---
name: "Stephen Woolley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-woolley"
fi1m_id: "stephen-woolley"
imdb_id: "nm0941262"
tmdb_id: 9021
wikidata_id: "Q7610883"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "3 September 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 13
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 13
updated: "2026-10-04T21:52:52.043478+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."
---

# Stephen Woolley

## Identity

Stephen Woolley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-woolley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-woolley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0941262
- **TMDB ID:** 9021
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7610883
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Woolley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7610883, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9021

Producer. Born 3 September 1956 in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 3 September 1956, London
- **Active:** 1986–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Neil Jordan](https://film.one/person/neil-jordan.md), [Elizabeth Karlsen](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-karlsen.md), [Stephen Rea](https://film.one/person/stephen-rea.md), [Bob Hoskins](https://film.one/person/bob-hoskins.md), [Forest Whitaker](https://film.one/person/forest-whitaker.md), [Miranda Richardson](https://film.one/person/miranda-richardson.md), [Redmond Morris](https://film.one/person/redmond-morris.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 13 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 67 (3), 1990s 76 (5), 2010s 69 (4), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 68 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 11, Romance 6, Comedy 4, Crime 3, Thriller 3, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 25 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $400m across 13 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Woolley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7610883, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9021

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Mona Lisa*](https://film.one/film/mona-lisa.md) (83), [*Interview with the Vampire*](https://film.one/film/interview-with-the-vampire.md) (79)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Carol*](https://film.one/film/carol.md) (88)
- **Netflix:** [*On Chesil Beach*](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md) (65)
- **Apple TV:** [*High Spirits*](https://film.one/film/high-spirits.md) (52)

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

## Biography

Stephen Woolley is an English film producer and occasional director. Born in London in 1956, he began his career in cinema exhibition, working as an usher before programming and running the Scala Cinema in London. In the early 1980s he co-founded Palace Video and Palace Pictures with Nik Powell, which distributed and produced independent films.

Woolley has produced films including *The Crying Game* (1992), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, *Interview with the Vampire* (1994), *Michael Collins* (1996), *Carol* (2015) and *Living* (2022). He has frequently collaborated with director Neil Jordan and runs the production company Number 9 Films with his partner Elizabeth Karlsen. In 2019 he received the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.

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

## On Fi1m (13)

- *Living* (2022), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/living.md)
- *On Chesil Beach* (2018), Fi1m 65, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md)
- *Carol* (2015), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/carol.md)
- *Youth* (2015), Fi1m 66, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/youth-2015.md)
- *Great Expectations* (2012), Fi1m 57, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-2012.md)
- *The Butcher Boy* (1998), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-butcher-boy.md)
- *Michael Collins* (1996), Fi1m 75, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/michael-collins.md)
- *Interview with the Vampire* (1994), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/interview-with-the-vampire.md)
- *The Crying Game* (1992), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-crying-game.md)
- *A Rage in Harlem* (1991), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-rage-in-harlem.md)
- *Scandal* (1989), Fi1m 66, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/scandal.md)
- *High Spirits* (1988), Fi1m 52, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/high-spirits.md)
- *Mona Lisa* (1986), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mona-lisa.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

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

- *The Salt Path* (2025), Producer
- *The Assessment* (2025), Producer
- *Another End* (2024), Co-Executive Producer
- *Alice, Darling* (2022), Thanks
- *Living* (2022), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/living.md)
- *Mothering Sunday* (2021), Producer
- *Colette* (2018), Producer
- *On Chesil Beach* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md)
- *Their Finest* (2017), Producer
- *The Limehouse Golem* (2016), Producer
- *Carol* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/carol.md)
- *Youth* (2015), Co-Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/youth-2015.md)
- *Hyena* (2015), Producer
- *Byzantium* (2013), Producer
- *Great Expectations* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-2012.md)
- *Dark Blood* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Midnight's Children* (2012), Co-Producer
- *Made in Dagenham* (2010), Producer
- *Perrier's Bounty* (2010), Producer
- *Sounds Like Teen Spirit* (2009), Producer
- *No Flesh Shall Be Spared* (2009), Actor
- *How to Lose Friends & Alienate People* (2008), Producer
- *And When Did You Last See Your Father?* (2007), Producer
- *Stoned* (2005), Director, Producer
- *Breakfast on Pluto* (2005), Producer
- *Intermission* (2003), Producer
- *The Actors* (2003), Producer
- *The Good Thief* (2003), Producer
- *Purely Belter* (2000), Executive Producer
- *The Last September* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Not I* (2000), Producer
- *Cap'syt: The First Movie - Bingger, Longcker & Eggcut* (1999), Co-Executive Producer
- *Cap'syt: The First Movie - Bingger, Longcker & Eggcut* (1999), Co-Executive Producer
- *The End of the Affair* (1999), Producer
- *B. Monkey* (1999), Producer
- *The Lost Son* (1999), Executive Producer
- *The Last Days of the Board* (1999), as Presenter
- *In Dreams* (1999), Producer
- *Little Voice* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Divorcing Jack* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Welcome to Woop Woop* (1998), Executive Producer
- *TwentyFourSeven* (1998), Executive Producer
- *The Butcher Boy* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-butcher-boy.md)
- *Fever Pitch* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Michael Collins* (1996), Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/michael-collins.md)
- *The Neon Bible* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Interview with the Vampire* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/interview-with-the-vampire.md)
- *Backbeat* (1994), Producer
- *The Crying Game* (1992), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-crying-game.md)
- *Waterland* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Dust Devil* (1992), Executive Producer
- *A Woman at War* (1991), Executive Producer
- *The Pope Must Die* (1991), Producer
- *A Rage in Harlem* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/a-rage-in-harlem.md)
- *The Miracle* (1991), Producer
- *Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Hardware* (1990), Executive Producer
- *The Big Man* (1990), Producer
- *Dancin' Thru the Dark* (1990), Co-Executive Producer
- *Shag* (1989), Producer
- *Scandal* (1989), Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scandal.md)
- *High Spirits* (1988), Producer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/high-spirits.md)
- *The Courier* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Mona Lisa* (1986), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mona-lisa.md)
- *Absolute Beginners* (1986), Producer
- *Chinese Boxes* (1984), Executive Producer
- *The Company of Wolves* (1984), Producer, Executive Producer
- *The Oshima Gang* (1983), Producer

## Gallery

- ![Stephen Woolley (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/80534/gallery-31adc00785b8.jpg) Stephen Woolley (2015) — 9stephenmews, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Stephen_Woolley.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Stephen Woolley](https://film.one/media/person/80534/gallery-19507d57fdfb.jpg) Stephen Woolley — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Stephen_Woolley_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Stephen_Woolley_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1993: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Crying Game*

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film 1993: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film (won), for *The Crying Game*
- European Film Award for Best Achievement 1993: European Film Award for Best Achievement (won), for *The Crying Game*
- Young European Film of the Year 1989: Young European Film of the Year (nominated), for *Scandal*

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

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