Richard Holmes (born 1 January 1963) is a British film producer.

Career

Holmes began his career in a comedy double-act, The Gruber Brothers, with

Stefan Schwartz Stefan Schwartz (born 1 May 1963) is an English and Canadian film and television director, writer and actor, most known for the feature film ''Shooting Fish'' and his work on the BBC's '' Spooks'' and ''Luther'', AMC's '' The Walking Dead'' ...

. He produced Schwartz's debut feature film, the award-winning '' Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1993), winner of a

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for Best Film and Best Actor. He went on to co-write and produce '' Shooting Fish'' (1997) starring Kate Beckinsale, Stuart Townsend and Dan Futterman. He then produced the multi-award-winning ''

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'' (1998) written and directed by Kirk Jones. He was nominated, alongside his producing partner Glynis Murray, for a Producers Guild of America Award for the film. From 1999 - 2002 he was Managing Director of Civilian Content Plc. In 2008 he produced, alongside

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, the critically acclaimed feature film '' Eden Lake'' (2008), written and directed by James Watkins. In 2011 he produced the film adaptation of the novel ''

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'' by

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, the debut film for director

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. The film stars

Andrea Riseborough Andrea Louise Riseborough (born 20 November 1981) is an English actress and producer. She made her film debut with a small part in ''Venus'' (2006), and has since appeared in more prominent roles in '' Happy-Go-Lucky'' (2008), '' Never Let Me Go ...

and Michael Sheen. Sharon Morgan won a BAFTA Cymru for her portrayal of Maggie. '' Jadoo'', another film he produced for Gupta, opened the 2013 Berlinale International Film Festival, Kulinarisches section. The film stars Tom Milson, Harish Patel,

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, Kulvinder Ghir, Adeel Akhtar and

Nikesh Patel Nikesh Patel (born 1985) is a British actor, best known for his role as Aafrin Dalal in the TV series ''Indian Summers,'' Kash Khan in the mini series ''Four Weddings and A Funeral'', and Tom Kapoor in the sitcom '' Starstruck''. Early life Pa ...

. Later that year he produced ''

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'' starring Maxine Peake and

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. Peake won a Best Actress award at the

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for the film. From 2013 to 2016 he worked at Creative England and executive produced ''

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'' which won multiple awards for Andrew Haig and actors

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and

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. He also executive produced ''

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'', '' Orion: The Man Who Would Be King'', ''

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'', '' God's Own Country'', '' Calibre'' and ''

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''. In 2017 he produced '' The Ritual'' based on the

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by Adam Nevill and starring Rafe Spall. He is married to actress Catherine Russell.

Filmography

*'' Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1993) (producer) *''

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'' (1995) (producer) *'' Shooting Fish'' (1997) (co-writer, producer) *''

'' (1998) (producer) *''

The Jolly Boys' Last Stand ''The Jolly Boys' Last Stand'' is a 2000 British satirical drama film written and directed by Chris Payne, and starring Andy Serkis and Milo Twomey with British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in a minor role. Plot When Spider (played by Serkis), ...

'' (2000) (executive producer) *'' Dead Babies'' (2000) (producer) *

The Abduction Club ''The Abduction Club'' is a 2002 British-Irish romantic comedy-drama adventure film directed by Stefan Schwartz. Based loosely on real events, the plot centres on a group of outlaws who abduct women in order to marry them. It was written by Ri ...

(2002) (producer) *'' Eden Lake'' (2008) (producer) *''

'' (2011) (producer) *'' Jadoo'' (2012) (producer) *''

'' (2013) (producer) *''

'' (2014) (executive producer) *'' Orion: The Man Who Would Be King'' (2015) (executive producer) *'' God's Own Country'' (2017) (executive producer) *''

Calibre (film) ''Calibre'' is a 2018 British thriller film written and directed by Matt Palmer. After a debut at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, it was released on 29 June 2018 on Netflix. It also had a limited release in select Curzon Cinemas in t ...

'' (2017) (executive producer) *''

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'' (2015) (executive producer) *'' The Ritual'' (2017) (producer)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, Richard British film producers Living people 1963 births