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Gail Egan
Production
Biography
Originally trained as a barrister, Gail established Potboiler Productions as one of the leading independent production companies in the UK, producing and executive producing over 20 films. Alongside her projects at Potboiler she has continued to collaborate with Mike Leigh’s Thin Man Films, executive producing Vera Drake, Happy-Go-Lucky, Another Year, Mr Turner, Peterloo and most recently, Hard Truths.
Filmography20 titles

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019Producer
2019Producer

Vera Drake
2004Executive Producer
2004Executive Producer

Another Year
2010Executive Producer
2010Executive Producer

The Constant Gardener
2005Executive Producer
2005Executive Producer

Funny Woman
2022Executive Producer
2022Executive Producer

Nicholas Nickleby
2002Executive Producer
2002Executive Producer

Peterloo
2018Executive Producer
2018Executive Producer

Happy-Go-Lucky
2008Executive Producer
2008Executive Producer

A Most Wanted Man
2014Producer
2014Producer

Mr. Turner
2014Executive Producer
2014Executive Producer

Blindness
2008Executive Producer
2008Executive Producer

Hard Truths
2024Executive Producer
2024Executive Producer

A Little Chaos
2014Producer
2014Producer

I Am Slave
2010Executive Producer
2010Executive Producer

Final Portrait
2017Producer
2017Producer

Our Kind of Traitor
2016Producer
2016Producer

Lizard
2020Executive Producer
2020Executive Producer

Trespass Against Us
2016Producer
2016Producer

The Little Stranger
2018Producer
2018Producer

Half of a Yellow Sun
2013Executive Producer
2013Executive Producer