Nira Louise Park (born December 1967) is a British television and film producer.

Life and career

Park founded award-winning UK film and television production company

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in 1995. She left the company in July 2018 to launch a new production company, Complete Fiction Pictures, with

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and Rachael Prior. Park is best known for her collaborations with

, having produced all of his work over the past two decades; their partnership began with the award-winning television series ''

Spaced ''Spaced'' is a British television sitcom created, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and directed by Edgar Wright, about the (comedic and sometimes farcical and action-packed) misadventures of Daisy Steiner and Tim Bis ...

''. This also marked the beginning of their long-standing collaborations with

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and

Nick Frost Nicholas Jonathan Frost (born 28 March 1972) is a British actor, author, comedian, painter, producer and screenwriter. He has appeared in the ''Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy of films, consisting of ''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), ''Hot Fuzz ...

, which continued with the cult comedy ''

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'' for which Park received a BAFTA Outstanding Debut Award nomination. The film was the first instalment of Wright’s iconic ''Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy, all starring Pegg and Frost. Park went on to produce Wright’s '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' and ''

Baby Driver ''Baby Driver'' is a 2017 action film written and directed by Edgar Wright. It stars Ansel Elgort as a getaway driver seeking freedom from a life of crime with his girlfriend Debora (Lily James). Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Jamie ...

''. Park has also worked closely with

over the years, their relationship beginning with the

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Audience Award-winning and BAFTA Outstanding Debut-nominated feature '' Attack the Block'' and most recently his action adventure movie ''

The Kid Who Would Be King ''The Kid Who Would Be King'' is a 2019 fantasy action-adventure film written and directed by Joe Cornish. A British/American venture, the film stars Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Tom Taylor, Dean Chaumoo, Rhianna Doris, Angus Imrie, Rebecca Fergu ...

''. In addition to her work with Wright and Cornish, Nira has produced:

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’s ''

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'', written by and starring Pegg and Frost;

Ben Wheatley Benjamin Wheatley (born 7 May 1972) is an English filmmaker and screenwriter. Beginning his career in advertising, Wheatley first gained recognition and acclaim for his commercials and short films, before transitioning into feature films and tel ...

’s

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-premiered black-comedy ''

Sightseers ''Sightseers'' is a 2012 British black comedy film directed by Ben Wheatley and written by and starring Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, with additional material written by co-editor Amy Jump. It is produced by Edgar Wright and Nira Park, among other ...

''; Jeremy Lovering’s critically acclaimed psychological horror ''

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'', which premiered at Sundance; ''

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'', starring Nick Frost,

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and

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; '' Man Up'', starring Simon Pegg alongside

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; and

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’s action comedy ''

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''. For television, she has produced three series of the double BAFTA award-winning sitcom ''

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'', '' Free Agents'', and was an executive producer on ''

Friday Night Dinner ''Friday Night Dinner'' is a British television sitcom written by Robert Popper and starring Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal, and Mark Heap. The comedy is focused on the regular dinner experience of the middle-class Bri ...

'' and the BAFTA award-winning '' Him and Her''. In 2020, Park produced

's ''

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'', starring

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and

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for

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and

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. In 2021, she produced Edgar Wright's ''

The Sparks Brothers ''The Sparks Brothers'' is a 2021 British-American documentary film about Ron and Russell Mael, members of the pop and rock duo Sparks. The film, directed by Edgar Wright, and produced by Wright, Nira Park, George Hencken and Laura Richards ...

'', a feature documentary about the band Sparks, with Complete Fiction and their ''Baby Driver'' partner

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. She also produced Edgar Wright's 2021 film ''

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'' with Complete Fiction and Working Title for

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and

Film4 Film4 is a British free-to-air television network owned by Channel Four Television Corporation launched on 1 November 1998, devoted to broadcasting films. While its standard-definition channel is available on Freeview and Freesat platforms, it ...

References

External links

*
Complete Fiction Website

Nira Park profile
on

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