---
name: "Nick Laws"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-laws"
fi1m_id: "nick-laws"
imdb_id: "nm0493130"
tmdb_id: 1270110
wikidata_id: "Q80802863"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "9 May 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:18:03.826636+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."
---

# Nick Laws

## Identity

Nick Laws

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-laws
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-laws
- **IMDb ID:** nm0493130
- **TMDB ID:** 1270110
- **Wikidata ID:** Q80802863
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80802863, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493130/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1270110

Producer. Born 9 May 1958 in India.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 9 May 1958, India
- **Active:** 1991–2009
- **Also known as:** Nicholas Michael Laws, Nicholas M. Laws
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 producing, 2 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 68 (2), 2000s 84 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80802863, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493130/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1270110

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Fish Tank*](https://film.one/film/fish-tank.md) (85)

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

## Biography

Nick Laws is a British producer, production manager and assistant director. Born in India on 9 May 1958, he began his career as a post boy at 20th Century Fox in London before working as a production runner on *Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back* (1980). He progressed through assistant director roles on films including *Superman III* (1983), David Lean's *A Passage to India* (1984) and several projects with Michael Winterbottom.

Laws moved into production management on Sally Potter's *Yes* (2004) and served as production supervisor or manager on *The Constant Gardener* (2005) and *Blood Diamond* (2006). He produced Andrea Arnold's short *Dog* (2001) and her feature *Fish Tank* (2009), which won the Jury Prize at Cannes and the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film. He has worked as line producer or co-executive producer on series including *Narcos: Mexico* (2018–2021) and *The Mosquito Coast* (2021–2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, cdn.festival-cannes.com, en.wikipedia.org, talkofthetown.co.za.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Produced (2) — the average rests on these

- *Fish Tank* (2009), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fish-tank.md)
- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), Fi1m 82, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Go Now* (1995), Fi1m 77, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/go-now.md)
- *Kafka* (1991), Fi1m 58, Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/kafka.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Butterfly* (2025), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Mosquito Coast* (2021), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Narcos: Mexico* (2018), series, Producer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Blood* (2012), Producer
- *Fish Tank* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/fish-tank.md)
- *Blood Diamond* (2006), Production Supervisor
- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), Production Manager — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)
- *Dog* (2001), Producer
- *The Claim* (2000), First Assistant Director
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades* (2000), Second Assistant Director
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil* (1999), First Assistant Director, Second Assistant Director
- *With or Without You* (1999), First Assistant Director
- *Go Now* (1995), Assistant Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/go-now.md)
- *A Far Off Place* (1993), Second Assistant Director
- *Kafka* (1991), Second Assistant Director — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/kafka.md)
- *Mountains of the Moon* (1990), Second Assistant Director
- *Loose Connections* (1984), Third Assistant Director
- *A Shocking Accident* (1982), Assistant Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 2009: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Fish Tank*

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

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