---
name: "Adam Ackland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-ackland"
fi1m_id: "adam-ackland"
imdb_id: "nm1267515"
tmdb_id: 1782631
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T15:44:28.376079+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adam Ackland

## Identity

Adam Ackland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adam-ackland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adam-ackland
- **IMDb ID:** nm1267515
- **TMDB ID:** 1782631
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1267515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1782631

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://film.one/person/benedict-cumberbatch.md), [Leah Clarke](https://film.one/person/leah-clarke.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 61 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 65 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $123m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1267515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1782631

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Roses*](https://film.one/film/the-roses.md) (61)
- **Apple TV:** [*We Live in Time*](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md) (58)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Mauritanian*](https://film.one/film/the-mauritanian.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adam Ackland is a British film and television producer. He is managing director of SunnyMarch, the independent production company he co-founded with Benedict Cumberbatch in 2013.

His producing credits include *The Courier* (2020), *The Mauritanian* (2021), *The Electrical Life of Louis Wain* (2021), *The End We Start From* (2023) and *We Live in Time* (2024). He has also served as executive producer on the series *Patrick Melrose* (2018) and the television film *The Child in Time* (2017). Ackland is the grandson of actor Joss Ackland.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screendaily.com, imdb.com, find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Roses* (2025), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-roses.md)
- *We Live in Time* (2024), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md)
- *The Mauritanian* (2021), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mauritanian.md)
- *The Courier* (2020), Fi1m 67, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-courier.md)
- *Patrick Melrose* (2018), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/patrick-melrose.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Thing with Feathers* (2025), Producer
- *The Roses* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-roses.md)
- *We Live in Time* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md)
- *The End We Start From* (2023), Producer
- *The Electrical Life of Louis Wain* (2021), Producer
- *The Mauritanian* (2021), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mauritanian.md)
- *The Courier* (2020), Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-courier.md)
- *The Child in Time* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Patrick Melrose* (2018), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/patrick-melrose.md)
- *The Current War* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Little Favour* (2013), Producer
- *American Daylight* (2006), Second Assistant Director
- *Powers* (2004), series, Second Unit First Assistant Director
- *Morning*, Producer
- *Migrations*, Producer
- *Rogue Male*, Producer
- *Last Flight*, Producer

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