In a new video interview with the Telegraph David Heyman discusses his 10 years working on the Harry Potter series. Watch the interview below and read some snippets from it below.

He is proud to receive the outstanding achievement award, named in honour of legendary film-maker Michael Balcon. “It’s really wonderful that it’s the whole franchise being recognised and it’s a collective award. Each film has anywhere between 2,000 and 6,000 people working on it and so really the award is for each and every one of us. We are like a family.”

On the wall of Heyman’s Soho office is a poster for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, signed by its three young stars. If proof were needed that the actors and their characters are not dissimilar, it is here. It is also testament to the fact that, without Heyman, there would be no Potter phenomenon. “You’re a WICKED producer!” writes Grint. “To David, thank you is not a strong enough word for my gratitude,” is Watson’s neatly written message. And from Daniel Radcliffe? “Thank goodness I went to the theatre. Love, Dan.”