---
name: "Gareth Unwin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gareth-unwin"
fi1m_id: "gareth-unwin"
imdb_id: "nm1060902"
tmdb_id: 1539086
wikidata_id: "Q1494198"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "20 February 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T23:02:59.196813+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."
---

# Gareth Unwin

## Identity

Gareth Unwin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gareth-unwin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gareth-unwin
- **IMDb ID:** nm1060902
- **TMDB ID:** 1539086
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1494198
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Unwin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1494198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1060902/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1539086

Producer. Born 20 February 1972 in Düsseldorf.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 20 February 1972, Düsseldorf
- **Active:** 2010–2014
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Unwin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1494198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1060902/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1539086

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The King's Speech*](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Kajaki*](https://film.one/film/kajaki.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Gareth Ellis-Unwin (born Gareth Unwin) is a British film producer. Born on 20 February 1972 in Germany, he grew up in Slough, Berkshire, and attended Herschel Grammar School. He worked part-time at Pinewood Studios and, after graduating from Ravensbourne College, began his career as an assistant director and production manager on drama and documentary projects.

His first feature film as producer was *Exam* (2009), which earned a BAFTA nomination. He produced *The King's Speech* (2010) alongside Iain Canning and Emile Sherman. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, seven BAFTAs including Best Film and Outstanding British Film, and other awards including the Producers Guild of America award. Ellis-Unwin is co-founder and CEO of Bedlam Productions.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Kajaki* (2014), Fi1m 77, Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kajaki.md)
- *The King's Speech* (2010), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Best Friends Forever* (2026), Producer
- *Love is Written...* (2025), Producer
- *A Dark Place* (2018), Producer
- *Kajaki* (2014), Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kajaki.md)
- *Zaytoun* (2012), Producer
- *The King's Speech* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md)
- *Three* (2005), First Assistant Director
- *Fooling Hitler* (2004), First Assistant Director
- *Butterfly Man* (2002), First Assistant Director
- *Nine 1/2 Minutes* (2002), First Assistant Director
- *The House Across The Street* (2002), Assistant Director
- *Heterosexuality* (1999), Second Assistant Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2011: Best Picture (won), for *The King's Speech*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 2011: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The King's Speech*

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

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