Unwin produced the critically acclaimed and box-office smash, The King's Speech which went on to receive countless award nominations and win four Academy Awards including Best Picture, seven BAFTAs, 5 BIFAs, a Golden Globe, two Screen Actor Guild Awards, a Grammy, two Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, a New York Film Critics Society Awards and a PGA Award just to name a few. The film has taken in excess of half a billion dollars at the box office and is the highest grossing independent film of all time.
Unwin's first film as a producer was Exam which garnered a BAFTA nomination, and went on to win a Spirit and Dinard. Based in London, Unwin is the CEO of Bedlam Productions specializing in film, television and documentary production.
Unwin was in pre-production with The Lady Who Went Too Far, which sees Bedlam re-unite with The King's Speech writer, David Seidler, a tale of female heroism in the early 19th century. He was also producing Spitfire Girls, alongside Liz Trubridge ('Downton Abbey',) in collaboration with John Barnett of South Pacific Pictures, based in New Zealand.
Unwin is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and a fellow of Ravensbourne College.
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