---
name: "Jeremy Thomas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeremy-thomas"
fi1m_id: "jeremy-thomas"
imdb_id: "nm0859016"
tmdb_id: 3056
wikidata_id: "Q1365966"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "26 July 1949"
died: "11 September 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-22T03:31:12.487462+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."
---

# Jeremy Thomas

## Identity

Jeremy Thomas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeremy-thomas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeremy-thomas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0859016
- **TMDB ID:** 3056
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1365966
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1365966, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3056

Producer. Born 26 July 1949 in London, England, UK. Died 11 September 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 26 July 1949, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 11 September 2026
- **Active:** 1987–2019
- **Also known as:** Jeremy Jack Thomas
- **Frequently works with:** [David Cronenberg](https://film.one/person/david-cronenberg.md), [Tom Hiddleston](https://film.one/person/tom-hiddleston.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as producer, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (1), 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 82 (2), 2010s 74 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 68 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 10, Crime 3, Thriller 3, Fantasy 2, History 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 21 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $142m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1365966, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3056

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Only Lovers Left Alive*](https://film.one/film/only-lovers-left-alive.md) (81), [*Pinocchio*](https://film.one/film/pinocchio-2019.md) (76), [*High-Rise*](https://film.one/film/high-rise.md) (58)

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## Biography

Jeremy Thomas (born Jeremy Jack Thomas) was a British film producer. Born in London in 1949, he was the son of director Ralph Thomas and nephew of Gerald Thomas. He began his career in the cutting rooms before producing his first feature, Mad Dog Morgan (1976). He founded Recorded Picture Company and became known for independent productions and long collaborations with directors including Bernardo Bertolucci, David Cronenberg and Nicolas Roeg.

His credits include The Last Emperor (1987), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Naked Lunch (1991), Crash (1996), Sexy Beast (2000), The Dreamers (2003) and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). He also directed All the Little Animals (1998). Thomas served as chair of the British Film Institute and received a BAFTA for outstanding British contribution to cinema. He died in Oxfordshire on 11 September 2026.

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

## On Fi1m (11)

- *Pinocchio* (2019), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/pinocchio-2019.md)
- *Dogman* (2018), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dogman.md)
- *High-Rise* (2015), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/high-rise.md)
- *Only Lovers Left Alive* (2013), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/only-lovers-left-alive.md)
- *A Dangerous Method* (2011), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-dangerous-method.md)
- *Pina* (2011), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/pina.md)
- *Rabbit-Proof Fence* (2002), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-proof-fence.md)
- *Sexy Beast* (2001), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sexy-beast.md)
- *Crash* (1996), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/crash.md)
- *Naked Lunch* (1991), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/naked-lunch.md)
- *The Last Emperor* (1987), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md)

## Complete filmography (84)

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

- *Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo* (2026), Producer
- *Good Boy* (2026), Producer
- *I Am Curious Johnny* (2025), Producer
- *Grande Maison Paris* (2024), Producer
- *The Dead Don't Hurt* (2024), Producer
- *Shikun* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia* (2024), Producer
- *Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Anselm* (2023), Executive Producer
- *EO* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Traveling Light* (2021), Producer
- *Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Pinocchio* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/pinocchio-2019.md)
- *First Love* (2019), Producer
- *Samurai Marathon* (2019), Producer
- *The Man Who Killed Don Quixote* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Dogman* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dogman.md)
- *Habaneros* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Blade of the Immortal* (2017), Producer
- *My Hindu Friend* (2016), Executive Producer
- *High-Rise* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/high-rise.md)
- *11 Minutes* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Tale of Tales* (2015), Producer
- *Every Thing Will Be Fine* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Vara: A Blessing* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Only Lovers Left Alive* (2013), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/only-lovers-left-alive.md)
- *Dom Hemingway* (2013), Producer
- *Kon-Tiki* (2012), Producer
- *Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai* (2011), Producer
- *A Dangerous Method* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/a-dangerous-method.md)
- *Pina* (2011), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/pina.md)
- *13 Assassins* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Essential Killing* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Creation* (2009), Producer
- *Empire of Silver* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Palermo Shooting* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Franklyn* (2008), Producer
- *Mister Lonely* (2008), Producer
- *Dreaming Lhasa* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Fast Food Nation* (2006), Producer
- *Glastonbury* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Milarepa* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Tideland* (2005), Producer
- *Getting Gilliam* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Don't Come Knocking* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Promised Land* (2004), Executive Producer
- *The Dreamers* (2003), Producer
- *Young Adam* (2003), Producer
- *Travellers and Magicians* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Rabbit-Proof Fence* (2002), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-proof-fence.md)
- *The Triumph of Love* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Sexy Beast* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sexy-beast.md)
- *Brother* (2000), Producer
- *Taboo* (1999), Executive Producer
- *The Cup* (1999), Executive Producer
- *All the Little Animals* (1999), Director, Producer
- *The Brave* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Victory* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Blood and Wine* (1996), Producer
- *The Ogre* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Crash* (1996), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/crash.md)
- *Stealing Beauty* (1996), Producer
- *One Hundred and One Nights* (1995), Co-Producer
- *Little Buddha* (1993), Producer, Presenter
- *Naked Lunch* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/naked-lunch.md)
- *Let Him Have It* (1991), Executive Producer
- *The Sheltering Sky* (1990), Producer, Presenter
- *Everybody Wins* (1990), Producer
- *The Last Emperor* (1987), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md)
- *Good to Go* (1986), Executive Producer
- *Insignificance* (1985), Producer
- *The Hit* (1984), Producer
- *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence* (1983), Producer
- *Eureka* (1983), Producer
- *The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle* (1980), Executive Producer
- *Bad Timing* (1980), Producer
- *The Shout* (1978), Producer
- *Mad Dog Morgan* (1976), Producer
- *Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?* (1975), Editor
- *The Golden Voyage of Sinbad* (1973), Assistant Editor
- *Lost and Found in Paris*, Producer
- *Wilder & Me*, Producer
- *Stages*, Executive Producer
- *Becoming Capa*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1988: Best Picture (won), for *The Last Emperor*

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 2018: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Dogman*
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2009: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)
- European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award 2006: European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award (won)

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

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