Jeremy Thomas Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2009's Queen's New Years Honours List, he was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Received a 2006 European Film Award for Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema
• Juror at Tokyo, San Sebastian, Berlin and Cannes film festivals, and became a Fellow of the British Film Institute in 2000
• Founde of the Recorded Picture Company
• Growing up in a filmmaking family, began his career working in the cutting rooms before becoming an editor for 1973's "Misfortune" and 1974's "Brother Can You Spare a Dime," leading to producing his first film, 1976's "Mad Dog Morgan․"
• Quote: "Even the people who run the studios themselves, and some of them are friends of mine, when they go home at night, are dismayed that they entered a business in which they’re doing such unoriginal work․ If you look at Hollywood’s output over the past decade there’s a very small percentage of original work․ It’s all remakes, sequels, prequels․ What you have going on in world cinema today is like a peanut compared to the 1970s․"
• Executive film producer whose work includes 2011's "A Dangerous Method," 2003's "The Dreamers," 2000's "Sexy Beast" and 1987's "The Last Emperor․"