Thin Man Films is a British film production company, based in London. It was founded in 1988 by director

Mike Leigh Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English screenwriter, producer, director and former actor with a film, theatre, and television career spanning more than 60 years. His accolades include prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin In ...

and producer Simon Channing WilliamsDuedil: Thin Man Films Limited
Linked 2013-05-27 to produce Mike Leigh's films. They chose the company name because both founders were the opposite of it. Following Channing Williams' death from cancer in 2009, producer Georgina Lowe, who had assisted in the production of all Mike Leigh films since 1993, became the company's main producer, and in 2011 Mike Leigh made her his new company partner. Thin Man films shares its offices in London's

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with Potboiler Production, a production company started by Simon Channing Williams and producer Gail Egan in 2000, which produced seven films before Channing Williams died, among them

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' Oscar-winning '' The Constant Gardener''. Gail Egan has also been involved in the production of Mike Leigh's films since 2004.Thin Man Films: ''Gail Egan biography''
Linked 2013-05-27 The logo is an in-credit logo, as it consists of a fat brunette white man in blue overalls and a light blue button-down shirt pointing at the company name.

Filmography

* '' Mr. Turner'' (2014) – biographical film about painter

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* '' A Running Jump'' (2012) – short * '' Another Year'' (2010) * '' Happy-Go-Lucky'' (2008) * ''

Vera Drake ''Vera Drake'' is a 2004 British period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and starring Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays and Eddie Marsan. It tells the story of a working-class woman in London in 1950 who performs illegal ...

'' (2004) * '' All or Nothing'' (2002) * ''

Topsy-Turvy ''Topsy-Turvy'' is a 1999 British musical period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh, starring Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert and Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan, along with Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville and Ron Cook. T ...

'' (1999) * ''

Career Girls ''Career Girls'' is a 1997 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh which tells the story of two women, who reunite after six years apart. The film stars Katrin Cartlidge and Lynda Steadman. The women were originally thro ...

'' (1997) * '' Secrets & Lies'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1993) * '' A Sense of History'' (1992) – short * '' Life Is Sweet'' (1990)

References

External links

* – official site Film production companies of the United Kingdom {{UK-film-company-stub