---
name: "Gavin Emerson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gavin-emerson"
fi1m_id: "gavin-emerson"
imdb_id: "nm0256211"
tmdb_id: 135033
wikidata_id: "Q98038603"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:27:07.401476+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."
---

# Gavin Emerson

## Identity

Gavin Emerson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gavin-emerson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gavin-emerson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0256211
- **TMDB ID:** 135033
- **Wikidata ID:** Q98038603
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98038603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256211/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/135033

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98038603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256211/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/135033

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Ratcatcher*](https://film.one/film/ratcatcher.md) (88)

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## Biography

Gavin Emerson is a British film producer. He trained in production at the Royal College of Art and has produced short films, documentaries and commercials. He founded Holy Cow Productions, a commercial photography company.

Emerson first collaborated with director Lynne Ramsay after meeting her at the National Film and Television School graduation screenings in 1996. He produced her short films *Kill the Day* (1996) and *Gasman* (1998), and her feature debut *Ratcatcher* (1999). He later served as co-producer on *The Backwoods* (2006).

He received BAFTA nominations for his work on *Ratcatcher*, including for Outstanding British Film.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, netribution.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ratcatcher* (1999), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ratcatcher.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Chalk* (2010), Producer
- *The Backwoods* (2006), Co-Producer
- *Here to Where* (2001), Producer
- *Ratcatcher* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/ratcatcher.md)
- *Gasman* (1998), Producer
- *Kill the Day* (1996), Producer

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