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

Career

Holmes embarked on his career as part of a comedy duo called The Gruber Brothers, alongside

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. He later produced Schwartz's acclaimed debut feature film '' Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1993), written by

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which garnered a BAFTA Scotland for Best Film and Best Actor. award for Best Film and Best Actor. Following this success, he co-wrote and produced '' Shooting Fish'' (1997) starring

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and Dan Futterman. His next notable production was the multi-award-winning ''

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'' (1998) written and directed by Kirk Jones. For his work on this film, Holmes and his producing partner, Glynis Murray, received a nomination for a

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Award. Between 1999 and 2002, Holmes served as the managing director of Civilian Content Plc. In 2008, he collaborated with Christian Colson to produce the critically acclaimed feature film '' Eden Lake'' (2008), a horror film written and directed by James Watkins. His producing work continued in 2011 with the film adaptation of Owen Sheers' novel '' Resistance'', which marked Amit Gupta's directorial debut and starred Andrea Riseborough and

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. Sharon Morgan earned a BAFTA Cymru for her performance as Maggie in the film. '' Jadoo'', another film he produced for Gupta, opened the 2013 Berlinale International Film Festival, Kulinarisches section. The film stars Tom Milson, Harish Patel, Amara Karan, Kulvinder Ghir,

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and Nikesh Patel. Another film produced by Holmes for Gupta, '' Jadoo'', opened the Kulinarisches section of the 2013 Berlinale International Film Festival. The cast included Tom Milson, Harish Patel, Amara Karan, Kulvinder Ghir,

and Nikesh Patel. Later that year, he produced '' Keeping Rosy'', starring

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and Blake Harrison. Peake received a Best Actress award at the Fantasporto Film Festival for her role. From 2013 to 2016 he worked at Creative England and executive produced '' 45 Years'' which won multiple awards for Andrew Haigh and actors

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and Tom Courtenay. He also executive produced '' The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson'', '' Orion: The Man Who Would Be King'', '' Notes On Blindness'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Girl with All the Gifts''. In 2017 he produced David Bruckner's debut feature '' The Ritual'' based on the

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by Adam Nevill and starring Rafe Spall. In 2024 he produced '' Midas Man'' about the Beatles' former manager

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in the film '' Midas Man'' starring Jacob Fortune-Lloyd. In 2025 he produced ''

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'' directed by

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and starring

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, Laurent Lafitte, Charles Dance and

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. He is married to actress Catherine Russell. Together, they have two children, Sam Russell, an improv comedian, co-founder of the improv group Shoot From The Hip, and Poppy Holmes, a music artist.

Filmography

*'' Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1993) (producer) *'' Solitaire For 2'' (1995) (producer) *'' Shooting Fish'' (1997) (co-writer, producer) *''

'' (1998) (producer) *'' The Jolly Boys' Last Stand'' (2000) (executive producer) *'' Dead Babies'' (2000) (producer) *

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(2002) (producer) *'' Eden Lake'' (2008) (producer) *'' Resistance'' (2011) (producer) *'' Jadoo'' (2012) (producer) *'' Keeping Rosy'' (2013) (producer) *'' 45 Years'' (2014) (executive producer) *'' Orion: The Man Who Would Be King'' (2015) (executive producer) *''

'' (2017) (executive producer) *'' Calibre (film)'' (2017) (executive producer) *'' The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson'' (2015) (executive producer) *'' The Ritual'' (2017) (producer) *'' Midas Man'' (2024) (producer) *''

'' (2025) (producer)

References

External links

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