{{Short description|British film and television producer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Andy Starke | image = | caption = | birth_name = Andrew Starke | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = | occupation = {{hlist|[[Film producer]]|[[television producer]]}} | known_for = Co-founder of [[Mondo Macabro]], Boum Productions and Rook Films | education = | alma_mater = | relations = | years_active = 1999–present }} '''Andrew Starke''' is a British [[Film producer|film]] and [[television producer]] who co-founded the production company Rook Films in 2008 with director [[Ben Wheatley]] and screenwriter [[Amy Jump]].<ref name="Rook - About">{{cite web|url=https://www.rookfilms.co.uk/https/rookfilmsgreedbagcom|title=About Us|publisher=Rook Films|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/the-brit-50-rook-films/5133956.article|title=The Brit 50: Rook Films|last=Mitchell|first=Wendy|date=30 October 2018|website=[[Screen Daily]]|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref>
== Career == In association with Rook Films, Starke served as producer on such films as ''[[Kill List]]'' (2011),<ref name="Grater 2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/andy-starke-jason-wood-and-zoe-flower-launch-uk-distribution-outfit-anti-worlds-exclusive/5139179.article|title=Andy Starke, Jason Wood and Zoe Flower launch UK distribution outfit Anti-Worlds (exclusive)|last=Grater|first=Tom|date=9 May 2019|website=[[Screen Daily]]|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> ''[[The Duke of Burgundy]]'' (2014),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/film-review-the-duke-of-burgundy-1201331373/|title=Film Review: 'The Duke of Burgundy'|last=Foundas|first=Scott|date=18 October 2014|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> ''[[The Greasy Strangler]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/100100-elijah-wood-tim-league-and-the-producing-team-on-why-they-made-jim-hoskings-the-greasy-strangler/|title="It's Not So-Bad-It's-Good": Elijah Wood, Tim League and the Producing Team on Why They Made Jim Hosking's Unhinged The Greasy Strangler|last=Ewell|first=Audrey|date=8 October 2016|website=[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]]|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> ''[[Free Fire (film)|Free Fire]]'' (both 2016),<ref name="Grater 2019" /> ''[[An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn]]'',<ref name="Grater 2019" /> ''[[In Fabric]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/in-fabric-movie-release-date-peter-strickland-a24-1202467205/|title=Peter Strickland's 'In Fabric' Sews Up A24 Deal After Toronto Bow|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=18 September 2018|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> ''[[Happy New Year, Colin Burstead]]'' (all 2018),<ref name="Grater 2019" /> and ''[[Possessor (film)|Possessor]]'' (2020).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/first-image-christopher-abbot-brandon-cronenbergs-possessor-1210887/|title=Cannes First Look: Christopher Abbott in Brandon Cronenberg's Sci-Fi Thriller 'Possessor' (Exclusive)|last=Ritman|first=Alex|date=16 May 2019|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> In 2019, Starke co-founded the film distribution company Anti-Worlds with Jason Wood, Zoe Flower, Sam Dunn and John Morrissey.<ref name="Grater 2019" />
In 2001, Starke co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed the [[Channel 4]] TV programme ''[[Mondo Macabro (TV programme)|Mondo Macabro]]'' alongside [[Pete Tombs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/uncovering_the_wildest_and_strangest_films_in_the_world|title=Uncovering and Preserving the Wildest and Strangest Films in the World|last=Bickel|first=Christopher|date=18 August 2015|website=[[DangerousMinds.net]]|access-date=22 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622211614/https://dangerousminds.net/comments/uncovering_the_wildest_and_strangest_films_in_the_world|archive-date=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=2008 |title=Bidoun: A Quarterly Forum for Middle Eastern Talent, Issue 15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kGNLAQAAIAAJ |journal=Bidoun: A Quarterly Forum for Middle Eastern Talent |issue=15 |page=71 |quote="The British duo were preparing a television series based on ''Mondo Macabro'' for Channel 4; they also planned to launch a DVD label devoted to recirculating lost genre classics."}}</ref> The duo went on to found the American-based [[home video]] distribution label [[Mondo Macabro]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mondo-macabro.com/about-us.html|title=About Us|publisher=Mondo Macabro|access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref> Starke and Tombs also founded the production company Boum Productions.<ref name="Rook - About" />
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