---
name: "Brian W. Cook"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-w-cook"
fi1m_id: "brian-w-cook"
imdb_id: "nm0176929"
tmdb_id: 5015
wikidata_id: "Q2925027"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:17:05.948059+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 W. Cook

## Identity

Brian W. Cook

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-w-cook
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-w-cook
- **IMDb ID:** nm0176929
- **TMDB ID:** 5015
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2925027
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_W._Cook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2925027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5015

Producer. Born 1 January 1943 in Hertfordshire.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1943, Hertfordshire
- **Active:** 1975–2019
- **Also known as:** Brian Cook
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 1 acting, 1 producing, 5 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 85 (1), 1980s 79 (3), 1990s 72 (2), 2010s 53 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_W._Cook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2925027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5015

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Eyes Wide Shut*](https://film.one/film/eyes-wide-shut.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Brian W. Cook, also credited as Brian Cook, is a British film director, assistant director, producer and actor. He began working in the film industry in the 1960s and has credits spanning more than five decades.

Cook worked as assistant director on three Stanley Kubrick films: *Barry Lyndon* (1975), *The Shining* (1980) and *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999), where he also served as co-producer and appeared as the Tall Butler. He has collaborated extensively with directors including Michael Cimino and Sean Penn. In 2005 he directed *Colour Me Kubrick*, starring John Malkovich.

His other producing credits include *The Pledge* (2001) and *Waiting for the Barbarians* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (1)

- *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999), Fi1m 81, as Tall Butler — [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-wide-shut.md)

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

- *Waiting for the Barbarians* (2019), Fi1m 53, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/waiting-for-the-barbarians.md)

### Crew (5)

- *Last Action Hero* (1993), Fi1m 62, Assistant Director, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)
- *Flash Gordon* (1980), Fi1m 70, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/flash-gordon.md)
- *Heaven's Gate* (1980), Fi1m 79, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md)
- *The Shining* (1980), Fi1m 88, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md)
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), Fi1m 85, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Waiting for the Barbarians* (2020), Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/waiting-for-the-barbarians.md)
- *Colour Me Kubrick* (2005), Director, Producer
- *Equilibrium* (2002), as Dupont's Secretary · First Assistant Director
- *Moonlight Mile* (2002), Co-Producer
- *The Pledge* (2001), First Assistant Director
- *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999), as Tall Butler · Producer, First Assistant Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-wide-shut.md)
- *The Sunchaser* (1996), First Assistant Director
- *Last Action Hero* (1993), Assistant Director, First Assistant Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)
- *Nowhere to Run* (1993), First Assistant Director
- *Billy Bathgate* (1991), First Assistant Director
- *F/X2* (1991), First Assistant Director
- *Desperate Hours* (1990), First Assistant Director
- *King Kong Lives* (1986), First Assistant Director
- *Second Time Lucky* (1984), Producer
- *Turkey Shoot* (1982), Associate Producer
- *Race for the Yankee Zephyr* (1981), Associate Producer
- *History of the World: Part I* (1981), Assistant Director
- *Flash Gordon* (1980), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/flash-gordon.md)
- *Heaven's Gate* (1980), Assistant Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md)
- *The Shining* (1980), Assistant Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md)
- *Dominique* (1980), Assistant Director
- *Golden Rendezvous* (1977), First Assistant Director
- *Orca* (1977), Assistant Director
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), Assistant Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)
- *The 14* (1973), First Assistant Director
- *The Last Valley* (1971), Second Assistant Director

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