---
name: "Lindsay Doran"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lindsay-doran"
fi1m_id: "lindsay-doran"
imdb_id: "nm0233386"
tmdb_id: 11058
wikidata_id: "Q13516699"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "22 June 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-04T23:01:33.730475+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."
---

# Lindsay Doran

## Identity

Lindsay Doran

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lindsay-doran
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lindsay-doran
- **IMDb ID:** nm0233386
- **TMDB ID:** 11058
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13516699
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Doran, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13516699, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233386/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11058

Producer. Born 22 June 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 22 June 1948, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1984–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Emma Thompson](https://film.one/person/emma-thompson.md), [Scott Frank](https://film.one/person/scott-frank.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 91 (1), 1990s 76 (4), 2000s 78 (1), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 75 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 4, Comedy 3, Romance 3, Thriller 2, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $634m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Doran, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13516699, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233386/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11058

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Stranger Than Fiction*](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dead Again*](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Sheep Detectives*](https://film.one/film/the-sheep-detectives.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Lindsay Doran (born 22 June 1948) is an American film producer and studio executive. She was born in Los Angeles, California, to film executive D. A. Doran and Marion Avery, who worked in the play department at Columbia Pictures. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Doran began her career as a studio executive at Paramount Pictures, where she oversaw development on films including *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986) and *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984). In 1989 she joined Mirage Enterprises as a producer. There she produced *Dead Again* (1991) and *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), the latter developed with Emma Thompson. Her other producing credits include *The Firm* (1993), *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), *Nanny McPhee* (2005) and *Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang* (2010).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Sheep Detectives* (2026), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sheep-detectives.md)
- *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md)
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), Fi1m 85, as Maid Admitting Col. Brandon (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md)
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *The Firm* (1993), Fi1m 71, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md)
- *Dead Again* (1991), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md)
- *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984), Fi1m 91, Executive In Charge Of Production — [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-spinal-tap.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The Sheep Detectives* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sheep-detectives.md)
- *Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang* (2010), Producer
- *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md)
- *Nanny McPhee* (2005), Producer
- *Sabrina* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1995), as Maid Admitting Col. Brandon (uncredited) · Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sense-and-sensibility.md)
- *Red Wind* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Executive Producer, Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *The Firm* (1993), Executive Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-firm.md)
- *A Private Matter* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Leaving Normal* (1992), Producer
- *Dead Again* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-again.md)
- *Ghost* (1990), Thanks — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)
- *This Is Spinal Tap* (1984), Executive In Charge Of Production — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-spinal-tap.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1996: Best Picture (nominated), for *Sense and Sensibility*

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

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