Michael Riley |Producer

Michael is primarily known for his work producing feature films but also is one of the youngest ever producers of a major BBC drama serial (the RTS nominated acclaimed epic family saga IN A LAND OF PLENTY).

He established the UK production company Sterling Pictures in 1995.

Alongside several documentaries and short films his drama work includes twenty-six feature films to date, many of which have won prizes at international film festivals and received international theatrical distribution.

He is highly experienced in steering projects through from idea to screen; including budgeting, scheduling, production supervision, post production management, and sales/distribution/festival strategy.

TV

IN A LAND OF PLENTY
10x50 mins
World Sales: BBC Worldwide
SERIES PRODUCER
Sterling Pictures/TalkBack Thames for BBC | Directed by Hettie MacDonald & David Moore
Featuring Helen McCrory, Bob Pugh, Shirley Henderson & Indira Varma

Royal Television Society Awards - NOMINEE
WINNER TOP 10 TV DRAMA: Koln Conference
THE GOOD TIMES ARE KILLING ME
90 mins. TV Movie
UK UNIT PRODUCER
Shaftesbury Films for CTV Television Network | Directed by  John L’Ecuyer
Featuring Rupert Graves & Kelly Rowan
MOTHER’S DAY
26 mins. TV drama
Int. Sales: Yorkshire/ Tyne Tees Television
PRODUCER/LINE PRODUCER
MRF Associates Ltd | Directed by Michael Riley
Featuring Kathy Staff
Leeds International Film Festival
EVERYTHING’S FINE PRODUCER
Counter Image/Chemnitzer FilmWerk for ZDF Television Directed by Torsten Stumpf
TIBET REPORT
News Feature Documentary
PRODUCER/LINE PRODUCER
Focus On Tibet for Sky TV

Feature Films

FRANKENSTEIN: LEGACY
World Sales: 101 Films International
PRODUCER
M&M Productions | Directed by Paul Dudbridge
Featuring Juliet Aubrey & Michelle Ryan
CAN YOU HEAR ME? CO-PRODUCER
International Productions & Primary Wave
Directed by Simon Hunter
Featuring James Cosmo, John Standing & Peter Facinelli
FEAR THE INVISIBLE MAN
World Sales: 101 Films International
PRODUCER
M&M, Hanover Pictures & Sterling Pictures
Directed by Paul Dudbridge
Featuring David Hayman & Mark Arnold
THE BALLAD OF BILLY McCRAE
World Sales: Media Luna
PRODUCER
Sterling Pictures, Cymru Films & Afan Films
Directed by Chris Crow
Featuring David Hayman, Sianad Gregory & Ian Virgo
SIDESHOW
World Sales: Media Luna
PRODUCER
Perfect Sphere & Sterling Pictures
Directed by Adam Oldroyd
Featuring Anthony Head, Les Dennis & April Pearson
THE CONVENT 
World Sales: WTFilms
PRODUCER
Templeheart, Enmar & Sterling Pictures
Directed by Paul Hyett
Featuring Michael Ironside & Clare Higgins
CROWHURST
World Sales: Great Point
PRODUCER
Great Point Media & StudioCanal
Directed by Simon Rumley
Featuring Justin Salinger
CHOSEN
World Sales: Premiere Entertainment

PRODUCER
Sterling Pictures & Pluribus Unum
Directed by Jasmin Dizdar
Featuring Harvey Keitel, Ana Ularu & Luke Mably
SOULMATE
World Sales: Reason8
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Screen Projex, Witching Hour & Title Media
Directed by Axelle Carolyn
Featuring Anna Walton, Nick Brimble & Tom Wisdom

WINNER: BEST DIRECTOR Fantafest IFF
WINNER: BEST ACTOR Fantasporto
WINNER: BEST ACTOR Knoxville HFF
SCAR TISSUE PRODUCER
Sterling Pictures & Tall Man Films | Directed by Scott Michell
Featuring Charity Wakefield & Ken Colley
US Distributor: Alchemy
THE SEASONING HOUSE
World Sales: Kaleidoscope Entertainment
PRODUCER
Templeheart & Sterling Pictures
Directed by Paul Hyett
Featuring Sean Pertwee & Rosie Day

