Brian Eastman

Brian Eastman (born 3 September 1949, Brighton, UK) is a producer of feature films (such as Shadowlands and Under Suspicion), television drama (such as Agatha Christie's Poirot and Jeeves and Wooster), and stage productions (such as Shadowlands, Misery, Up on the Roof). He has received two BAFTA awards and two international Emmy awards and his productions have received many other awards and nominations. He is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society. He divides his time between the UK and US.

Eastman founded the independent production company Carnival Films and between 1980 and 2006 produced over 300 hours of television drama, eight feature films and 10 stage productions. In 2007 Carnival Films was sold to the Australian company Southern Star. Eastman continues to produce through his new production company, Batway Ltd.

Eastman was educated at the City of Norwich School and Jesus College, Cambridge. Between 1972 and 1975 he worked for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Concert Management, and between 1976 and 1979 he was the Music Tours Officer for the British Council. His first venture into film making was to make music documentaries.

The company now known as Carnival Films and Television Ltd was founded by Brian Eastman and the director Leszek Burzynski in 1978 and was originally called Picture Partnership Productions (PPP). Eastman and Burzynsky worked together on music documentaries, short films for the cinema and commercials. PPP was one of the first independent companies to be commissioned by the newly created Channel Four television in the UK, and the company’s work then concentrated on drama productions.

Burzynsky left the company in 1985 and the company was renamed Carnival Films (and Theatre) Ltd in 1989. At this time Carnival also expanded its activities into stage productions.

In the mid 1990s the Australian company Southern Star acquired a shareholding in Carnival.

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