Person
Adam Somner
Directing · 1967–2024 · London, England, UK
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.
Known for
Disclosure Day
Executive Producer
Black Hawk Down
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Gladiator
Second Assistant Director
The Wolf of Wall Street
Co-Producer
The Mummy
Second Assistant Director
One Battle After Another
Producer
Ready Player One
Executive Producer
The Hunger
Second Assistant Director
Ford v Ferrari
Executive Producer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026Disclosure DayExecutive Producer
- 2026Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After AnotherSelf
- 2025One Battle After AnotherProducer
- 2024BlitzStation Inspector
- 2024The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three MoreFirst Assistant Director
- 2023Killers of the Flower MoonExecutive Producer
- 2023PoisonFirst Assistant Director
- 2023The Rat CatcherFirst Assistant Director
- 2023The SwanFirst Assistant Director
- 2023The Wonderful Story of Henry SugarFirst Assistant Director
- 2021West Side StoryFirst Assistant Director
- 2021Licorice PizzaTiny Toes Photographer
- 2019Ford v FerrariExecutive Producer
- 2018Ready Player OneExecutive Producer
- 2017Phantom ThreadExecutive Producer
- 2017The PostExecutive Producer
- 2017All the Money in the WorldFirst Assistant Director
- 2017SpielbergSelf
- 2017HAIM / ValentineFirst Assistant Director
- 2017First They Killed My FatherExecutive Producer
- 2016The BFGCo-Producer
- 2015The RevenantFirst Assistant Director
- 2015Bridge of SpiesExecutive Producer
- 2014Inherent ViceFirst Assistant Director
- 2014Exodus: Gods and KingsCo-Producer
- 2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)First Assistant Director
- 2013The Wolf of Wall StreetCo-Producer
- 2012LincolnFirst Assistant Director
- 2012The MasterFirst Assistant Director
- 2012LoomFirst Assistant Director
- 2011War HorseFirst Assistant Director
- 2011The Adventures of TintinAssociate Producer
- 2011RangoFirst Assistant Director
- 2010UnstoppableFirst Assistant Director
- 2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullFirst Assistant Director
- 2007There Will Be BloodAssistant Director
- 2007Lions for LambsFirst Assistant Director
- 2006The Path to RedemptionSelf
- 2005MunichFirst Assistant Director
- 2005War of the WorldsFirst Assistant Director
- 2005Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'Self
- 2004Man on FireAssistant Director
- 2003SeabiscuitFirst Assistant Director
- 2003The League of Extraordinary GentlemenFirst Assistant Director
- 2003Johnny EnglishFirst Assistant Director
- 2001Black Hawk DownSecond Unit First Assistant Director
- 2001Spy GameSecond Assistant Director
- 2001Just VisitingSecond Assistant Director
- 2001HannibalSecond Assistant Director
- 2001ZoeFirst Assistant Director
- 2000GladiatorSecond Assistant Director
- 1999The MummySecond Assistant Director
- 1998The AvengersSecond Assistant Director
- 1997G.I. JaneSecond Assistant Director
- 1997Event HorizonSecond Assistant Director
- 1997The HungerSecond Assistant Director
- 1996101 DalmatiansSecond Assistant Director
- 1996Mary ReillySecond Assistant Director
- 1996White SquallSecond Assistant Director
- 1995The GovernorSecond Assistant Director
- 1994The Jungle BookSecond Second Assistant Director
- 1994MacGyver: Trail to DoomsdaySecond Assistant Director
- 1994The WandererSecond Assistant Director
- 1994MacGyver: Lost Treasure of AtlantisSecond Assistant Director
- 1993ShadowlandsSecond Unit First Assistant Director
- 1993A Foreign FieldSecond Assistant Director
- 1993Son of the Pink PantherSecond Assistant Director
- 1992Ruby CairoSecond Assistant Director
- 19921492: Conquest of ParadiseAssistant Director
- 1992City of JoyThird Assistant Director
- 1992The Power of OneSecond Assistant Director
- 1991Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesThird Assistant Director
- 1990The Russia HouseThird Assistant Director
- 1990HavanaThird Assistant Director
- 19903 Men and a Little LadyThird Assistant Director
- 1990Memphis BelleThird Assistant Director
- 1990Treasure IslandSecond Unit First Assistant Director
- 1990The Old Man and the SeaThird Assistant Director
- 1990Nuns on the RunAssistant Location Manager
- 1989Henry VThird Assistant Director
- 1989Great Balls of Fire!Third Assistant Director
- 1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeThird Assistant Director
- 1988Madame SousatzkaAssistant Location Manager
- 1988Who Framed Roger RabbitProduction Runner
- 1988Consuming PassionsProduction Runner
- 1987Superman IV: The Quest for PeaceProduction Runner
- 1986Duet for OneProduction Runner
- 1986Strong MedicineProduction Runner
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