Finola Dwyer

Film Industry Role: Producer

Nationality: New Zealander

Major Works: An Education (2009) and Brooklyn (2015)

Major Awards and Nominations: BAFTA Award for Best Film An Education (2009), Golden Globe Award Nomination for Best Motion Picture – Drama: Nominated for Brooklyn (2015)

London based producer Finola Dwyer is a two-time Academy Award-nominated film and television producer originally from New Zealand.

She produces under the Finola Dwyer Productions label and Wildgaze Films. Her productions include the three-time Academy Award-nominated, BAFTA-winning movies BROOKLYN by John Crowley and AN EDUCATION by Lone Scherfig. Other notable films are Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut QUARTET, OUR SOULS AT NIGHT by Ritesh Batra, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, BAFTA-nominated ME WITHOUT YOU with Michelle Williams and BAFTA-winning BACKBEAT. TV Productions include BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning Tsunami: The Aftermath and Emmy nominated THE HAMBURG CELL.