---
name: "Michael White"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-white-154404"
fi1m_id: "michael-white-154404"
imdb_id: "nm0925214"
tmdb_id: 154404
wikidata_id: "Q6835322"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 January 1936"
died: "7 March 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:29:07.494019+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 White

## Identity

Michael White

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-white-154404
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-white-154404
- **IMDb ID:** nm0925214
- **TMDB ID:** 154404
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6835322
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_White_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6835322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925214/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/154404

Producer. Born 16 January 1936 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Died 7 March 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 January 1936, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 7 March 2016
- **Active:** 1975–1990
- **Frequently works with:** [Eric Idle](https://film.one/person/eric-idle.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (2), 1990s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $188m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_White_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6835322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925214/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/154404

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Monty Python and the Holy Grail*](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md) (87)

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## Biography

Michael White was a British theatrical impresario and film producer. Born in Glasgow in 1936, he was educated at the University of Paris. He began his career in the 1960s as an assistant to Sir Peter Daubeny and produced his first West End play in 1961.

White produced over 100 stage productions, including *Sleuth* (1970), *Oh! Calcutta!* (1969), the original *The Rocky Horror Show* (1973) and its 1975 film adaptation, and *A Chorus Line* (1976). His film credits include *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), *Jabberwocky* (1977) and *Enigma* (2001). He also produced the television series *The Comic Strip Presents...* from 1982. White wrote the autobiography *Empty Seats* (1985) and was the subject of the 2013 documentary *The Last Impresario*. He died in 2016.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)
- *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), Fi1m 87, Presenter, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md)
- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rocky-horror-picture-show.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

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

- *Completely Bad News* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Enigma* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Widows' Peak* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Jealousy* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Demonella* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Queen of the Wild Frontier* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Space Virgins from Planet Sex* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown* (1993), as TV Executive · Executive Producer
- *Wild Turkey* (1992), Executive Producer
- *The Crying Game* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Red Nose of Courage* (1992), Executive Producer
- *The Turn of the Screw* (1992), Producer
- *The Pope Must Die* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Les Dogs* (1990), Producer
- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)
- *Spaghetti Hoops* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Oxford* (1990), Executive Producer
- *South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1* (1990), Executive Producer
- *South Atlantic Raiders:  Part 2 Argie Bargie!* (1990), Executive Producer
- *GLC: The Carnage Continues* (1990), Executive Producer
- *The Deceivers* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Funseekers* (1988), Writer
- *Didn't You Kill My Brother?* (1988), Executive Producer
- *The Yob* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Mr Jolly Lives Next Door* (1988), Executive Producer
- *More Bad News* (1988), Executive Producer
- *The Strike* (1988), Executive Producer
- *White Mischief* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Eat the Rich* (1987), Executive Producer
- *High Season* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Private Enterprise* (1986), Executive Producer
- *Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)* (1986), Executive Producer
- *The Supergrass* (1985), Executive Producer
- *The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Slags* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Eddie Monsoon - a Life?* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Gino: Full Story and Pics* (1984), as Cab Fare · Executive Producer
- *A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Susie* (1984), Producer
- *Dirty Movie* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Five Go Mad on Mescalin* (1983), Executive Producer
- *Privates on Parade* (1983), as Art Direction
- *Summer School* (1983), Executive Producer
- *The Beat Generation* (1983), as Michael White · Producer
- *War* (1983), Executive Producer
- *The Comic Strip Presents...* (1982), series, as Cab Fare
- *Five Go Mad in Dorset* (1982), Producer
- *Moonlighting* (1982), Producer
- *Urgh! A Music War* (1981), Producer
- *Shock Treatment* (1981), Executive Producer
- *Polyester* (1981), Producer, Presenter
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1978), Executive Producer
- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rocky-horror-picture-show.md)
- *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), Producer, Presenter — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md)

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