer |
| 2007 | The Genius of Photography | Producer, Series Researcher |
| 2005 | Freestyle Love Supreme | Producer (Edinburgh Festival) |
| 2005 | The Story of God | Production Manager |
| 2004 | Fooling Hitler | Production Coordinator |
| 2004 | Fat Slags | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| 2003 | Touching the Void | Production & Release Supervisor |
| 2003 | Crust | Post- Production Coordinator |
| 2001 | Me Without You | Assistant Producer & Director |
Awards and nominations
Hattie has been associated with several awards for directing, editing, and producing various featured documentaries and films.
Awards include:
- Winner - Emmy Award for Best Arts Documentary, 2009 for The Mona Lisa Curse (dir: Mandy Chang, Oxford Film & TV)
- Winner - Grierson Award for Best Arts Documentary, 2008 for The Mona Lisa Curse (dir: Mandy Chang, Oxford Film & TV)
- Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series, 2010 for The Genius of Design (dir: Tim Kirby, Wall to Wall TV)
- Nominated - BAFTA Award, nominated for Best Factual Series, 2007 for for The Genius of Photography (dir: Tim Kirby, Wall to Wall TV)
- Winner - BAFTA Award for Best British Film, 2004 for Touching the Void (dir: Kevin MacDonald, Darlow Smithson)
- Winner - Grierson Award for Best Feature Documentary, 2004 for Touching the Void (dir: Kevin MacDonald, Darlow Smithson)
- Winner - Evening Standard Award for Best Feature Documentary, 2004 for Touching the Void (dir: Kevin MacDonald, Darlow Smithson)[14]
Personal Life
Hattie married Hugh Tomlinson who is Washington Reporter at The Times. Her late mother Antonia Williams, was a well-known fashion journalist.
References
- ↑ "Hattie Bowering (hattiebowering) - Profile". Pinterest. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "Hattie Bowering - Creative Director - Wild Media". ZoomInfo. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "events - Sharjah Art Foundation". sharjahart.org. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "Hattie Bowering Biography, Age, Height, Husband, Net Worth, Family". Celebrity Age Wiki. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "About". www.citizenglobal.com. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "India's Biennale Effect: A politics of contemporary art". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "Me Without You (2001) - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "Hattie Bowering". IMDb. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "Oxford Films - The National Trust". Oxford Films. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "Harpers Bazaar Article - Kochi Biennale.pdf" (PDF). Dropbox. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "Making a biennale: Art Interrupted". India’s Biennale Effect. 14 October 2016. pp. 129–145. doi:10.4324/9781315413495-14. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ Writer, Staff (14 November 2012). "Filming Dubai – Blindfolded". BroadcastPro ME. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ↑ "Free The Bid is a movement that aims to give women directors and filmmakers a chance, writes Clare Macdonald". Campaign Middle East. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2022.