Simon Channing Williams

Simon Channing Williams' career started at the BBC where he worked with amongst others; Stephen Frears, James MacTaggart, Mike Newell, Michael Apted and Mike Leigh. As a result of working with Mike Leigh they jointly formed Thin Man Films in 1988, producing many critically acclaimed films such as the Palme D'Or winning 'Secrets & Lies' and Oscar nominated 'Topsy-Turvy' and 'Vera Drake' which also won the Golden Lion at Venice. Happy-Go-Lucky is their 11th film together. Outside his relationship with Mike Leigh and Thin Man Films, Simon Channing Williams produced a number of other films, including 'Puccini' for director Tony Palmer, 'When the Whales Came' directed by Clive Rees and 'Jack and Sarah', directed by Tim Sullivan, which was an enormous hit at the UK box-office, as well as Nick Love's debut feature 'Goodbye Charlie Bright'. In 2000 he formed the independent production company Potboiler Productions with Gail Egan. Together they have produced seven feature films including a c