Andy Harries is Chief Executive and co-founder of Left Bank Pictures, a multi award-winning UK-based film and television production company. Harries has Executive produced a huge range of TV and film including six seasons of The Crown, Who is Erin Carter?, Insomnia, Quiz, Behind Her Eyes, Outlander, Without Sin, Three Pines, The Fear Index, White Lines, Wallander, Mad Dogs, Strike Back, Sitting In Limbo and the feature films The Damned United, Misbehaviour and The Lady. Forthcoming productions include This City is Ours and Dear England, both for the BBC.
Amongst numerous Emmy, BAFTA, Golden Globe and RTS awards for Left Bank Pictures’ output, The Crown, has won 21 Emmys including Netflix’s first ever Emmy for Best Drama Series.
Prior to establishing Left Bank Pictures, Harries was Controller of Drama, Comedy and Film for Granada Productions. During this period, he produced countless British classics including The Deal, Prime Suspect, Cold Feet and The Royle Family, winning Golden Globes, Emmys and BAFTAs and receiving an Academy Award nomination as a producer of The Queen, which saw a run of six Academy Award nominations. In 2007, Andy was awarded the Special Achievement award by BAFTA, and in May 2011, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Television Society for outstanding contribution to the broadcasting industry. In 2019, Harries was appointed Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for services to film and television.
Harries is also a theatre producer whose credits include the Tony and Olivier Award-winning play The Audience, written by Peter Morgan, directed by Stephen Daldry and starring both Helen Mirren and Kristin Scott Thomas.
In 2024, Andy received the British Press Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.