Simon Channing Williams

Simon Channing Williams 10 June 1945 11 April 2009 was a British film producer After having worked as a production assistant and producer of TV films and TV series in the 1970s and early 1980s he and Mike Leigh formed the film production company Thin Man Films in 1988 This company has produced all of Mike Leighs films since then among them the double Oscarwinning TopsyTurvy the Oscarnominated Vera Drake and the Palme dOrwinning Secrets Lies In addition to his collaborations with Mike Leigh he also produced other films including teen suicide drama New Years Day 2001 film in 1999 He coproduced Nick Loves first film Goodbye Charlie Bright in 2000 and the same year he formed Potboiler Productions with producer Gail Egan who also works closely with Mike Leigh and has been involved in the production of several of his films Through Potboiler Productions Channing Williams produced Douglas McGraths Nicholas Nickleby and Fernando Meirelles Oscarwinning The Constant Gardener Channing Williams died aged 63 in Cornwall on 11 April 2009 five years after being diagnosed with cancer Leigh paid tribute saying His great phrase was lets just get on with things and right almost to the last he was still working He was a very extraordinary big man and he will be missed universally Leigh dedicated his 2010 film Another Year to the memory of Simon Channing Williams Following Channing Williams death Mike Leigh started to collaborate with producer Georgina Lowe who in 2011 took over Channing Williams half of Thin Man Films A Most Wanted Man was dedicated to both Philip Seymour Hoffman and Simon Channing Williams in the closing credits Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Channing Williams licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia