Simon Channing-Williams - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	10-June-1945
Place of Birth	Maidenhead (United Kingdom, Berkshire, England)
Nationality	United Kingdom
Also know as	Simon Channing Williams, Simon Channing Williams
Profession	Film Producer, Television Producer
Simon Channing Williams was a British film producer. He was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire. 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. He co-produced Nick Love's first film Goodbye Charlie Bright in 2000, and the same year he formed Potboiler Productions with producer Gail Egan.Through Potboiler Productions Channing Williams produced Douglas McGrath's Nicholas Nickleby and Fernando Meirelles' Oscar-winning The Constant Gardener. Simon Channing Williams died aged 63, on 11 April 2009 in Cornwall, five years after being diagnosed with cancer. Leigh paid tribute saying "His great phrase was 'let's just get on with things' and right almost to the last he was still working. He was a very extraordinary big man and he will be missed universally." Leigh dedicated his 2010 film Another Year to the memory of Simon Channing Williams.

Awards by Simon Channing-Williams

Check all the awards nominated and won by Simon Channing-Williams.

2006

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film	The Constant Gardener
BAFTA Award for Best British Film	The Constant Gardener
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama	The Constant Gardener

2005

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film	Vera Drake
BAFTA Award for Best British Film	Vera Drake

2004

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
European Film Award for Best Film	Vera Drake

2003

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Nicholas Nickleby

2000

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best British Film	Topsy Turvy

1999

British Independent Film Award – Producer of the Year

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
British Independent Film Award – Producer of the Year

1997

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film

Honored for : Secrets & Lies

BAFTA Award for Best British Film

Honored for : Secrets & Lies

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film	Secrets & Lies
BAFTA Award for Best British Film	Secrets & Lies
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film	Secrets & Lies
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama	Secrets & Lies

1996

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
European Film Award for Best Film	Secrets & Lies
Academy Award for Best Picture	Secrets & Lies

1994

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best British Film	Naked

1993

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Short Film	A Sense of History

1990

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film	High Hopes Country: UK

1989

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
European Film Award for Best Film	High Hopes

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