---
name: "Finola Dwyer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/finola-dwyer"
fi1m_id: "finola-dwyer"
imdb_id: "nm0245493"
tmdb_id: 51675
wikidata_id: "Q22075518"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-26T01:11:08.095598+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."
---

# Finola Dwyer

## Identity

Finola Dwyer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/finola-dwyer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** finola-dwyer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0245493
- **TMDB ID:** 51675
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22075518
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finola_Dwyer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22075518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0245493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51675

Producer. Born 1 January 1963 in New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1963, New Zealand
- **Active:** 1985–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Amanda Posey](https://film.one/person/amanda-posey.md), [Nick Hornby](https://film.one/person/nick-hornby.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (1), 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 62 (2), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 68 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, History 2, Romance 2, Comedy 1, War 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $119m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finola_Dwyer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22075518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0245493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51675

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*An Education*](https://film.one/film/an-education.md) (82), [*A Long Way Down*](https://film.one/film/a-long-way-down.md) (40)

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

## Biography

Finola Dwyer is a New Zealand-born film producer and editor based in the United Kingdom. Born on 10 July 1963, she began her career as an editor in New Zealand before moving into producing.

She has frequently collaborated with Amanda Posey. Their joint productions include the coming-of-age drama *An Education* (2009) and the period film *Brooklyn* (2015), both of which received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture. Other credits include *Quartet* (2012), *A Long Way Down* (2014), *Their Finest* (2017) and *Our Souls at Night* (2017).

In the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours, Dwyer was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the film industry.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

### Produced (5) — the average rests on these

- *Trespasses* (2025), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/trespasses.md)
- *Lee* (2024), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *Brooklyn* (2015), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)
- *A Long Way Down* (2014), Fi1m 40, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-long-way-down.md)
- *An Education* (2009), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)

### Crew (1)

- *The Quiet Earth* (1985), Fi1m 78, Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Trespasses* (2025), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/trespasses.md)
- *My Mother's Wedding* (2025), Producer
- *JOY* (2024), Producer
- *Lee* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *Dirt Music* (2020), Producer
- *VS.* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Our Souls at Night* (2017), Producer
- *Their Finest* (2017), Producer
- *Brooklyn* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/brooklyn.md)
- *What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy* (2015), Producer
- *A Long Way Down* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/a-long-way-down.md)
- *Quartet* (2012), Producer
- *An Education* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)
- *Tsunami: The Aftermath* (2006), series, Producer
- *Opal Dream* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Severance* (2006), Producer
- *Alien Autopsy* (2006), Producer
- *Stoned* (2005), Producer
- *The Hamburg Cell* (2004), Producer
- *Me Without You* (2001), Producer
- *The Lost Son* (1999), Producer
- *Welcome to Woop Woop* (1998), Producer
- *Backbeat* (1994), Producer
- *A Soldier's Tale* (1988), Line Producer
- *The Quiet Earth* (1985), Sound Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-earth.md)
- *Trial Run* (1985), Editor
- *Score* (1980), Editor
- *On the Road with Red Mole* (1979), Assistant Editor
- *The Giant's House*, Producer
- *The Noise of Time*, Producer
- *Hello & Paris*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Finola Dwyer](https://film.one/media/person/100398/gallery-c02688619ac4.jpg) Finola Dwyer — New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Finola_Dwyer_ONZM_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Finola Dwyer (left), after her investiture as ONZM, for services to the film industry, by the governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy, on 26 May 2017](https://film.one/media/person/100398/gallery-8650a1eaa006.jpg) Finola Dwyer (left), after her investiture as ONZM, for services to the film industry, by the governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy, on 26 May 2017 — New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Finola_Dwyer_ONZM_investiture.jpg/1280px-Finola_Dwyer_ONZM_investiture.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2016: Best Picture (nominated), for *Brooklyn*
- 2010: Best Picture (nominated), for *An Education*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2010: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *An Education*

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

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