Simon Channing-Williams

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Simon Channing-Williams (born June 10, 1945 in Maidenhead , Berkshire , † April 11, 2009 in Cornwall ) was a British film producer .

Life

Channing-Willams received his education at Stowe School, located on the Stowe House estate . In the 1970s he embarked on a career with the British Broadcasting Corporation . Here he received training as an assistant director. At the beginning of the 1980s he left the BBC, continued to work as an assistant director and began to gain experience as a producer.

Channing-Williams had a long-term collaboration with director Mike Leigh . In 1980 he worked as an assistant director for Leigh on the BBC production Grown-Ups . In 1988 he produced a Leigh film for the first time with High Hopes , and together they founded the production company Thin Man Films in the same year. The two remained connected for around 20 years, their last joint production was Happy-Go-Lucky from 2008. In 2000, Channing-Williams founded another production company together with Gail Egan Potboiler Productions. A total of seven film projects were realized under their umbrella. He also ran two pubs in Berkshire.

Channing-Williams died of complications from cancer. He was survived by his third wife and five children.

Awards (selection)

In 1997 he was for the film lies and secrets for the Oscar in the category film Best nominated. For the same film, he and director Mile Leigh received the British Academy Film Award for Best British Film . Channing-Williams was named Producer of the Year at the 1999 British Independent Film Awards . In 2006 he received the London Critics' Circle Film Award for Best British Producer .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary on theguardian.com, accessed February 25, 2014
  2. ^ Obituary on theguardian.com, accessed February 25, 2014
  3. ^ Obituary on independent.co.uk, accessed February 25, 2014
  4. ↑ obituary www.screendaily.com, accessed on February 25, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Channing-Williams, Simon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Channing Williams, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Maidenhead , Berkshire , England
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 2009
Place of death Cornwall , England