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name: "David Furnish"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "25 October 1962"
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updated: "2026-09-17T09:24:50.501732+00:00"
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# David Furnish

Producer. Born 25 October 1962 in Toronto, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 October 1962, Toronto, Canada
- **Also known as:** David James Furnish, David J. Furnish
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Furnish, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1174489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0299050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1247466

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Rocketman*](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md) (78)

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## Biography

David Furnish is a Canadian filmmaker and producer. Born on 25 October 1962 in Toronto, he began his career in advertising after graduating from the University of Western Ontario. He later moved to London and worked at Ogilvy & Mather before entering film production.

He co-founded Rocket Pictures with Elton John. Furnish has produced films including *It's a Boy Girl Thing* (2006), *Gnomeo & Juliet* (2011), *Sherlock Gnomes* (2018) and *Rocketman* (2019). He also directed the documentary *Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras* (1997) and served as executive producer on *Billy Elliot: The Musical Live* (2014).

Furnish is married to Elton John. He has worked extensively through their joint production company on music-related and animated projects.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rocketman* (2019), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Elton John: Never Too Late* (2024), Director, Producer
- *Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Hating Peter Tatchell* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Rocketman* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/rocketman.md)
- *Sherlock Gnomes* (2018), Producer
- *Billy Elliot: The Musical Live* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Gnomeo & Juliet* (2011), Producer
- *Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...* (2008), series, Executive Producer
- *It's a Boy Girl Thing* (2006), Producer
- *Women Talking Dirty* (2001), Producer
- *Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras* (1997), Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *Elton John: Made in England Tour - Live in Rio de Janeiro* (1995), Director
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, as David Furnish

## Gallery

- ![President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pose for a photo with Sir Elton John and his spouse David Furnish after surprising the entertainer with the Nation (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/693108/gallery-b31ad5032008.jpg) President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pose for a photo with Sir Elton John and his spouse David Furnish after surprising the entertainer with the Nation (2022) — The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/David_Furnish_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ambassador Barzun, Sir Elton John, David Furnish & Brooke Barzun at the AIDS/PEPFAR reception with the Elton John Foundation at Winfield House. © U.S. Embas](https://film.one/media/person/693108/gallery-ce6a78a2ece9.jpg) Ambassador Barzun, Sir Elton John, David Furnish & Brooke Barzun at the AIDS/PEPFAR reception with the Elton John Foundation at Winfield House. © U.S. Embas — U.S. Embassy photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/David_Furnish_2015.jpg/1280px-David_Furnish_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Image taken at the unveiling ceremony for "TAY", the Brighton AIDS Memorial on a very wet afternoon on Friday 9th October 2009 at 2:30p.m. performed by David Fu (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/693108/gallery-ead81ca172d0.jpg) Image taken at the unveiling ceremony for "TAY", the Brighton AIDS Memorial on a very wet afternoon on Friday 9th October 2009 at 2:30p.m. performed by David Fu (2011) — David_Furnish_1.jpg: Dominic Alves
derivative work: Beao, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/David_Furnish_1_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Image taken at the unveiling ceremony for "TAY", the Brighton AIDS Memorial on a very wet afternoon on Friday 9th October 2009 at 2:30p.m. performed by David Fu](https://film.one/media/person/693108/gallery-32989e0bff15.jpg) Image taken at the unveiling ceremony for "TAY", the Brighton AIDS Memorial on a very wet afternoon on Friday 9th October 2009 at 2:30p.m. performed by David Fu — Dominic Alves, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/David_Furnish_1.jpg/1280px-David_Furnish_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elton John and David Furnish at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Elton John: Never Too Late.](https://film.one/media/person/693108/gallery-fc039c6664c9.jpg) Elton John and David Furnish at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Elton John: Never Too Late. — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Elton_John_and_David_Furnish_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Elton_John_and_David_Furnish_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![EltonDocBFILFF101024 (2 of 17) (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/693108/gallery-2e9bb0adb732.jpg) EltonDocBFILFF101024 (2 of 17) (2024) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/EltonDocBFILFF101024_%282_of_17%29_%2854062372309%29.jpg/1280px-EltonDocBFILFF101024_%282_of_17%29_%2854062372309%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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