James Gay-Rees

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

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m scoreas producer · 4 titles

Oscar1 won

Born

1 January 1967, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Active

2010–2019

Frequently works with

Asif Kapadia

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Fi1m against the critics

79Fi1m

76Critics

We rate James’s work 3 points above the press, across 4 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above2

60 to 792

Under 600

Of 4 reviewed titles as producer.

In numbers

Reviewed: 4 films
Screen time: 8 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $37m across 3 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar1 won
Active: 2010–2019

Genres

Documentary4
Sport2
Music1

Best and worst on Fi1m

84BestSenna2010

76WorstDiego Maradona2019

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

22000s

132010s

172020s

Directors most worked with

Asif Kapadia3 titles

Awards

Academy Awards1 won

Won2016Best Documentary Feature Film · Amy

Other awards1 nominated

Nominated2015European Film Award for Best Documentary: European Film Award for Best Documentary · Amy

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.