---
name: "Brian May"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-may-928828"
fi1m_id: "brian-may-928828"
imdb_id: "nm0006190"
tmdb_id: 928828
wikidata_id: "Q15873"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "19 July 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T04:35:27.335339+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."
---

# Brian May

## Identity

Brian May

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-may-928828
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-may-928828
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006190
- **TMDB ID:** 928828
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15873
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15873, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006190/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/928828

Producer. Born 19 July 1947 in Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 19 July 1947, Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1980–2018
- **Also known as:** Brian Harold May, Queen
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 producing, 2 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (2), 2010s 55 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15873, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006190/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/928828

## Biography

Brian May is an English musician and guitarist, best known as a founder member of the rock band Queen. He was born on 19 July 1947 in Hampton, Middlesex, England.

May co-founded Queen with Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, having previously played with Taylor in the band Smile. He is credited with music on the 1980 film *Flash Gordon* and appears as himself in the 2012 concert film *Queen: Budapest*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), Fi1m 55, Producer, Music Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Highlander* (1986), Fi1m 75, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md)
- *Flash Gordon* (1980), Fi1m 70, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/flash-gordon.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary* (2025), Actor
- *The Yardbirds - In Their Own Words* (2024), Actor
- *Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud* (2024), Actor
- *Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future* (2024), Actor
- *Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future* (2024), Actor
- *Queen Rock Montreal* (2024), as Brian May (self)
- *Rhapsody Over London* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018), Producer, Music Producer, Songs — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/bohemian-rhapsody.md)
- *Queen: Rock the World* (2017), Writer
- *51 Degrees North* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *One Night in Hell* (2014), Music
- *My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011* (2011), Actor
- *Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid* (2007), Actor
- *Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe* (2007), Actor
- *Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Queen - Heaven* (2001), Producer
- *Furia* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Rhythm of Life* (1997), series, Actor
- *Queen: Made in Heaven* (1997), Music
- *Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux* (1994), Actor
- *Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium* (1986), as Guitars
- *Highlander* (1986), as Songs — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md)
- *The Man Who Saved the World* (1982), Music
- *We Will Rock You* (1982), as Songs
- *Flash Gordon* (1980), Music — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/flash-gordon.md)
- *Young Music Show* (1978), series, Actor
- *Queen: Queen I* (1973), Actor
- *Midnight Dreamers*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Brian May](https://film.one/media/person/453647/gallery-93cf3d7e824e.jpg) Brian May — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/TaylorHawkTributeWemb030922_%28208_copped%29.jpg/1280px-TaylorHawkTributeWemb030922_%28208_copped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Brian May of Queen on the yellow carpet at the World Premiere of Wizard of Oz at Sphere at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/453647/gallery-0b7462ea4a5a.jpg) Brian May of Queen on the yellow carpet at the World Premiere of Wizard of Oz at Sphere at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if (2025) — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Brian_May_%2854760063056%29.jpg/1280px-Brian_May_%2854760063056%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Brian May of Queen on the yellow carpet at the World Premiere of Wizard of Oz at Sphere at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/453647/gallery-72fa918363e8.jpg) Brian May of Queen on the yellow carpet at the World Premiere of Wizard of Oz at Sphere at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if (2025) — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Brian_May_%2854759203492%29.jpg/1280px-Brian_May_%2854759203492%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![This picture was taken by one of Films United staff and is owned by my company Films United Ltd (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/453647/gallery-2d3b5baabf8f.png) This picture was taken by one of Films United staff and is owned by my company Films United Ltd (2014) — Grigorij87, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/51_Degrees_Composer_and_Queen_guitarist_Brian_May_with_director_Grigorij_Richters_outside_Sarm_Studios_after_a_recording_session..png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brian May](https://film.one/media/person/453647/gallery-f6ac04a17c23.jpg) Brian May — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian May of Queen on the yellow carpet at the World Premiere of Wizard of Oz at Sphere at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/453647/gallery-76c3a1e03fb5.jpg) Brian May of Queen on the yellow carpet at the World Premiere of Wizard of Oz at Sphere at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if (2025) — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Brian_May_%2854759203762%29.jpg/1280px-Brian_May_%2854759203762%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Brian May of Queen on the yellow carpet at the World Premiere of Wizard of Oz at Sphere at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/453647/gallery-adbf00e51e43.jpg) Brian May of Queen on the yellow carpet at the World Premiere of Wizard of Oz at Sphere at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if (2025) — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Brian_May_%2854760063251%29.jpg/1280px-Brian_May_%2854760063251%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Knight Bachelor 2023: Knight Bachelor (won)
- Audience Award for Most Popular Show 2011: Audience Award for Most Popular Show (won)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2005: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)

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

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