---
name: "Michael Hamlyn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-hamlyn"
fi1m_id: "michael-hamlyn"
imdb_id: "nm0358300"
tmdb_id: 31857
wikidata_id: "Q131427750"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "23 March 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T04:16:17.535741+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 Hamlyn

## Identity

Michael Hamlyn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-hamlyn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-hamlyn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0358300
- **TMDB ID:** 31857
- **Wikidata ID:** Q131427750
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hamlyn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131427750, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358300/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31857

Producer. Born 23 March 1955 in Paddington, London, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 23 March 1955, Paddington, London, UK
- **Active:** 1994–2005
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hamlyn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131427750, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358300/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31857

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert*](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Michael Hamlyn is an English film and theatre producer. Born on 23 March 1955 in Paddington, London, he established Specific Films Ltd in 1991 and has produced feature films, music videos and stage productions.

He is best known for producing the 1994 film *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (with Al Clark) and its subsequent stage musical adaptation. Other film credits include *U2: Rattle and Hum* (1988), *The Proposition* (2005) as executive producer and *Mystify: Michael Hutchence* (2019) as co-producer. He has also produced music videos for artists including U2, The Rolling Stones, INXS and Bruce Springsteen.

Hamlyn is the son of the late Lord Paul Hamlyn and has served as a trustee of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation since the 1980s. He was formerly a governor of the Southbank Centre and is a co-owner of the Bibendum restaurant in London.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Proposition* (2005), Fi1m 79, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-proposition.md)
- *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (1994), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Mystify: Michael Hutchence* (2019), Co-Producer
- *The Proposition* (2005), Executive Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-proposition.md)
- *The Last Seduction II* (1999), Producer
- *Mr. Reliable* (1996), Producer
- *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert.md)
- *U2: Rattle and Hum* (1988), Producer
- *Aria* (1987), Associate Producer
- *White City* (1985), Producer
- *Party Party* (1983), Producer
- *The Secret Policeman's Other Ball* (1982), Associate Producer
- *Hussy* (1980), Second Assistant Director
- *Sweet William* (1980), Third Assistant Director

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