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) and sat on the board of PACT. He is currently CEO of Magical Society UK, a partnership with Aton Soumache and Joann Sfar’s Magical Society in France.

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, 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, the New Cinema Fund supported Ken Loach's The Wind that Shakes the Barley and Andrea Arnold's Red Road who 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. Producer credits include Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre; Stephen Frears' Tamara Drewe; 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 novel; Stephen Poliakoff's Golden Globe winner Dancing On The Edge, and Nigel Slater's Toast, which had its gala premiere at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.

FilmWave (2012–2023)

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 by Tonke Dragt when growing up in Holland.

Magical Society (2023 - present) The partnership with Aton Soumache and Joann Sfar’s Magical Society in France commenced in 2023 after the Netflix Original Series The Letter for the King provided a pathway for the desire to make family and four quadrant content. A number of film and television projects based on the graphic novels of Joann Sfar are currently being developed.

Paul recently produced Virdee, the BBC One Bradford set crime thriller series based on the Harry Virdee crime novels by AA Dhand, and winner of two Eastern ACTA awards including best screenplay.

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 Producer2016Sing StreetCo-Producer2016BrimstoneCo-Producer2018Every DayProducer

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 producer2020The Letter for the King (TV series)Executive producer2025Virdee (TV series)Executive producer

References

External links

Paul Trijbits at the British Film Institute Ruby Film and Television