---
name: "Jim Wilson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-wilson"
fi1m_id: "jim-wilson"
imdb_id: "nm0933604"
tmdb_id: 7847
wikidata_id: "Q3808389"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T03:41:04.496749+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."
---

# Jim Wilson

## Identity

Jim Wilson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-wilson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-wilson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0933604
- **TMDB ID:** 7847
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3808389
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Wilson_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3808389, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933604/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7847

Producer. Born 1 January 2000 in Olympic Valley.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Olympic Valley
- **Active:** 1990–1992
- **Frequently works with:** [Kevin Costner](https://film.one/person/kevin-costner.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Wilson_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3808389, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933604/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7847

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Dances with Wolves*](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md) (80)
- **Paramount+:** [*The Bodyguard*](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Jim Wilson is a film producer. He produced *Dances with Wolves* (1990), which he co-produced with Kevin Costner. The film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Wilson co-founded Tig Productions with Costner in 1988. He has produced several other films starring Costner, including *The Bodyguard* (1992), *Wyatt Earp* (1994), *The Postman* (1997) and *Message in a Bottle* (1999). His other producing credits include *Mr. Brooks* (2007) and *Swing Vote* (2008). He has also directed films such as *Head Above Water* (1996) and *50 to 1* (2014).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Bodyguard* (1992), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *50 to 1* (2014), Writer, Director
- *Swing Vote* (2008), Producer
- *Mr. Brooks* (2007), Producer
- *Whirlygirl* (2006), Director, Producer
- *Message in a Bottle* (1999), Producer
- *The Postman* (1997), Producer
- *Head Above Water* (1996), Producer, Director
- *Wyatt Earp* (1994), Producer
- *Rapa Nui* (1994), Producer
- *The Bodyguard* (1992), Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bodyguard.md)
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *Revenge* (1990), Associate Producer
- *Smart Alec* (1986), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Stacy's Knights* (1983), Director
- *Death Riders* (1976), Director, Director of Photography
- *Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar* (1967), as Farmer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1991: Best Picture (won), for *Dances with Wolves*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1993: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (nominated), for *The Bodyguard*

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

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