---
name: "Ronald Neame"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ronald-neame"
fi1m_id: "ronald-neame"
imdb_id: "nm0623768"
tmdb_id: 7501
wikidata_id: "Q460090"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "23 April 1911"
died: "16 June 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:11:04.505703+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."
---

# Ronald Neame

## Identity

Ronald Neame

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ronald-neame
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ronald-neame
- **IMDb ID:** nm0623768
- **TMDB ID:** 7501
- **Wikidata ID:** Q460090
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Neame, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460090, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623768/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7501

Producer. Born 23 April 1911 in London, England, UK. Died 16 June 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 23 April 1911, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 June 2010
- **Active:** 1929–1946
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 writing, 1 producing, 2 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [David Lean](https://film.one/person/david-lean.md), [Anthony Havelock-Allan](https://film.one/person/anthony-havelock-allan.md), [Bernard Miles](https://film.one/person/bernard-miles.md), [Celia Johnson](https://film.one/person/celia-johnson.md), [John Mills](https://film.one/person/john-mills.md), [Kay Walsh](https://film.one/person/kay-walsh.md), [Noël Coward](https://film.one/person/noel-coward.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 74 (1), 1940s 83 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Neame, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460090, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623768/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7501

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Brief Encounter*](https://film.one/film/brief-encounter.md) (90), [*Great Expectations*](https://film.one/film/great-expectations.md) (84), [*In Which We Serve*](https://film.one/film/in-which-we-serve.md) (74)

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## Biography

Ronald Neame (1911–2010) was an English cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director. He began his career in the 1920s as an assistant cameraman, working with Alfred Hitchcock on *Blackmail* (1929), and became a cinematographer on numerous films including *In Which We Serve* (1942).

In partnership with David Lean and Anthony Havelock-Allan at Cineguild, Neame produced *Brief Encounter* (1945) and *Great Expectations* (1946), and co-wrote both, earning Academy Award nominations for adapted screenplay. He later directed films such as *The Man Who Never Was* (1956), *The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie* (1969), *Scrooge* (1970), *The Poseidon Adventure* (1972) and *The Odessa File* (1974).

Neame was appointed CBE in 1996 and received the BAFTA Fellowship for his contributions to British cinema.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (1)

- *Great Expectations* (1946), Fi1m 84, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations.md)

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

- *Brief Encounter* (1945), Fi1m 90, Producer, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/brief-encounter.md)

### Crew (2)

- *In Which We Serve* (1942), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/in-which-we-serve.md)
- *Blackmail* (1929), Fi1m 74, Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/blackmail.md)

