---
name: "Nicky Kentish Barnes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicky-kentish-barnes"
fi1m_id: "nicky-kentish-barnes"
imdb_id: "nm0055717"
tmdb_id: 1266
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T14:44:48.117802+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."
---

# Nicky Kentish Barnes

## Identity

Nicky Kentish Barnes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicky-kentish-barnes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicky-kentish-barnes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0055717
- **TMDB ID:** 1266
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1266

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1986–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as producer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (2), 2000s 77 (1), 2010s 68 (4), 2020s 48 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 63 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Romance 6, Comedy 3, History 2, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $890m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1266

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*About Time*](https://film.one/film/about-time.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Nicky Kentish Barnes is a British film and television producer. Her credits include *About Time* (2013) and *Back to Black* (2024) as producer, *Everest* (2015) as producer, and *Match Point* (2005) as producer. She has also served as executive producer on *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018) and co-producer on several films including *About a Boy* (2002), *Scoop* (2006), *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* (2011) and *You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger* (2010).

Earlier in her career she worked in production roles on titles such as *A Room with a View* (1986) as production secretary. She received a nomination for a Hollywood Music in Media Award for *Back to Black*.

*Sources: imdb.com, oak1.the-numbers.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Back to Black* (2024), Fi1m 48, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-black.md)
- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Fi1m 70, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia-here-we-go-again.md)
- *Everest* (2015), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/everest.md)
- *About Time* (2013), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/about-time.md)
- *About a Boy* (2002), Fi1m 77, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/about-a-boy.md)
- *Maurice* (1987), Fi1m 83, Production Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *A Room with a View* (1986), Fi1m 84, Production Secretary — [page](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Ladies First* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Back to Black* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-black.md)
- *What's Love Got to Do with It?* (2023), Producer
- *Bill Burr: Paper Tiger* (2019), Producer
- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018), Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia-here-we-go-again.md)
- *Everest* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/everest.md)
- *About Time* (2013), Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/about-time.md)
- *Dancing on the Edge* (2013), series, Producer
- *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* (2012), Co-Producer
- *You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger* (2010), Co-Producer
- *Cassandra's Dream* (2007), Co-Producer
- *The Good Night* (2007), Co-Producer
- *Scoop* (2006), Co-Producer
- *Match Point* (2005), Producer
- *Trauma* (2004), Producer
- *About a Boy* (2002), Co-Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/about-a-boy.md)
- *High Heels and Low Lifes* (2001), Producer
- *Gangster No. 1* (2000), Producer
- *An Ideal Husband* (1999), Co-Producer
- *What Rats Won't Do* (1998), Producer
- *The Matchmaker* (1997), Line Producer
- *Loch Ness* (1996), Co-Producer
- *Heart of Darkness* (1994), Line Producer
- *The Young Americans* (1993), Production Supervisor
- *Wild West* (1993), Co-Producer
- *A Handful of Dust* (1988), Producer's Assistant
- *Maurice* (1987), Production Assistant — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *A Room with a View* (1986), as Production Secretary — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md)

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