The Producer - CHRISTIAN COLSON

"After graduating with a first class degree in English from Wadham College, Oxford, Christian joined talent agency London Management in 1994 where he represented writers working in the television, theatre and film industries. 

In 1998 he became a Development Executive at UK start-up HAL Films, becoming Head of Development a year later. Following the demise of HAL in 2000, he was appointed Head of Development UK for Harvey Weinstein’s Miramax Films. 

Christian joined Celador Films in 2002 where, as Managing Director he oversees all of the company’s operations. While at Celador, Christian has produced Julian Fellowes’ Separate Lies (2005), Neil Marshall’s worldwide horror hit The Descent (2005) and James Watkins’ forthcoming thriller Eden Lake (2008)."   


Slumdog millionaire the film originated from the novel 'Q&A".
"The simple premise of Swarup’s novel enabled Beaufoy to concentrate on two key elements when adapting the story into a screenplay. Firstly, the obvious rags to riches fairytale, where our hero overcomes enormous obstacles to reach a positive conclusion. Secondly, the extraordinary backdrop against which the story is set. But there were many technical difficulties. The adaptation of a book into a film script requires a very different approach for a writer than producing an original screenplay. The challenge for Beaufoy was to retain the soul of the book, but at the same time, translate those characters onto the big screen."