Nicholas Goldsmith (born 7 December 1971) is a British film, TV and music video

producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

. Goldsmith is one half of '' Hammer & Tongs'', a production company. The other half, Garth Jennings, is normally credited as

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, p ...

and

director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''Di ...

for their work.

Early life

Goldsmith was born in the United Kingdom on 7 December 1971. He was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, an

independent school An independent school is independent in its finances and governance. Also known as private schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state schools, they are not administered by local, state or national governments. In British Eng ...

Elstree Elstree is a large village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England. It is about northwest of central London on the former A5 road, that follows the course of Watling Street. In 2011, its population was 5,110. It forms part of the ...

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

Career

Goldsmith has produced for many music acts, including

Fat Boy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist f ...

, and later became a film producer. He produced the 2005 film '' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' and the 2007 film '' Son of Rambow''.

External links

BBC ReportNick Goldsmith with Garth Jennings discuss Son of Rambow
* 1971 births Living people People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School English film producers Music video producers {{England-tv-bio-stub