---
name: "Alison Owen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alison-owen"
fi1m_id: "alison-owen"
imdb_id: "nm0654077"
tmdb_id: 37756
wikidata_id: "Q516645"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "18 February 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-22T04:05:05.440959+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."
---

# Alison Owen

## Identity

Alison Owen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alison-owen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alison-owen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0654077
- **TMDB ID:** 37756
- **Wikidata ID:** Q516645
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Owen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516645, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654077/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37756

Producer. Born 18 February 1961 in Portsmouth, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 18 February 1961, Portsmouth, England, UK
- **Active:** 1991–present
- **Also known as:** Alison Mary Owen
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as producer, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 71 (4), 2010s 73 (3), 2020s 54 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 67 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Comedy 4, History 3, Mystery 2, Horror 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $327m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Owen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516645, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654077/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37756

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Saving Mr. Banks*](https://film.one/film/saving-mr-banks.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Alison Mary Owen is an English film producer. Born in Portsmouth in 1961, she began her career producing music videos before moving into feature films. Her early credits include the 1991 comedy Hear My Song.

Owen produced Elizabeth (1998), which received seven Academy Award nominations and won the BAFTA for Best British Film. She later founded Ruby Films and has produced or executive produced films including Shaun of the Dead (2004), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Suffragette (2015) and Back to Black (2024). She has also worked in television, with executive producer credits on series such as Anne with an E.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (11)

- *Back to Black* (2024), Fi1m 48, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-black.md)
- *The Marlow Murder Club* (2024), Fi1m 60, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marlow-murder-club.md)
- *Ghosts* (2019), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ghosts.md)
- *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/saving-mr-banks.md)
- *Jane Eyre* (2011), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md)
- *Small Island* (2009), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/small-island.md)
- *Brick Lane* (2007), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/brick-lane.md)
- *Proof* (2005), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/proof.md)
- *Shaun of the Dead* (2004), Fi1m 85, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-of-the-dead.md)
- *Elizabeth* (1998), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth.md)
- *Hear My Song* (1991), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hear-my-song.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *Ghosts: The Possession of Button House* (2026), Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/ghosts-the-possession-of-button-house.md)
- *Frauds* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Back to Black* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-black.md)
- *The Marlow Murder Club* (2024), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marlow-murder-club.md)
- *Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Riches* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *BEBE A.I.* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Ghosts* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *How to Build a Girl* (2020), Producer
- *The Hustle* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Tell It to the Bees* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Ghosts* (2019), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/ghosts.md)
- *Tulip Fever* (2017), Producer
- *Will* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *Anne with an E* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *Me Before You* (2016), Producer
- *Suffragette* (2015), Producer
- *The Giver* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013), Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/saving-mr-banks.md)
- *Dancing on the Edge* (2013), series, Executive Producer
- *Jane Eyre* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/jane-eyre.md)
- *Toast* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Chatroom* (2010), Producer
- *Tamara Drewe* (2010), Producer
- *Temple Grandin* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Small Island* (2009), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/small-island.md)
- *The Men Who Stare at Goats* (2009), Executive Producer
- *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2008), Producer
- *Brick Lane* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/brick-lane.md)
- *The Bad Mother's Handbook* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Love and Other Disasters* (2006), Producer
- *Proof* (2005), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/proof.md)
- *Shaun of the Dead* (2004), Executive Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-of-the-dead.md)
- *Sylvia* (2003), Producer
- *Happy Now* (2001), Producer
- *Rat* (2000), Producer
- *Elizabeth* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth.md)
- *Roseanna's Grave* (1997), Producer
- *Moonlight and Valentino* (1995), Producer
- *The Young Americans* (1993), Producer
- *Hear My Song* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/hear-my-song.md)
- *Teenage Health Freak* (1991), series, Executive Producer
- *The Queen of Fashion*, Executive Producer
- *The Custom of the Country*, Producer
- *Longbourn*, Producer
- *The Joy of Sex*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1999: Best Picture (nominated), for *Elizabeth*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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