---
name: "Michael Deeley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-deeley"
fi1m_id: "michael-deeley"
imdb_id: "nm0214303"
tmdb_id: 581
wikidata_id: "Q656655"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "6 August 1932"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T17:20:39.809559+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."
---

# Michael Deeley

## Identity

Michael Deeley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-deeley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-deeley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0214303
- **TMDB ID:** 581
- **Wikidata ID:** Q656655
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Deeley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q656655, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214303/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/581

Producer. Born 6 August 1932 in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 6 August 1932, London
- **Active:** 1976–1982
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 83 (2), 1980s 85 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Science Fiction 2, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $91m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Deeley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q656655, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214303/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/581

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Man Who Fell to Earth*](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Michael Deeley is a British film producer born on 6 August 1932 in London. He entered the industry in 1952 as an assistant editor and later produced his first short film in 1956.

Deeley produced *The Italian Job* (1969), *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976), *The Deer Hunter* (1978), for which he shared an Academy Award for Best Picture, and *Blade Runner* (1982). He also served as executive producer on *Convoy* (1978) and held management roles at British Lion and EMI Films.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Blade Runner* (1982), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)
- *The Deer Hunter* (1978), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md)
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Nudes, Nudists & Nudism: Volume 4* (2000), Producer
- *Young Catherine* (1991), series, Executive Producer
- *A Gathering of Old Men* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Finnegan Begin Again* (1985), Executive Producer
- *Blade Runner* (1982), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)
- *The Deer Hunter* (1978), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md)
- *Convoy* (1978), Executive Producer
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md)
- *Conduct Unbecoming* (1975), Producer
- *Murphy's War* (1971), Producer
- *The Italian Job* (1969), Producer
- *Sleep is Lovely* (1968), Executive Producer
- *The Long Day's Dying* (1968), Executive Producer
- *Robbery* (1967), Producer
- *The Knack... and How to Get It* (1965), Executive Producer
- *One Way Pendulum* (1965), Producer
- *The Reluctant Nudist* (1964), Producer
- *Crosstrap* (1962), Executive Producer
- *At the Stroke of Nine* (1957), Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1979: Best Picture (won), for *The Deer Hunter*

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

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