Richard Holmes

A 25-year veteran of the British film business, with a track record of critical and commercial hits. Holmes is developing films for the BFI, Film4 and other commercial investors, with talent including Roy Williams OBE, Clint Dyer, Amit Gupta and Gareth Tunley. His last film, The Ritual, was produced for eOne and sold worldwide to Netflix. This followed three years managing production funding for Creative England, backing fourteen fiction features, including the acclaimed and multi award-winning 45 Years, God's Own Country, Calibre and Jawbone. His previous productions include Resistance (starring Andrea Riseborough), Eden Lake (starring Michael Fassbender) and worldwide sleeper hit Waking Ned. He was a co-founder of trade body The New Producer's Alliance and for three years he was the Vice-Chairman for Film at PACT, the UK's Producers Alliance for Cinema and TV. His films have picked up honours at the Berlin Film Festival, Sitges and the Empire Awards.