WINNER: CRITICS CHOICE Fantasporto
WINNER: BEST ACTRESS Screamfest USA
OPENING GALA FILM: FrightFest

HARD BOILED SWEETS
World Sales: ContentFilm
PRODUCER
Fatal Black | Directed by David Hughes
Featuring Ian Hart & Elizabeth Barrington
THE THOMPSONS
World Sales: Imagination Worldwide
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Film Harvest & Straightwire | Directed by The Butcher Brothers
Featuring Elizabeth Henstridge
DEVIATION
UK distribution: Revolver Entertainment
CO-PRODUCER
Silver Leaf | Directed by JK Amalou
Featuring Danny Dyer & Anna Walton
ZERO PRODUCER
NWB Productions Directed by David Barrouk
Featuring Ken Russell & Alice Dellal
FRENCH FILM
Int. Sales: The Works International
CO-PRODUCER
Slingshot Studios Directed by Jackie Oudney
Featuring Hugh Bonneville, Eric Cantona
SUGARHOUSE
World Sales: Moviehouse Entertainment
PRODUCER
Slingshot Studios, Lunar Films | Directed by Gary Love
Featuring Andy Serkis & Steven Mackintosh Edinburgh International Film Festival (Gala Screening)
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE QUEEN
World. Sales: Visual
CO-PRODUCER
Silver Leaf Productions | Directed by JK Amalou
Featuring Daisy Beaumont, James Doherty

Raindance Film Festival (Premier)
OUTLANDERS
World Sales: Jinga Films
PRODUCER
Sterling Pictures & Storm Entertainment
Directed by Dominic Lees
Featuring Denise Gough & Alexis Raben

RUNNER-UP: AUDIENCE AWARD: Oldenburg IFF
BEST FILM CineBraga Film Festival, Portugal
BEST DIRECTOR CineBraga Film Festival, Portugal
WINNER: BEST FILM 2008 CinePobre IFF, Cuba
WINNER: INT. JURY PRIZE 2008 CinePobre IFF
VAMPIRE DIARY 
World Sales: Visual Factory
PRODUCER
Bard Entertainments
Directed by Mark James & Phil O’Shea
Featuring Anna Walton & Richard Stanley

BEST FILM: Milano International Film Festival
LAVA 
World Sales: IAC/Storm Entertainment
PRODUCER
Orangetop, Walking Point, Visionview
Director: Joe Tucker
Featuring Tom Bell, Leslie Grantham, Nicola Stapleton

BEST FILM: Portobello Film Festival
LOOP
World Sales: Winchester Film & Television
PRODUCER
Sterling Pictures, Winchester Films
Director: Allan Niblo
Featuring Susannah York, Andy Serkis, Emer McCourt
 

Other Credits

CHINA’S WILD WEST PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER
Sterling Pictures, NFTS
Director: Urszula Pontikos

Sundance Film Festival (World Premier).
WINNER: BEST FILM Ânûû-rû âboro IFF
One World Human Rights FF, Prague
True/False Film Festival, Columbia, Missouri
AFI Dallas Int. Film Festival, Dallas, Texas
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival, Washington
WAITING PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER
Sterling Pictures
Director: Zarina Bhimji

2007 Turner Prize NOMINEE
SPOOOKED PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER
Sterling Pictures
Director: Scott Michell
Featuring Roy Hudd
A GIRL AND A GUN PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER
Sterling Pictures, Bard Entertainments
Director: David Hughes
Featuring Ian Hart, Anna Walton, Paul Freeman

13 weeks in Top 10 BT Download Charts
Top 3 in iTunes Global Download Charts
TRAVELS WITH MY VIRGINITY CO-PRODUCER
Warp Films
Director: Lee Simpson
PLEASE KILL ME PRODUCER
Sterling Pictures
Director: Lowri Glain
Featuring James Holmes
FLUSH PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER
Flush Films for Granada Television
Director: Sean Grundy
Featuring Hubo Blick, Julia Davis
 

Commercials

PROMOS/COMMERCIALS PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER

Over 20 ads and promos for clients including:
Bassrate Records, Mute Records, Zig-Zag, POI Records, UMIST, Johnson Weitz, NSPCC, WTP Theatre, MSC Promotions, etc

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