Simon Channing Williams

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-06-10 (64 years old)

Deathday

2009-04-12

Place of Birth

Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK

Simon Channing Williams

Biography

Simon Channing Williams (10 June 1945 – 11 April 2009) was a British film producer. After having worked as a production assistant and producer of TV films and TV series in the 1970s and early 1980s, he and Mike Leigh formed the film production company Thin Man Films in 1988. This company has produced all of Mike Leigh's films since then, among them the double Oscar-winning Topsy-Turvy, the Oscar-nominated Vera Drake and the Palme d'Or-winning Secrets & Lies. In addition to his collaborations with Mike Leigh, he also produced other films, including teen suicide drama New Year's Day (2001 film) in 1999. He co-produced Nick Love's first film Go...

Production

2005

1995

Jack & Sarah

as Producer

2008

Happy-Go-Lucky

as Producer

1996

Secrets & Lies

as Producer

2004

Vera Drake

as Producer

2008

Blindness

as Executive Producer

2002

All or Nothing

as Producer

2004

Man About Dog

as Producer

1999

Topsy-Turvy

as Producer

2000

New Year's Day

as Producer

2002

2006

1997

Career Girls

as Producer

1993

Naked

as Producer

1990

Life Is Sweet

as Producer

1989

1995

2008

Lecture 21

as Co-Producer

2001

1992

1975

The Breakthrough

as Production Assistant

1989

High Hopes

as Producer

2014

A Most Wanted Man

as In Memory Of

1987

The Short & Curlies

as Co-Producer

2010

Another Year

as In Memory Of

2006

Flannel Pajamas

as Executive Producer

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