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Cinema has always been a part of Jeremy Thomas´ life. He was born in London into a film-making family, his father, Ralph, and his uncle, Gerald, both directors. His childhood ambition was to work in cinema. As soon as he left school he went to work in minor positions ending up in the cutting rooms and rising through the ranks to become a film editor.

After editing Philippe Mora´s Brother Can You Spare a Dime, he produced his first film Mad Dog Morgan in 1974 in Australia. He then returned to England to produce Jerzy Skolimowski´s The Shout which won the Grand Prix de Jury at the Cannes Film Festival.

Thomas´ films are all highly individual and his independence of spirit has paid off both artistically and commercially. His extensive output includes three films directed by Nicolas Roeg: Bad Timing, Eureka and Insignificance; Julien Temple´s The Great Rock´n´Roll Swindle; Nagisa Oshima´s Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence; and The Hit directed by Stephen Frears.

In 1986 he produced Bernardo Bertolucci´s epic, The Last Emperor, an independently-financed project which was three years in the making. A commercial and critical triumph, the film swept the board at the 1987 Academy Awards, garnering an outstanding nine Oscars including 'Best Picture´.

Since The Last Emperor, Thomas has completed many films including Karel Reisz´s Everybody Wins, Bertolucci´s The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha. And Stealing Beauty, David Cronenberg´s Naked Lunch and was executive producer on Crash.. In 1997 he directed All The Little Animals, starring John Hurt, Christian Bale and Daniel Benzali which was In the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival.
He was Chairman of the British Film Institute from August 1992 until December 1997 and has been the recipient of many awards throughout the world, Including the Michael Balcon British Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. He served on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival In 1987 and was President of jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1993 and also the San Sebastian and Tokyo Film Festival in 1998.

PRODUCER FILMOGRAPHY
1989	VIOLENT COP / dir. Takeshi Kitano(JPN title: Sono Otoko Kyobo Ni Tsuki) Presented by Bandai Visual and Shochiku Fuji * Credited as 'Co-producer´
	-International Film Festivals: London ´91, Rotterdam ´92 and others.
	-Awards: 11th Yokohama Film Festival, Best Director
1990	BOILING POINT / dir. Takeshi Kitano(JPN title: San tai Yon Ekkusu Ju-gatsu) (A.k.a. Jugatsu) Presented by Bandai Visual and Shochiku Fuji
	-International Film Festivals: Vancouver ´91, Rotterdam ´92 and others
	-Awards: Torino International Film Festival, Cinema Giovanni Special Mention
1991	A Scene At The Sea / dir. Takeshi Kitano(JPN title: Ano natsu ichiban shizukana umi) Presented by Totsu and Office Kitano
	-International film festivals: Tokyo ´91 (in competition): Rotterdam ´92, Seattle ´92 and others
	-Awards: Blue Ribbon (Japan), Best Film 13th Yokohama Film Festival, Best Director
1993	Sonatine /dir. Takeshi Kitano Presented by Bandai Visual and Shochiku Dai-ichi Kogyo
	-International film festivals: Cannes 'Un Certain Regard' '93, London ´93, Rotterdam ´94 and others
	-Awards: Taorumina International Film Festival, Callidi D´oro Cognac International Thriller Film Festival, Critics´ Prize
1995	Getting Any? / dir. Takeshi Kitano(JPN title: Minna Yatteruka!?) Presented by Office Kitano and Bandai Visual
1995	-International film festivals: London ´94, Rotterdam ´94 and Munich ´94 and others
1996	Kids Return / dir. Takeshi Kitano Presented by Office Kitano and Bandai Visual
1996	-International film festivals: Cannes'Director´s Fortnight´ '96, Toronto ´96, Vancouver ´96 and others.
1998	HANA-BI (a.k.a Fireworks) / dir. Takeshi Kitano Presented by Bandai Visual, TV TOKYO, TOKYO FM and Office Kitano
	-International film festivals: Venice (In Competition) '97, New York ´97, Pusan ´97
	-Awards: Venice Film Festival '97, Golden Lion / European Academy Awards ´97, Best non-European Film Sao Paulo Film Festival ´97, Critics´ Best Film
	Ikinai / dir. Hiroshi Shimizu Presented by Bandai Visual, TBS, TOKYO FM, Bandai Visual and Office Kitano
	-International film festivals:Locarno (In Competition) '98, International Film Festival of INDIA, Hyderabad
	-Awards: Locarno Film Festival, Ecumenical Special Mention, Pusan Film Festival, FIPRESCI Award
1999	KIKUJIRO / dir. Takeshi Kitano(JPN title: Kikujiro no Natsu) Presented by Bandai Visual, TOKYO FM, Nippon Herald and Office Kitano
1999	-International film festivals:Cannes ´99, In competition

FILMOGRAPHY Includes
	FILM	DIRECTOR
1999	SEXY BEAST	Jonathan Glazer
	GOHATTO (Exec. Producer)	Nagisa Oshima
	THE CUP (Exec. Producer)	Khyentse Norbu
1997	ALL THE LITTLE ANIMALS	Jeremy Thomas
	THE BRAVE (Exec. Producer)	Johnny Depp
	VICTORY (Exec. Producer	Mark Peploe
1996	BLOOD AND WINE	Bob Rafelson
1996	THE OGRE (Exec. Producer)	Volker Schlondorff
1995	CRASH(Exec. Producer)	David Cronenberg
1995	STEALING BEAUTY	Bernardo Bertolucci
1993	LITTLE BUDDHA	Bernardo Bertolucci
1992	NAKED LUNCH	David Cronenberg
1991	THE SHELTERING SKY	Bernardo Bertolucci
1991	LET HIM HAVE IT(Exec. Producer)	Peter Medak
1990	EVERYBODY WINS	Karel Reisz
1987	THE LAST EMPEROR	Bernardo Bertolucci
1985	INSIGNIFICANCE	Nicolas Roeg
1983	THE HIT	Stephen Frears
1982	MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE	Nagisa Oshima
1980	EUREKA	Nicolas Roeg
1979	THE KID´S ARE ALRIGHT (Special Consultant)	Jeff Stein
1978	THE GREAT ROCK´N´ROLL SWINDLE(Exec. Producer)	Julien Temple
1977	THE SHOUT	Jerzy Skolimowski
1976	MAD DOG MORGAN	Philippe Mora
1974	BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE ME A DIME(Editor)	Philippe Mora

			Born in Totori Prefecture in 1953. After graduating Aoyama Gakuin University in 1976, Mori joins Super Produce INC., a television program production company. Mori directed countless programs, such as "Beat Takeshi no Sports Taisho." In 1988, he became a key member in establishing Office Kitano as director of production division.