---
name: "Kevin Loader"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kevin-loader"
fi1m_id: "kevin-loader"
imdb_id: "nm0002941"
tmdb_id: 18846
wikidata_id: "Q28858652"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 14
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 14
updated: "2026-10-22T02:37:10.931630+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."
---

# Kevin Loader

## Identity

Kevin Loader

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kevin-loader
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kevin-loader
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002941
- **TMDB ID:** 18846
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28858652
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Loader, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28858652, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18846

Producer. Born 1 January 1956 in Bournemouth.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1956, Bournemouth
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Bennett](https://film.one/person/alan-bennett.md), [Damian Jones](https://film.one/person/damian-jones.md), [Armando Iannucci](https://film.one/person/armando-iannucci.md), [Nicholas Hytner](https://film.one/person/nicholas-hytner.md), [Roger Michell](https://film.one/person/roger-michell.md), [Dominic Cooper](https://film.one/person/dominic-cooper.md), [Hanif Kureishi](https://film.one/person/hanif-kureishi.md), [Peter Capaldi](https://film.one/person/peter-capaldi.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as producer, over 14 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2000s 70 (5), 2010s 76 (5), 2020s 61 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 65 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 12, Comedy 8, Music 2, Romance 2, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 20 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $166m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Loader, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28858652, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18846

## Coming up

- *Prima Facie* (2026-11-13), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*In the Loop*](https://film.one/film/in-the-loop.md) (92)
- **AMC+:** [*The Death of Stalin*](https://film.one/film/the-death-of-stalin.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Nowhere Boy*](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md) (72)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Lady in the Van*](https://film.one/film/the-lady-in-the-van.md) (64)
- **Netflix:** [*The Choral*](https://film.one/film/the-choral.md) (57)

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

## Biography

Kevin Loader is a British film and television producer. Born in 1956 in Bournemouth, Dorset, he was educated at Maidstone Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he read English, followed by postgraduate studies at the University of Connecticut.

He joined BBC Television as a trainee in 1982 and worked on current affairs, magazine and arts programmes before moving to drama. In 1996 he co-founded the production company Free Range Films with director Roger Michell. Loader has produced numerous feature films, including *In the Loop* (2009), *The Death of Stalin* (2017), *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019) and *Allelujah* (2023). He received a BAFTA award for Best Television Serial in 2015 for *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies*.

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

## On Fi1m (14)

- *The Choral* (2025), Fi1m 57, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-choral.md)
- *Allelujah* (2023), Fi1m 50, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/allelujah.md)
- *Alan Bennett's Talking Heads* (2020), Fi1m 75, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/alan-bennetts-talking-heads.md)
- *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield.md)
- *The Death of Stalin* (2017), Fi1m 83, Second Unit Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-death-of-stalin.md)
- *The Lady in the Van* (2015), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-in-the-van.md)
- *Northern Soul* (2014), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/northern-soul.md)
- *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lost-honour-of-christopher-jefferies.md)
- *In the Loop* (2009), Fi1m 92, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-loop.md)
- *Nowhere Boy* (2009), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md)
- *The History Boys* (2006), Fi1m 67, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-history-boys.md)
- *Venus* (2006), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)
- *Captain Corelli's Mandolin* (2001), Fi1m 48, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-corellis-mandolin.md)
- *The Buddha of Suburbia* (1993), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-buddha-of-suburbia.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *Prima Facie* (2026), Producer
- *Ali G: Who Iz I?* (2026), Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/ali-g-who-iz-i.md)
- *The Choral* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-choral.md)
- *The Summer Book* (2025), Producer
- *In My Own Words: Hanif Kureishi* (2024), Producer
- *The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry* (2023), Producer
- *Allelujah* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/allelujah.md)
- *Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s)* (2022), Producer
- *Say Your Prayers* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Alan Bennett's Talking Heads* (2020), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/alan-bennetts-talking-heads.md)
- *Avenue 5* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-personal-history-of-david-copperfield.md)
- *Ferrari: Race to Immortality* (2017), Producer
- *The Death of Stalin* (2017), Producer, Second Unit Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-death-of-stalin.md)
- *My Cousin Rachel* (2017), Producer, Second Unit Director
- *Una* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Lady in the Van* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lady-in-the-van.md)
- *Birthday* (2015), Producer
- *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014), series, Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lost-honour-of-christopher-jefferies.md)
- *Northern Soul* (2014), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/northern-soul.md)
- *Le Week-End* (2013), Producer
- *Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa* (2013), Producer
- *Hyde Park on Hudson* (2012), Producer
- *Wuthering Heights* (2011), Producer
- *Nowhere Boy* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md)
- *In the Loop* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-loop.md)
- *Good* (2008), Producer
- *Brideshead Revisited* (2008), Producer
- *Straightheads* (2007), Producer
- *The History Boys* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-history-boys.md)
- *Venus* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)
- *Enduring Love* (2004), Producer
- *Wondrous Oblivion* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Burst* (2004), as Maxwell's Fan 15
- *The Mother* (2003), Producer
- *To Kill a King* (2003), Executive Producer, Producer
- *Captain Corelli's Mandolin* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-corellis-mandolin.md)
- *Virtual Sexuality* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Holding On* (1997), series, Executive Producer
- *The Tenant of Wildfell Hall* (1996), series, Executive Producer
- *The Crow Road* (1996), series, Executive Producer
- *Bed* (1995), Producer
- *Degrees of Error* (1995), series, Producer
- *The Buddha of Suburbia* (1993), series, Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-buddha-of-suburbia.md)
- *Look At It This Way* (1992), series, Producer
- *Performance* (1991), series, Producer
- *Jan Švankmajer: The Animator of Prague* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Face to Face: Bernardo Bertolucci* (1989), Director
- *Gypsy Boy*, Producer
- *Clybourne Park*, Producer
- *The Housekeeper*, Producer
- *Bad Major*, Executive Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Comedy 2018: European Film Award for Best Comedy (won), for *The Death of Stalin*
- European Film Award for Best Comedy 2014: European Film Award for Best Comedy (nominated), for *Le Week-End*

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

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