Richard Holmes (producer)

Richard Holmes is an independent film producer and executive producer working in the United Kingdom today, producing award-winning films that have been both commercially and critically successful. He is married to actress Catherine Russell.

Career

Holmes began his career in a comedy double-act, The Gruber Brothers, with Stefan Schwartz. He produced Schwartz's debut feature film, the award-winning Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1993), winner of a BAFTA Scotland for Best Film and Best Actor. He went on to co-write and produce Shooting Fish (1997) starring Kate Beckinsale, Stuart Townsend and Dan Futterman.

He then produced the multi-award-winning Waking Ned (1998) written and directed by Kirk Jones. He was nominated, alongside his producing partner Glynis Murray, for a Producers Guild of America Award.

Between 1999 - 2002 he was managing Director of Civilian Content Plc. This company co-financed 24 Hour Party People (2002) and sold Bend It Like Beckham (2002) to international distributors.

In 2008 he produced, alongside Christian Colson, the critically acclaimed feature film Eden Lake (2008), written and directed by James Watkins.

In 2011 he produced the film adaptation of the novel Resistance (Owen Sheers novel) by Owen Sheers for debut film director, Amit Gupta. The film stars Andrea Riseborough and Michael Sheen. Sharon Morgan won a BAFTA Cymru for her portrayal of Maggie.

"Jadoo", another film he produced for writer/director Amit Gupta, opened the Berlinale International Film Festival (2013), Kulinarisches section. The film stars Tom Milson, Harish Patel, Amara Karan, Kulvinder Ghir, Adeel Akhtar and Nikesh Patel.

"Keeping Rosy" starring Maxine Peake and Blake Harrison followed (2013), a feature film he produced with Isabelle Georgeaux. The film won Maxine Peake a Best Actress award at the Fantasporto Film Festival.

Between 2013 - 2016 he worked at Creative England and executive produced "45 Years" which won multiple awards for Andrew Haig and actors Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. He also executive produced "The Ecstasy Of Wilko Johnson" and "Orion: The Man Who Would Be King".

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