U.K. producer Mark Shivas dies at 70

October 14, 2008 A former New York Times writer and three-time Emmy winner, Shivas got his start in television as Granada's head of story in 1964. In 1993, Shivas became the first head of BBC Films, where he executive produced more than 20 feature films, including Antonia Bird's "Priest," Mike Newell's "An Awfully Big Adventure," Michael Winterbottom's "Jude" and Kate Winslet starrer "Hideous Kinky." In 1997, Shivas formed independent production company Perpetual Motion Pictures, which produced Peter Moffat's "The Cambridge Spies," Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads 2" and "Telling Tales."

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