Tessa Ross Named Among The 40 Most Influential Women in International Film
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - 15/05/23
These intercontinental innovators are bringing stories to a global stage and nurturing new voices despite a disrupted film market: “The biggest challenge is finding courageous partners who are willing to take risks."
During her time at the BBC and later at Film4 (which she ran from 2002 to 2014), Ross became one of the most powerful people in U.K. film and helped steer an incredible run of hits including Billy Elliot, The Last King of Scotland, Slumdog Millionaire, Hunger, Under the Skin and Room. Her House Productions, launched in 2016 and fully owned by BBC Studios, started in TV but has since made a major foray into features, producing Peter Jackson’s doc They Shall Not Grow Old, the recent Florence Pugh starrer The Wonder and Jonathan Glazer’s anticipated Cannes entry The Zone of Interest.