## Complete filmography (86)

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

- *A Profile of In Which We Serve* (2000), as Interviewee
- *The Magic Balloon* (1990), Screenplay, Director
- *Foreign Body* (1986), Director
- *Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios* (1986), as Interviewee
- *First Monday in October* (1981), as PA System Speaker at Tennis Court (voice) (uncredited) · Director
- *Hopscotch* (1980), Director
- *Meteor* (1979), as British Representative · Director
- *The Odessa File* (1974), Director
- *The Poseidon Adventure* (1972), Director
- *Scrooge* (1970), Director
- *The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie* (1969), Director
- *Prudence and the Pill* (1968), Director
- *Gambit* (1966), Director
- *A Man Could Get Killed* (1966), Director
- *Mister Moses* (1965), Director
- *The Chalk Garden* (1964), Director
- *I Could Go on Singing* (1963), Director
- *Escape from Zahrain* (1962), Director, Producer
- *Tunes of Glory* (1960), Director
- *The Horse's Mouth* (1958), Director, Producer
- *Windom's Way* (1957), Director
- *The Seventh Sin* (1957), Director
- *The Man Who Never Was* (1956), Director
- *The Million Pound Note* (1954), Director
- *The Card* (1952), Director
- *The Magic Box* (1952), Producer
- *Golden Salamander* (1950), Director, Writer
- *The Passionate Friends* (1949), Producer
- *Oliver Twist* (1948), Producer
- *Take My Life* (1947), Director
- *Great Expectations* (1946), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations.md)
- *Brief Encounter* (1945), Producer, Additional Writing — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/brief-encounter.md)
- *Blithe Spirit* (1945), Director of Photography, Screenplay
- *This Happy Breed* (1944), Director of Photography, Associate Producer, Screenplay
- *In Which We Serve* (1942), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/in-which-we-serve.md)
- *One of Our Aircraft Is Missing* (1942), Director of Photography
- *A Yank in the R.A.F.* (1941), Cinematography
- *Major Barbara* (1941), Cinematography
- *Saloon Bar* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Let George Do It!* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Return to Yesterday* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Come on George!* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Cheer Boys Cheer* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Young Man's Fancy* (1939), Cinematography
- *The Four Just Men* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Let's Be Famous* (1939), Cinematography
- *Trouble Brewing* (1939), Cinematography
- *The Ware Case* (1938), Director of Photography
- *It's in the Air* (1938), Cinematography
- *The Gaunt Stranger* (1938), Cinematography
- *Penny Paradise* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Who Goes Next?* (1938), Cinematography
- *I See Ice* (1938), Cinematography
- *Murder in the Family* (1938), Cinematography
- *Second Thoughts* (1938), Cinematography
- *Against the Tide* (1937), Cinematography
- *Brief Ecstasy* (1937), Cinematography
- *Catch as Catch Can* (1937), Cinematography
- *Strange Experiment* (1937), Cinematography
- *Feather Your Nest* (1937), Cinematography
- *Café Colette* (1937), Cinematography
- *The Scarab Murder Case* (1936), Cinematography
- *Radio Lover* (1936), Cinematography
- *Once in a Million* (1936), Director of Photography
- *A Star Fell from Heaven* (1936), Director of Photography
- *The Crimes of Stephen Hawke* (1936), Cinematography
- *King of the Castle* (1936), Cinematography
- *The Improper Duchess* (1936), Cinematography
- *Reasonable Doubt* (1936), Cinematography
- *Joy Ride* (1935), Cinematography
- *Invitation to the Waltz* (1935), Cinematography
- *Honours Easy* (1935), Cinematography
- *Drake of England* (1935), Director of Photography
- *The Old Curiosity Shop* (1934), Camera Operator
- *Radio Parade of 1935* (1934), Camera Operator
- *Girls Will Be Boys* (1934), Camera Operator
- *Give Her a Ring* (1934), Camera Operator
- *A Southern Maid* (1934), Camera Operator
- *Happy* (1933), Camera Operator
- *For the Love of Mike* (1932), Camera Operator
- *Fires of Fate* (1932), Camera Operator
- *Mr. Bill the Conqueror* (1932), Camera Operator
- *The Maid of the Mountains* (1932), Camera Operator
- *Blackmail* (1929), Assistant Camera — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/blackmail.md)
- *Adam's Apple* (1928), Camera Operator
- *Toni* (1928), Camera Operator

## Gallery

- ![Ronald Neame](https://film.one/media/person/66/gallery-ccd3f1475836.jpg) Ronald Neame — Bruce H. Cox, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Ronald_Neame_Oscars.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Academy Award winner Gene Hackman cuts cake on set of his new film, The Poseidon Adventure, at 20th Century Fox. Other members of cast who previously had won Os (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/66/gallery-5351ee9e2d57.jpg) Academy Award winner Gene Hackman cuts cake on set of his new film, The Poseidon Adventure, at 20th Century Fox. Other members of cast who previously had won Os (1972) — Bruce H. Cox, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Actors_on_the_set_of_The_Poseidon_Adventure_celebrating_their_Oscar_wins.jpg/1280px-Actors_on_the_set_of_The_Poseidon_Adventure_celebrating_their_Oscar_wins.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1948: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Great Expectations*
- 1947: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Brief Encounter*
- 1943: Best Special Effects (nominated), for *One of Our Aircraft Is Missing*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 1996: BAFTA Fellowship (won)

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

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