---
name: "Richard Holmes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-holmes"
fi1m_id: "richard-holmes"
imdb_id: "nm0392020"
tmdb_id: 64047
wikidata_id: "Q7326513"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T01:32:18.481055+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."
---

# Richard Holmes

## Identity

Richard Holmes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-holmes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-holmes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0392020
- **TMDB ID:** 64047
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7326513
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Holmes_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7326513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64047

Producer. Born 1 January 1963 in Epping, Essex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1963, Epping, Essex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1998–2017
- **Also known as:** Otto Jarman
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (1), 2010s 82 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 75 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Documentary 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $53m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Holmes_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7326513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64047

## Biography

Richard Holmes (born 1 January 1963) is a British film producer. He began his career as part of the comedy duo The Gruber Brothers with Stefan Schwartz and later produced Schwartz's debut feature *Soft Top Hard Shoulder* (1993).

Holmes co-wrote and produced *Shooting Fish* (1997). He produced *Waking Ned* (1998) with Glynis Murray, for which they received a Producers Guild of America Award nomination. Subsequent credits include *Eden Lake* (2008) and executive producer roles on *God's Own Country* (2017), *45 Years* (2015) and *The Ritual* (2017). He has also acted under the name Otto Jarman.

Holmes served as managing director of Civilian Content Plc from 1999 to 2002. He co-founded the New Producers Alliance and was Vice-Chairman for Film at PACT.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *God's Own Country* (2017), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/gods-own-country.md)
- *Notes on Blindness* (2016), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md)
- *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), Fi1m 75, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md)
- *45 Years* (2015), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/45-years.md)
- *Waking Ned* (1998), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/waking-ned.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *The Ritual* (2017), Producer
- *God's Own Country* (2017), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gods-own-country.md)
- *The Marker* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Girl with All the Gifts* (2016), Executive Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-all-the-gifts.md)
- *The Lovers and the Despot* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Notes on Blindness* (2016), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md)
- *Adult Life Skills* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Light Years* (2015), Executive Producer
- *45 Years* (2015), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/45-years.md)
- *Keeping Rosy* (2014), Producer
- *Jadoo* (2013), Producer
- *Resistance* (2011), Producer
- *Eden Lake* (2008), Producer
- *The Abduction Club* (2002), Producer
- *Dead Babies* (2000), Producer
- *Waking Ned* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/waking-ned.md)
- *Shooting Fish* (1997), Writer
- *Solitaire for 2* (1995), as Neighbour
- *As Time Goes By* (1992), series, as Mike Barbosa
- *Death of a Son* (1989), as Mark (as Otto Jarman)
- *Joyriders* (1988), as 2nd American Soldier
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Billy Lowry
- *Tough* (1974), as Teacher
- *The Duchess and I*, Producer
- *Bonded*, Producer

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