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.
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).
He produced the mini-series Traffik written by Simon Moore, which subsequently was adapted into a feature film directed by Steven Soderbergh.
[2] With Richard Attenborough, Eastman produced the feature film version of William Nicholson's Shadowlands, starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger.
Again working with Andrew Welch, he revived Shadowlands at Wyndhams Theatre in London, starring Charles Dance and Janie Dee.
Eastman is married to Christabel Albery, an avid gardener, for whom he created the gardener-detectives series Rosemary & Thyme.