---
name: "James Gay-Rees"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-gay-rees"
fi1m_id: "james-gay-rees"
imdb_id: "nm0310813"
tmdb_id: 229832
wikidata_id: "Q22075519"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T00:44:55.552937+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."
---

# James Gay-Rees

## Identity

James Gay-Rees

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-gay-rees
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-gay-rees
- **IMDb ID:** nm0310813
- **TMDB ID:** 229832
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22075519
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gay-Rees, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22075519, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310813/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229832

Producer. Born 1 January 1967 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1967, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- **Active:** 2010–2019
- **Frequently works with:** [Asif Kapadia](https://film.one/person/asif-kapadia.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 76 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Documentary 4, Sport 2, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $37m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gay-Rees, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22075519, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310813/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229832

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Amy*](https://film.one/film/amy.md) (81), [*Diego Maradona*](https://film.one/film/diego-maradona.md) (76)

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## Biography

James Gay-Rees is a British film producer. He graduated from the University of Southampton and began his career working for Miramax in London, later moving to New York and then to Orbit Productions in Los Angeles as head of development. He later focused on documentary production.

His credits include *Exit Through the Gift Shop* (2010), *Senna* (2010), *Amy* (2015), *Ronaldo* (2015), *Oasis: Supersonic* (2016) and *Diego Maradona* (2019). He has also served as executive producer on the series *Formula 1: Drive to Survive* (2019–). He co-founded the production company Box to Box Films.

Gay-Rees won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for *Amy* and a BAFTA Award for Best Documentary for *Senna*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Diego Maradona* (2019), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/diego-maradona.md)
- *Amy* (2015), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/amy.md)
- *Exit Through the Gift Shop* (2010), Fi1m 76, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/exit-through-the-gift-shop.md)
- *Senna* (2010), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/senna.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Cruijff* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Final Siren: Inside the AFL* (2026), series, Producer
- *Berlusconi: Condemned to Win* (2025), Executive Producer
- *SEC Football: Any Given Saturday* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Race for the Crown* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *SPRINT* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *The Netflix Cup* (2023), Executive Producer
- *The Billionaire, the Butler, and the Boyfriend* (2023), series, Producer
- *Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Tour de France: Unchained* (2023), series, Producer
- *Full Swing* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Break Point* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Make or Break* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *The Sparks Brothers* (2021), Thanks
- *The Kings* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *The Three Kings* (2020), Producer
- *Diego Maradona* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/diego-maradona.md)
- *Formula 1: Drive to Survive* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Make Us Dream* (2018), Producer
- *Stephen: The Murder That Changed a Nation* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *Supersonic* (2016), Producer
- *Ronaldo* (2015), Producer
- *Amy* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/amy.md)
- *Palio* (2015), Producer
- *All This Mayhem* (2014), Producer
- *The Quiet Ones* (2014), Producer
- *The Wedding Video* (2012), Producer
- *Senna* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/senna.md)
- *Exit Through the Gift Shop* (2010), Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/exit-through-the-gift-shop.md)
- *Blackball* (2003), Producer
- *Long Time Dead* (2002), Story, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2016: Best Documentary Feature Film (won), for *Amy*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Documentary 2015: European Film Award for Best Documentary (nominated), for *Amy*

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

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