Simon Oakes is a British film studio executive, who is the CEO and President of

Hammer Film Productions Hammer Film Productions Ltd. is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic horror and fantasy films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involve clas ...

Life

He was appointed chairman in May 2007 when the company was revived. The Hammer Film production company is a studio best known for its popular horror films during the 1950s-70s. Since then he has worked on many Hammer projects, such as '' The Resident'' and ''

The Woman in Black ''The Woman in Black'' is a 1983 gothic horror novel by English writer Susan Hill. The plot concerns a mysterious spectre that haunts a small English town. A television film based on the story, also called '' The Woman in Black'', was produced ...

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Filmography

* 1989: ''The Adventures of William Tell'' (video) (executive producer) * 1996: '' Savage Hearts'' (executive producer) * 2008: ''

Beyond the Rave ''Beyond the Rave'' is a British horror film, initially published on MySpace, that marked the return of Hammer Films in 2008. Plot The story follows the last hours of freedom of local soldier Ed, who is flying out to Iraq the following mornin ...

'' (executive producer) * 2010: '' The Way Back'' (executive producer) * 2010: '' Let Me In'' (producer) * 2011: '' The Resident'' (producer) * 2011: ''

Wake Wood ''Wake Wood'' (sometimes marketed as ''The Wake Wood'') is a 2009 Irish supernatural horror film directed by David Keating and starring Timothy Spall, Eva Birthistle, Ella Connolly and Aidan Gillen. An international co-production between Irela ...

'' (executive producer) * 2012: ''

'' (producer) * 2014: '' The Quiet Ones'' (producer) * 2019: '' The Lodge'' (producer)

TV-series

* 1987 ''

Crossbow A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a ''prod'', mounted horizontally on a main frame called a ''tiller'', which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long fi ...

'' (producer - 1 episode: "The Banquet") * 1992 '' Chillers'' (TV series) (supervising producer - 1 episode - Under a Dark Angel's Eye)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oakes, Simon Living people Film studio executives Year of birth missing (living people)