Paul Webster (producer)

Paul Webster
Born	(1952-09-19) 19 September 1952 United Kingdom
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1988–present
Awards	BAFTA Award for Best Film 2007 Atonement

Paul Webster (born 19 September 1952) is a British film producer.

Life and career

Webster has worked both as an independent, and with several production companies. He worked with Working Title Films for five years, setting up their Los Angeles office. Between 1995 and 1997, he was Head of Production for Miramax Films. In 1998, he joined Channel 4 to create FilmFour. In 2004, he joined Kudos Film and Television, heading their film unit, Kudos Pictures.

Webster was executive producer, along with Robert Redford and Rebecca Yeldham, of the 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries, directed by Walter Salles, based on Che Guevara's book The Motorcycle Diaries. Webster was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for the 2007 film Atonement, for which he was also nominated for a BAFTA in the category of "Best British Film" and won a BAFTA for "Best Film". He has previously been nominated for a BAFTA and a Genie Award for Best Motion Picture for his work on the 2007 film Eastern Promises. Webster produced the Disneynature documentary on flamingos, The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos, released internationally in 2009.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit
1988	Dream Demon
1989	The Tall Guy
1991	Drop Dead Fred
	Rubin & Ed
1992	Bob Roberts	Executive producer
1993	Posse	Co-executive producer
	Romeo Is Bleeding
1994	Little Odessa
1996	The Pallbearer
1997	Gridlock'd
1998	Little Voice	Co-executive producer
1999	My Life So Far	Executive producer
2000	The Yards
2001	Jump Tomorrow	Executive producer
	My Brother Tom	Executive producer
	Late Night Shopping	Executive producer
	The Emperor's New Clothes	Executive producer
	Lucky Break	Executive producer
	Crush	Executive producer
	Invincible	Executive producer
	Birthday Girl	Executive producer
	Buffalo Soldiers	Executive producer
	The Warrior	Executive producer
	Dog Eat Dog	Executive producer
	Charlotte Gray	Executive producer
2002	Miranda	Executive producer
	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands	Executive producer
2003	It's All About Love	Executive producer
	The Principles of Lust	Executive producer
	To Kill a King	Executive producer
	The Actors	Executive producer
2004	The Motorcycle Diaries	Executive producer
2005	Pride & Prejudice
2007	Atonement
	Eastern Promises
2008	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Executive producer
2010	Brighton Rock
2011	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012	Anna Karenina
2013	Hummingbird
	Locke
2015	Pan
2017	God's Own Country	Executive producer
2018	Swimming with Men	Executive producer
2019	Serenity	Executive producer
	Radioactive
2020	Luxor	Executive producer
2021	Spencer

Production manager

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	The English Patient	Head of production: Miramax	Uncredited
1997	Welcome to Sarajevo

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	Letter to Brezhnev	Production coordinator
1999	The War Zone	Chief executive producer: Film4 Productions	Uncredited
	East Is East
2000	Gangster No. 1	Chief executive: Film4 Productions
	Sexy Beast	Chief executive producer: Film4 Productions

Thanks

Year	Film	Role
1997	The Wings of the Dove	Special thanks
	Good Will Hunting	Thanks
1998	The Mighty
	Hilary and Jackie
	Shakespeare in Love
1999	East Is East	Special thanks
2000	Sexy Beast	Thanks
2007	Son of Rambow	Special thanks
2009	Fish Tank	Thanks
2016	Hands of Stone	Very special thanks

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2019	The Cure	Executive producer	Television film

Production manager

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Since You've Been Gone	Executive in charge of production	Television film

External links

• Paul Webster at IMDb
• Paul Webster at the BFI's Screenonline