---
name: "Steve Abbott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-abbott"
fi1m_id: "steve-abbott"
imdb_id: "nm2011724"
tmdb_id: 8931
wikidata_id: "Q97357547"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "28 July 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:13:15.069790+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."
---

# Steve Abbott

## Identity

Steve Abbott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-abbott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-abbott
- **IMDb ID:** nm2011724
- **TMDB ID:** 8931
- **Wikidata ID:** Q97357547
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Abbott_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97357547, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2011724/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8931

Producer. Born 28 July 1954 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 28 July 1954, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
- **Active:** 1988–1996
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 1990s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Abbott_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97357547, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2011724/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8931

## Biography

Steve Abbott is a British film producer. Born on 28 July 1954 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, he was educated at the University of Cambridge. He began working with the Monty Python troupe in 1979 while at Handmade Films, initially as an accountant, and became their manager the same year alongside business partner Anne James.

In 1985 Abbott co-founded Prominent Features and Prominent Television with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. He produced *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), *American Friends* (1991), *Blame It on the Bellboy* (1992), *Brassed Off* (1996) and *Fierce Creatures* (1997). He has also served as executive producer on several Michael Palin travel series for television, including work spanning over 40 years.

Films he has produced have received an Oscar, a César and several BAFTA awards. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Brassed Off* (1996), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/brassed-off.md)
- *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Fierce Creatures* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Brassed Off* (1996), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/brassed-off.md)
- *If Looks Could Kill* (1996), as Miami Officer
- *Blame It on the Bellboy* (1992), Producer
- *American Friends* (1991), Producer
- *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md)

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