Annabel Jones (born January 1972)[1] is a Welsh television producer, best known for producing Black Mirror with Charlie Brooker.[2] She is a co-writer of the 2018 book Inside Black Mirror, with Brooker and Jason Arnopp.[3] Jones is co-founder of the production company Broke and Bones, alongside Brooker.[4]

Annabel Jones
Jones (left) with Joe Wright and Charlie Brooker at the screening of the Black Mirror episode "Nosedive" at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival
BornJanuary 1972 (age 52)
EducationLondon School of Economics
OccupationProducer
Years active2006–present

Early life

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Jones was born in January 1972 and grew up in Milford Haven, Wales.[1][5] She began studying developmental economics at the London School of Economics in 1990. After graduating in 1994, she worked for television production companies in Soho, London.[5]

Career

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Jones became an executive at the production company Endemol.[5] She began working with Charlie Brooker at the production company Zeppotron, owned by the Endemol, on five series of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (2006–2008), the first two series of the science fiction anthology series Black Mirror (2011 and 2013) and the satirical police procedural A Touch of Cloth (2012–2014).[5][6] Jones and Brooker founded the Endemol Shine production company House of Tomorrow in 2014, Jones serving as managing director. It had a revenue of £31.2 million in 2018.[6] Jones and Brooker quit the label House of Tomorrow in January 2020, founding the production company Broke and Bones in February 2020. The pair each have a 50% share in the company.[4][6]

Filmography

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Title Year Executive producer Notes
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe 2006–2008 No Program consultant
Dead Set 2008 Yes
Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe 2009 Yes
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker 2009–2010 Yes
Charlie Brooker's 2010 Wipe 2010 Yes
How TV Ruined Your Life 2011 Yes
Charlie Brooker's 2011 Wipe 2011 Yes
Black Mirror 2011–2019 Yes
Charlie Brooker's 2012 Wipe 2012 Yes
A Touch of Cloth 2012–2014 Yes
How Videogames Changed the World 2013 Yes
Charlie Brooker's 2013 Wipe 2013 Yes
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe 2013–2015 Yes
Charlie Brooker's 2014 Wipe 2014 Yes
Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe 2015 Yes
Charlie Brooker's 2015 Wipe 2015 Yes
Cunk on Shakespeare 2016 Yes
Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe 2016 Yes
Cunk on Christmas 2016 Yes
Cunk on Britain 2017 Yes
Cunk and Other Humans on 2019 2019 Yes
Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe 2020 Yes
Death to 2020 2020 Yes Also co-creator
Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! 2021 Yes
Death to 2021 2021 Yes Also co-creator
Cat Burglar 2022 Yes
Toxic Town TBA Yes

Awards and nominations

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In 2017, Jones won a Primetime Emmy Award for the Black Mirror episode "San Junipero" and in 2018, won another for the episode "USS Callister".[7] Alongside other individuals associated with the series, Jones was credited in the programme's nomination for the 2018 Black Reel Award for Outstanding Television Movie or Limited Series[8] and the 2017 nomination and 2018 awarding of the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Long-Form Television.[9][10]

Awards

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Title Year Award Work
BAFTA Cymru 2022 Siân Phillips Award [11]
Broadcasting Press Guild 2019 Innovation in Broadcasting Award Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Primetime Emmy 2019 Outstanding Television Movie Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Primetime Emmy 2019 Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within a Scripted Program Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Royal Television Society 2018 Judges' Award Black Mirror
Primetime Emmy 2018 Outstanding Television Movie Black Mirror: "USS Callister"
Broadcast Award 2018 Best Single Drama Black Mirror: "San Junipero"
Producers Guild of America 2018 Outstanding Producer of Streamed or TV Black Mirror: "San Junipero"
Primetime Emmy 2017 Outstanding Television Movie Black Mirror: "San Junipero"
BAFTA 2017 Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe
Peabody 2014 Entertainment Black Mirror: Series 2
Broadcast Award 2014 Best Comedy A Touch of Cloth Part II
International Emmy 2012 Best TV Mini-Series Black Mirror: Series 1
Rose d'Or 2012 Best Comedy Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"
British Comedy Awards 2010 Comedy Entertainment Charlie Brooker's Newswipe
Royal Television Society 2009 Best Entertainment Charlie Brooker's Newswipe
C21 International Drama 2019 Best TV Movie Black Mirror: "USS Callister"
C21 International Drama 2018 Best TV Movie Black Mirror: "San Junipero"

Nominations

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Title Year Award Work
BAFTA 2021 Comedy Entertainment Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe
Producers Guild of America 2020 Innovation in Broadcasting Award Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Producers Guild of America 2020 Outstanding Producer of Streamed or TV Black Mirror: "Striking Vipers"
BAFTA 2019 Best Single Drama Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
BAFTA 2018 Best Single Drama Black Mirror: "Hang The DJ"
Rose d'Or 2018 Best Limited Series Black Mirror: Series 4
Rose d'Or 2018 Best Comedy Cunk on Britain
Producers Guild of America 2017 Outstanding Producer of Streamed or TV Black Mirror: Series 4
BAFTA 2017 Best Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Cunk on Shakespeare
Broadcast Award 2016 Best Single Drama Black Mirror: "White Christmas"
Royal Television Society 2016 Best Single Drama Black Mirror: "White Christmas"
BAFTA 2016 Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe
BAFTA 2015 Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
BAFTA 2014 Best Single Drama Black Mirror: "Be Right Back"
Royal Television Society 2014 Best Scripted Comedy A Touch of Cloth Part II
Broadcast Award 2013 Best Single Drama Black Mirror: "The National Anthem"
BAFTA 2009 Best Entertainment Charlie Brooker's Newswipe
BAFTA 2008 Best Drama Serial Dead Set

Personal life

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Jones is a vegetarian.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Broke and Bones Ltd". gov.uk. Government Digital Service. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ Gilbert, Gerard (28 December 2017). "Without Annabel Jones, 'Black Mirror' wouldn't exist". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. ^ Brooker, Charlie; Jones, Annabel (1 November 2018). Inside Black Mirror. Penguin Random House. ISBN 9781529102581.
  4. ^ a b Kanter, Jake (10 February 2020). "'Black Mirror' Creators Charlie Brooker & Annabel Jones Waste Little Time In Launching New Production Outfit". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d Reynolds, Matt (11 April 2019). "Inside the prophetic, angry mind of Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker". Wired. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Kanter, Jake (24 January 2020). "'Black Mirror' Creator Charlie Brooker Quits Endemol Shine Company Amid Netflix Talks". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Annabel Jones". Television Academy. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  8. ^ For the list of nominees, see "Voters Are "Sweet" On Queen Sugar". Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
    For the list of winners, see "Black Reel Awards | Past Winners". Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  9. ^ "2017 PGA Awards Winners". Producers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  10. ^ McNary, Dave (20 January 2018). "'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver' Wins Producers Guild Award for Live Entertainment-Talk". Variety. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Winners announced for the 2022 BAFTA Cymru Awards". BAFTA Cymru. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  12. ^ "'Our leftover ideas? We sell them to Samsung': Black Mirror creators reveal all". The Guardian. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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