---
name: "Simon Channing-Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-channing-williams"
fi1m_id: "simon-channing-williams"
imdb_id: "nm0151925"
tmdb_id: 20423
wikidata_id: "Q2606507"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "10 June 1945"
died: "12 April 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-04T18:41:43.744715+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."
---

# Simon Channing-Williams

## Identity

Simon Channing-Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-channing-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-channing-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0151925
- **TMDB ID:** 20423
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2606507
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Channing_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2606507, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151925/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20423

Producer. Born 10 June 1945 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK. Died 12 April 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 10 June 1945, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 12 April 2009
- **Active:** 1984–2008
- **Also known as:** Simon Channing Williams
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 7 producing, 1 crew, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Mike Leigh](https://film.one/person/mike-leigh.md), [Timothy Spall](https://film.one/person/timothy-spall.md), [Claire Skinner](https://film.one/person/claire-skinner.md), [Eddie Marsan](https://film.one/person/eddie-marsan.md), [Jim Broadbent](https://film.one/person/jim-broadbent.md), [Sally Hawkins](https://film.one/person/sally-hawkins.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 65 (1), 1990s 86 (4), 2000s 83 (3), 2010s 87 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 81 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Comedy 4, History 1, Music 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $139m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Channing_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2606507, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151925/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20423

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Topsy-Turvy*](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md) (88), [*Secrets & Lies*](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md) (88)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Naked*](https://film.one/film/naked.md) (84), [*Life Is Sweet*](https://film.one/film/life-is-sweet.md) (84)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Vera Drake*](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Simon Channing Williams (also credited as Simon Channing-Williams) was a British film producer. He began his career at the BBC in the 1970s, working as an assistant director and production assistant on television projects alongside directors including Stephen Frears, Mike Newell, Michael Apted and Mike Leigh.

In 1988 he and Leigh founded Thin Man Films, which produced all of Leigh's subsequent feature films, among them *High Hopes* (1988), *Life Is Sweet* (1991), *Naked* (1993), *Secrets & Lies* (1996), *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), *All or Nothing* (2002), *Vera Drake* (2004) and *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008). In 2000 he co-founded Potboiler Productions with Gail Egan; through the company he produced films including *Nicholas Nickleby* (2002) and *The Constant Gardener* (2005).

Channing Williams died of cancer on 11 April 2009 in Cornwall, aged 63.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com, independent.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Produced (7) — the average rests on these

- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)
- *Vera Drake* (2004), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)
- *Secrets & Lies* (1996), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md)
- *Naked* (1993), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/naked.md)
- *Life Is Sweet* (1991), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/life-is-sweet.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), Fi1m 65, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Another Year* (2010), Fi1m 87, In Memory Of — [page](https://film.one/film/another-year.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *A Most Wanted Man* (2014), In Memory Of
- *Another Year* (2010), In Memory Of — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/another-year.md)
- *Lecture 21* (2008), Co-Producer
- *Blindness* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *Flannel Pajamas* (2006), Executive Producer
- *The Last King of Scotland* (2006), Thanks
- *Brothers of the Head* (2006), Producer
- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)
- *Vera Drake* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)
- *Man About Dog* (2004), Producer
- *Nicholas Nickleby* (2002), Producer
- *All or Nothing* (2002), Producer
- *New Year's Day* (2001), Producer
- *Goodbye Charlie Bright* (2001), Producer
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)
- *Career Girls* (1997), Producer
- *Secrets & Lies* (1996), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md)
- *The Great Kandinsky* (1995), Producer
- *Jack & Sarah* (1995), Producer
- *Naked* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/naked.md)
- *Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright* (1993), Producer
- *A Sense of History* (1992), Producer
- *Life Is Sweet* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/life-is-sweet.md)
- *When the Whales Came* (1989), Producer
- *High Hopes* (1989), Producer
- *The Short & Curlies* (1987), Co-Producer
- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)
- *The Breakthrough* (1975), Production Assistant

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1997: Best Picture (nominated), for *Secrets & Lies*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Film 1989: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *High Hopes*

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

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