---
name: "Michael Klinger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-klinger"
fi1m_id: "michael-klinger"
imdb_id: "nm0459771"
tmdb_id: 69558
wikidata_id: "Q6831914"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 November 1920"
died: "15 September 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T15:53:07.112966+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 Klinger

## Identity

Michael Klinger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-klinger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-klinger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0459771
- **TMDB ID:** 69558
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6831914
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Klinger_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6831914, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459771/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69558

Producer. Born 1 November 1920 in London. Died 15 September 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 November 1920, London
- **Died:** 15 September 1989
- **Active:** 1965–1971
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 88 (1), 1970s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Klinger_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6831914, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459771/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69558

## Biography

Michael Klinger (1 November 1920 – 15 September 1989) was an English film producer and distributor. Born in London to Polish Jewish parents, he co-founded the Compton cinema chain and distribution company with Tony Tenser in the early 1960s.

Klinger financed Roman Polanski's *Repulsion* (1965) and *Cul-de-sac* (1966). After the partnership with Tenser ended, he produced *Get Carter* (1971) starring Michael Caine, *Pulp* (1972), *Gold* (1974) and *Shout at the Devil* (1976). He was also executive producer of the *Confessions* series of sex comedies (1974–1978).

His papers are held at the University of the West of England, and his career is the subject of the book and documentary *The Man Who Got Carter*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Get Carter* (1971), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/get-carter.md)
- *Repulsion* (1965), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/repulsion.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Undateable John* (2019), as Fishbone
- *The Chauffeur* (2012), as Alex
- *The Speak* (2011), as Luis
- *Strapped* (2010), as David
- *Tomorrow Never Comes* (1978), Producer
- *Confessions from a Holiday Camp* (1977), Executive Producer
- *Confessions of a Driving Instructor* (1976), Executive Producer
- *Shout at the Devil* (1976), Producer
- *Confessions of a Pop Performer* (1975), Executive Producer
- *Confessions of a Window Cleaner* (1974), Executive Producer
- *Gold* (1974), Producer
- *Something to Hide* (1973), Producer
- *Barcelona Kill* (1973), Executive Producer
- *Pulp* (1972), Producer
- *Get Carter* (1971), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/get-carter.md)
- *Baby Love* (1969), Writer, Executive Producer
- *The London Nobody Knows* (1968), Producer
- *The Penthouse* (1967), Executive Producer
- *Cul-de-sac* (1966), Producer
- *The Projected Man* (1966), Executive Producer
- *Secrets of a Windmill Girl* (1966), Executive Producer
- *A Study in Terror* (1965), Producer
- *Repulsion* (1965), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/repulsion.md)
- *The Pleasure Girls* (1965), Producer
- *Primitive London* (1965), Executive Producer
- *The Black Torment* (1964), Producer
- *London in the Raw* (1964), Executive Producer
- *The Yellow Teddy Bears* (1963), Executive Producer
- *As Nature Intended* (1961), Producer

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