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name: "James Woolf"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-woolf"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1919"
died: "29 May 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T03:41:03.281426+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."
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# James Woolf

Producer. Born 1 January 1919 in London. Died 29 May 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1919, London
- **Died:** 29 May 1966
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15820753, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/988821

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Room at the Top*](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md) (82)

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## Biography

James Woolf was a British film producer. With his brother John Woolf he co-founded the production companies Romulus Films and Remus Films in the late 1940s. He was the son of producer C. M. Woolf.

Woolf produced or co-produced a number of British and international films, including *Room at the Top* (1958), *The L-Shaped Room* (1962), *Term of Trial* (1962), *The Pumpkin Eater* (1964), *Of Human Bondage* (1964) and *King Rat* (1965). He worked with directors such as Jack Clayton and Bryan Forbes, and the brothers' company handled UK distribution for films including *The African Queen* (1951). *Room at the Top* received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

Woolf died in Beverly Hills, California, in May 1966 while on a trip to discuss future projects.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Room at the Top* (1958), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Life at the Top* (1965), Producer
- *King Rat* (1965), Producer
- *Of Human Bondage* (1964), Producer
- *The Pumpkin Eater* (1964), Producer
- *The L-Shaped Room* (1962), Producer
- *Term of Trial* (1962), Producer
- *Room at the Top* (1958), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1960: Best Picture (nominated), for *Room at the Top*

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

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