---
name: "Pen Densham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pen-densham"
fi1m_id: "pen-densham"
imdb_id: "nm0219720"
tmdb_id: 2182
wikidata_id: "Q7162089"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "14 October 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T21:39:41.145585+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."
---

# Pen Densham

## Identity

Pen Densham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pen-densham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pen-densham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0219720
- **TMDB ID:** 2182
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7162089
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_Densham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162089, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219720/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2182

Producer. Born 14 October 1947 in Ruislip.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 14 October 1947, Ruislip
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [John Watson](https://film.one/person/john-watson.md), [Richard B. Lewis](https://film.one/person/richard-barton-lewis.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_Densham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162089, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219720/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2182

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves*](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves.md) (65), [*Backdraft*](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Pen Densham (born 14 October 1947) is a British-Canadian film and television producer, writer and director. Born in Ruislip, Middlesex, England, he left school at 15 and moved to Canada at 19, where he became a citizen and co-founded the production company Insight Productions with John Watson in Toronto.

In Hollywood, Densham and Watson established Trilogy Entertainment Group. Densham wrote the story and, with Watson, the screenplay for *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), which they also produced. Other credits include producing *Backdraft* (1991), writing and directing *Moll Flanders* (1996), and executive producing the television revivals of *The Outer Limits* and *The Twilight Zone*. He received two Academy Award nominations for short films made with Watson.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), Fi1m 65, Screenplay, Producer, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Backdraft* (1991), Fi1m 62, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Meeting the Beatles in India* (2020), Executive Producer
- *The Last Full Measure* (2020), Producer
- *Harriet* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Phantom* (2013), Producer
- *Just Buried* (2007), Producer
- *Carrie* (2002), Executive Producer
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, Producer, Writer
- *The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Brother's Keeper* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Houdini* (1998), Director, Writer
- *Creature* (1998), series, Executive Producer
- *Mr. Headmistress* (1998), Co-Executive Producer
- *The Taking of Pelham One Two Three* (1998), Executive Producer
- *The Magnificent Seven* (1998), series, Story, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Buffalo Soldiers* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Larger Than Life* (1996), Story, Producer
- *Moll Flanders* (1996), Director, Story, Screenplay, Producer
- *Tank Girl* (1995), Producer
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, Writer, Producer
- *Blown Away* (1994), Producer
- *Lifepod* (1993), Writer
- *Space Rangers* (1993), series, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *Taking Liberty* (1993), Story
- *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), Screenplay, Producer, Story — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves.md)
- *Backdraft* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/backdraft.md)
- *A Gnome Named Gnorm* (1991), Story, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Kiss* (1988), Director, Producer
- *Quicksilver* (1986), Second Unit Director
- *The Zoo Gang* (1985), Director, Story, Screenplay, Producer
- *Don't Mess with Bill* (1980), Producer, Director
- *Teleplay* (1976), series, Director, Writer
- *Horse Latitudes* (1975), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Pen Densham](https://film.one/media/person/79881/gallery-98e1c7ff3238.jpg) Pen Densham — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/CFC_in_L.A._17%28Pen_Densham%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._17%28Pen_Densham%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 09: Producer Pen Densham attends The Canadian Film Centre cocktail reception celebrating the Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab held  (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/79881/gallery-8216272500f9.jpg) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 09: Producer Pen Densham attends The Canadian Film Centre cocktail reception celebrating the Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab held  (2011) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/CFC_in_L.A._17%28Pen_Densham%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Patrick Cassavetti, Pen Densham, Virginia Kilbertus. Photo: Jesse Grant. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/79881/gallery-cb76a5b2ed16.jpg) Patrick Cassavetti, Pen Densham, Virginia Kilbertus. Photo: Jesse Grant. (2018) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/CFC_in_L.A._2018_%2839149212520%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._2018_%2839149212520%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mike Marcus, Pen Densham. Photo: Jesse Grant (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/79881/gallery-10a1636fc602.jpg) Mike Marcus, Pen Densham. Photo: Jesse Grant (2019) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/CFC_in_L.A._2019_%2832494883667%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._2019_%2832494883667%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Jewison, Pen Densham and Anita Camarata. Photo: Jesse Grant. (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/79881/gallery-020ad3efb991.jpg) Michael Jewison, Pen Densham and Anita Camarata. Photo: Jesse Grant. (2017) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/CFC_in_LA._2017_%2832766681284%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_LA._2017_%2832766681284%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1981: Best Documentary (Short Subject) (nominated), for *Don't Mess with Bill*
- 1974: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *Life Times Nine*

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

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