Adam Somner
Born: 1967-01-01 in United Kingdom
Died: 2024-11-27
Known For: Directing
Biography
Adam Somner (1967 – November 27, 2024) was a British-born American assistant director and film producer, known for working with Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Ridley Scott. He produced Anderson's Licorice Pizza (2021), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and a BAFTA Award for Best Film. Born in London in 1967, Somner died from anaplastic thyroid cancer in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, on November 27, 2024, at the age of 57. One Battle After Another was his final work and is dedicated to his memory. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adam Somner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- One Battle After Another ... (Producer)
2024
- Blitz as Station Inspector
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More ... (First Assistant Director)
2023
- Killers of the Flower Moon ... (Executive Producer)
- Poison ... (First Assistant Director)
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar ... (First Assistant Director)
- The Rat Catcher ... (First Assistant Director)
- The Swan ... (First Assistant Director)
2021
- Licorice Pizza as Tiny Toes Photographer
- West Side Story ... (First Assistant Director)
2019
- Ford v Ferrari ... (Executive Producer)
2018
- Ready Player One ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- The Post ... (Executive Producer)
- Phantom Thread ... (Executive Producer)
- First They Killed My Father ... (Executive Producer)
- All the Money in the World ... (First Assistant Director)
- Spielberg as Self
- HAIM / Valentine ... (First Assistant Director)
2016
- The BFG ... (Co-Producer)
2015
- The Revenant ... (First Assistant Director)
- Bridge of Spies ... (Executive Producer)
2014
- Exodus: Gods and Kings ... (Co-Producer)
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) ... (First Assistant Director)
- Inherent Vice ... (First Assistant Director)
2013
- The Wolf of Wall Street ... (Co-Producer)
2012
- The Master ... (First Assistant Director)
- Lincoln ... (First Assistant Director)
- Loom ... (First Assistant Director)
2011
- Rango ... (First Assistant Director)
- War Horse ... (First Assistant Director)
- The Adventures of Tintin ... (Associate Producer)
2010
- Unstoppable ... (First Assistant Director)
2008
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ... (First Assistant Director)
2007
- There Will Be Blood ... (Assistant Director)
- Lions for Lambs ... (First Assistant Director)
2006
- The Path to Redemption as Self
2005
- War of the Worlds ... (First Assistant Director)
- Munich ... (First Assistant Director)
- Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' as Self
2004
- Man on Fire ... (Assistant Director)
2003
- Johnny English ... (First Assistant Director)
- Seabiscuit ... (First Assistant Director)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ... (First Assistant Director)
2001
- Black Hawk Down ... (Second Unit First Assistant Director)
- Just Visiting ... (Second Assistant Director)
- Spy Game ... (Second Assistant Director)
- Zoe ... (First Assistant Director)
- Hannibal ... (Second Assistant Director)
2000
- Gladiator ... (Second Assistant Director)
1999
- The Mummy ... (Second Assistant Director)
1998
- The Avengers ... (Second Assistant Director)
1997
- Event Horizon ... (Second Assistant Director)
- The Hunger ... (Second Assistant Director)
- G.I. Jane ... (Second Assistant Director)
1996
- White Squall ... (Second Assistant Director)
- 101 Dalmatians ... (Second Assistant Director)
- Mary Reilly ... (Second Assistant Director)
1995
- The Governor ... (Second Assistant Director)
1994
- The Jungle Book ... (Second Second Assistant Director)
- MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday ... (Second Assistant Director)
- MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis ... (Second Assistant Director)
- The Wanderer ... (Second Assistant Director)
1993
- Shadowlands ... (Second Unit First Assistant Director)
- Son of the Pink Panther ... (Second Assistant Director)
- A Foreign Field ... (Second Assistant Director)
1992
- Ruby Cairo ... (Second Assistant Director)
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise ... (Assistant Director)
- City of Joy ... (Third Assistant Director)
- The Power of One ... (Second Assistant Director)
1991
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ... (Third Assistant Director)
1990
- Memphis Belle ... (Third Assistant Director)
- Havana ... (Third Assistant Director)
- Treasure Island ... (Second Unit First Assistant Director)
- 3 Men and a Little Lady ... (Third Assistant Director)
- The Old Man and the Sea ... (Third Assistant Director)
- The Russia House ... (Third Assistant Director)
- Nuns on the Run ... (Assistant Location Manager)
1989
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ... (Third Assistant Director)
- Henry V ... (Third Assistant Director)
- Great Balls of Fire! ... (Third Assistant Director)
1988
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit ... (Production Runner)
- Consuming Passions ... (Production Runner)
- Madame Sousatzka ... (Assistant Location Manager)
1987
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace ... (Production Runner)
1986
- Strong Medicine ... (Production Runner)
- Duet for one ... (Production Runner)