---
name: "James Wilson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-wilson"
fi1m_id: "james-wilson"
imdb_id: "nm1034914"
tmdb_id: 208693
wikidata_id: "Q124606728"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 August 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-03T03:05:18.833343+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 Wilson

## Identity

James Wilson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-wilson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-wilson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1034914
- **TMDB ID:** 208693
- **Wikidata ID:** Q124606728
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wilson_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124606728, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1034914/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/208693

Producer. Born 1 August 1965 in UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 August 1965, UK
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** Jim Wilson, James Lewis Wilson
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 12: 1 acting, 11 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Jonathan Glazer](https://film.one/person/jonathan-glazer.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as producer, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (4), 2010s 82 (4), 2020s 84 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 75 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 9 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Documentary 2, History 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $254m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wilson_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124606728, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1034914/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/208693

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Zone of Interest*](https://film.one/film/the-zone-of-interest.md) (91), [*20,000 Days on Earth*](https://film.one/film/20-000-days-on-earth.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Attack the Block*](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*The Voice of Hind Rajab*](https://film.one/film/the-voice-of-hind-rajab.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*Under the Skin*](https://film.one/film/under-the-skin.md) (81)

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

## Biography

James Wilson is a British film producer born in August 1965. He studied producing at the American Film Institute and began his career as a production executive at Fox Searchlight Pictures and Film4.

He is a long-term collaborator of director Jonathan Glazer, having produced *Under the Skin* (2013) and *The Zone of Interest* (2023). Other credits as producer include *Attack the Block* (2011), *You Were Never Really Here* (2017), *Waves* (2019) and *The Voice of Hind Rajab* (2025).

Wilson was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for *The Zone of Interest*. He has won two British Academy Film Awards and received further BAFTA nominations for *Under the Skin*, *You Were Never Really Here* and *The Zone of Interest*.

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

## On Fi1m (12)

### Performed in (1)

- *Morvern Callar* (2002), Fi1m 82, as Tom Boddington — [page](https://film.one/film/morvern-callar.md)

### Produced (11) — the average rests on these

- *NAZA* (2026), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/naza.md)
- *The Voice of Hind Rajab* (2025), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-voice-of-hind-rajab.md)
- *Earth Mama* (2023), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/earth-mama.md)
- *The Zone of Interest* (2023), Fi1m 91, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-zone-of-interest.md)
- *You Were Never Really Here* (2017), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/you-were-never-really-here.md)
- *20,000 Days on Earth* (2014), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/20-000-days-on-earth.md)
- *Under the Skin* (2014), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/under-the-skin.md)
- *Attack the Block* (2011), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md)
- *The Lovely Bones* (2009), Fi1m 46, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lovely-bones.md)
- *Shaun of the Dead* (2004), Fi1m 85, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-of-the-dead.md)
- *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), Fi1m 71, Production Executive — [page](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Joy of Joys* (2026), Executive Producer
- *NAZA* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/naza.md)
- *Hamlet* (2026), Producer
- *The Voice of Hind Rajab* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-voice-of-hind-rajab.md)
- *The Zone of Interest* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-zone-of-interest.md)
- *Earth Mama* (2023), Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/earth-mama.md)
- *Stutz* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Waves* (2019), Producer
- *The Fall* (2019), Executive Producer
- *A Dog Called Money* (2019), Producer
- *You Were Never Really Here* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/you-were-never-really-here.md)
- *One More Time with Feeling* (2016), Producer
- *20,000 Days on Earth* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/20-000-days-on-earth.md)
- *Under the Skin* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/under-the-skin.md)
- *The Pervert's Guide to Ideology* (2012), Producer
- *Attack the Block* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md)
- *The Lovely Bones* (2009), Executive Producer — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lovely-bones.md)
- *The King* (2006), Producer
- *Shaun of the Dead* (2004), Executive Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-of-the-dead.md)
- *Morvern Callar* (2002), as Tom Boddington — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/morvern-callar.md)
- *Buffalo Soldiers* (2002), Co-Executive Producer
- *The Emperor's New Clothes* (2001), Co-Producer
- *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), Production Executive — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md)
- *Attack the Block 2*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![James Wilson en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya celebrados en Granada en 2025](https://film.one/media/person/651/gallery-8db72c992994.jpg) James Wilson en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya celebrados en Granada en 2025 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Goyas_2025_-_James_Wilson.jpg/1280px-Goyas_2025_-_James_Wilson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023 (27 of 31) (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/651/gallery-09e3528bcb92.jpg) ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023 (27 of 31) (2023) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023_%2827_of_31%29_%2853255401463%29.jpeg/1280px-ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023_%2827_of_31%29_%2853255401463%29.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023 (27 of 31) (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/651/gallery-a4768aafee70.jpg) ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023 (27 of 31) (2023) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023_%2827_of_31%29_%2853255401463%29.jpg/1280px-ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023_%2827_of_31%29_%2853255401463%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![James Wilson](https://film.one/media/person/651/gallery-f3f22b50ce82.jpg) James Wilson — Original Raph_PH cropped and retouched by NearEMPTiness, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023_%2827_of_31%29_%2853255401463%2C_cropped_and_retouched%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023 (29 of 31) (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/651/gallery-73272ef82f8b.jpg) ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023 (29 of 31) (2023) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023_%2829_of_31%29_%2853255461099%29.jpg/1280px-ZoneIntrestBFILFF121023_%2829_of_31%29_%2853255461099%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2024: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Zone of Interest*

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

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