---
name: "Bernie Ecclestone"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernie-ecclestone"
fi1m_id: "bernie-ecclestone"
imdb_id: "nm1687495"
tmdb_id: 1112222
wikidata_id: "Q172724"
roles: ["Thanks"]
born: "28 October 1930"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-30T09:15:04.566458+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."
---

# Bernie Ecclestone

## Identity

Bernie Ecclestone

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernie-ecclestone
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bernie-ecclestone
- **IMDb ID:** nm1687495
- **TMDB ID:** 1112222
- **Wikidata ID:** Q172724
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Ecclestone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172724, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1687495/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1112222

Thanks. Born 28 October 1930 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Thanks
- **Born:** 28 October 1930, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
- **Also known as:** Bernie, Bernard Charles Ecclestone
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Ecclestone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172724, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1687495/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1112222

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Schumacher ’94 – The Birth of a Legend*](https://film.one/film/schumacher-94-the-birth-of-a-legend.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Bernard Charles Ecclestone is a British business magnate and motorsport executive. He was chief executive of the Formula One Group from 1987 until 2017 and controlled the commercial rights to the sport.

Ecclestone began his career in motor racing as a driver and team owner, purchasing the Brabham team in 1972. He is credited as Self in several Formula One documentaries, including *Senna* (2010), *1* (2013), *Schumacher* (2021) and *Schumacher ’94 – The Birth of a Legend* (2026). He also appeared uncredited as a Martini Mechanic in the 1977 film *Bobby Deerfield*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Schumacher ’94 – The Birth of a Legend* (2026), Fi1m 65, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/schumacher-94-the-birth-of-a-legend.md)
- *Senna* (2010), Fi1m 84, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/senna.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Senna* (2010), Thanks — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/senna.md)
- *Bobby Deerfield* (1977), as Martini Mechanic

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bernie-ecclestone