Paul Trijbits

Paul Trijbits is a Dutch-born film and television producer.

Career

Before joining the UK Film Council, Paul Trijbits produced a number of feature films including Richard Stanley's Hardware and Danny Cannon's The Young Americans. Trijbits was a founder member and former co-chair of the New Producers Alliance (NPA).^[1] He is currently CEO of FilmWave, the company he founded in 2012 with Christian Grass.

UK FilmCouncil (2000–2006)

In 2000, Paul Trijbits was appointed Head of the New Cinema Fund at the UK Film Council. During his six-year tenure,^[2] key initiatives such as the Berlinale Talent Campus were launched and he supported films such as Bloody Sunday (Golden Bear, Berlin 2002), The Magdalene Sisters (Golden Lion, Venice 2002). In 2006, New Cinema Fund supported Ken Loach's The Wind that Shakes the Barley and Andrea Arnold's Red Road won the Palme D'Or and the Prix du Jury in Cannes, respectively.

Ruby Films (2007–2012)

In 2007, Trijbits joined Alison Owen's production company Ruby Films.^[3] Credits include Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre, starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender & Judi Dench; Stephen Frears' Tamara Drewe, starring Gemma Arterton; and Disney's Saving Mr. Banks, starring Emma Thompson & Tom Hanks. He also executive produced Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank (Prix de Jury, Cannes Film Festival 2006), Oliver Hirschbiegel's Five Minutes of Heaven (Best Director & Screenplay Sundance Film Festival 2009); International Emmy award winning TV series Small Island based on Andrea Levy's much praised novel, starring Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo, Benedict Cumberbatch & Ruth Wilson; Stephen Poliakoff's Golden Globe winner Dancing On The Edge, starring Helena Bonham Carter, which had its gala premiere at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.

FilmWave (2012–present)

With Anthony Bregman's Likely Story, Trijbits co-produced Sing Street, directed by John Carney (Once & Begin Again), and Every Day based on David Levithan's YA novel for MGM. He also produced Alone in Berlin, with Emma Thompson & Brendan Gleeson and Martin Koolhoven's Brimstone starring Guy Pearce & Dakota Fanning. He executive produced J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy for the BBC and HBO and in 2020 he launched the Netflix Original Series The Letter for the King, based on his favourite book when growing up in Holland.^{[citation needed]} In 2016 the company acquired the film rights for Appassionata and eight other novels by Jilly Cooper.^[4]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Film	Role
1990	Hardware	Producer
1993	Dust Devil	Executive producer
1993	The Young Americans	Producer
1995	Boston Kickout	Executive producer
1997	Roseanna's Grave	Producer
2000	Paranoid	Producer
2001	My Brother Tom	Executive producer
2002	Bloody Sunday	Executive producer
2002	This Is Not a Love Song	Executive producer
2002	Tomorrow La Scala!	Executive producer
2002	The Magdalene Sisters	Executive producer
2002	Noi Albinoi	Executive producer
2003	Bodysong (documentary)	Executive producer
2003	Intermission	Executive producer
2003	Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine (documentary)	Executive producer
2003	Touching the Void (documentary)	Executive producer
2004	In My Father's Den	Executive producer
2004	Yes	Executive producer
2004	Bullet Boy	Executive producer
2005	Shooting Dogs	Executive producer
2005	Pierrepoint	Executive producer
2006	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Executive producer
2006	Red Road	Executive producer
2006	London to Brighton	Executive producer
2006	This Is England	Executive producer
2007	Brick Lane	Executive producer
2007	Nightwatching	Executive producer
2008	Five Minutes of Heaven	Executive producer
2009	Fish Tank	Executive producer
2010	Chatroom	Producer
2010	Tamara Drewe	Producer
2010	Toast	Executive producer
2011	Jane Eyre	Producer
2012	Lay the Favorite	Producer
2013	Saving Mr. Banks	Executive producer
2016	Alone in Berlin	Producer
2016	Sing Street	Co-Producer
2016	Brimstone	Co-Producer
2018	Every Day	Producer

Short films

Year	Film	Role
1988	Fear of Drowning	Producer
1990	Voice of the Moon (documentary)	Producer
2002	Ape	Executive producer
2010	Alice	Executive producer

Television

Year	Programme	Role
2001	Is Harry on the Boat? (TV movie)	Executive producer
2003	This Little Life (TV movie)	Co-Executive producer
2008	Bad Mother's Handbook (TV movie)	Executive producer
2014	The Casual Vacancy (TV series)	Executive producer
2020	The Letter for the King (TV series)	Executive producer