SIMON RELPH, CBE
Member, Board of Governors
Simon Relph is an independent film producer. After graduating from King's College Cambridge, he became an Assistant Director until 1974 when he was appointed Technical Administrator of the National Theatre. For four years he supervised the move from the Old Vic into the new National Theatre, ending his time there as Production Administrator. In 1978 he returned to films, serving as Production Supervisor for John Schlesinger's Yanks and as Executive Producer of Warren Beatty's epic drama Reds. In 1981 he became an independent producer and over the next five years, made seven films - The Return of the Soldier, Privates on Parade, The Ploughman's Lunch, Laughterhouse, Secret Places, Wetherby and Comrades. From 1985 to 1990 he was the founding Chief Executive of British Screen Finance Limited. In that role, he co-financed 57 films. He returned to independent production in 1991 as Executive Producer on Enchanted April, he Co-produced Damage and produced The Secret Rapture. He produced Camilla, Look Me In The Eye, Blue Juice and The Slab Boys. He produced The Land Girls, directed by David Leland and was Executive Producer of Hideous Kinky, directed by NFTS graduate Gillies Mackinnon. He is currently developing a film of Sebastian Faulks' novel Birdsong with Working Title and setting up a new venture with Michael Kuhn at Qwerty to produce a slate of ten low budget British feature films
He has served as Chairman of the British Academy of Film & Television Arts of which he is now a Trustee, on the British Screen Advisory Council, the Executive Council of Pact, the Council of Royal College of Art and as a Governor of the British Film Institute. He is on the board of the South-West Screen and the Bristol Old Vic. He is the author of The Relph Report on low budget film production.
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