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Oliver Parker

Director

Credits

FEATURE FILM
Date: 2023
Production (role):
THE GREAT ESCAPER
Company:
Ecosse/Pathe/BBC Films
Project details:
Starring Michael Caine & Glenda Jackson
Date: 2018
Production (role):
SWIMMING WITH MEN
Company:
Met Films
Date: 2016
Production (role):
DAD’S ARMY (Director)
Company:
DJ Films / Universal
Project details:
Prod. Damian Jones

Cast Michael Gambon, Bill Night and Catherine Zeta-Jones
Date: 2011
Production (role):
JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (Director)
Company:
Working Title
Project details:
Cast Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Dominic West and Rosamund Pike

Wr. Hamish McColl
Date: 2009
Production (role):
ST.TRINIAN’S 2: THE LEGEND OF FRITTON’S GOLD (Co-Director / Co-Producer)
Company:
Fragile Films / Ealing Studios
Project details:
Co-produced and co-directed with Barnaby Thompson

Cast Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Jodie Whittaker, Stephen Fry and Gemma Arterton

Wr Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft
Date: 2009
Production (role):
DORIAN GRAY (Director)
Company:
Fragile Films / Ealing Studios
Project details:
Prod. Barnaby Thompson

Cast Colin Firth, Ben Barnes and Rebecca Hall

Screenplay adapted from Oscar Wilde by Toby Finlay
Date: 2007
Production (role):
ST. TRINIAN’S (Co-Producer / Co-Director)
Company:
Fragile Films /Ealing Studios
Project details:
Co-produced and co-directed with Barnaby Thompson

Cast Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Jodie Whittaker, Stephen Fry and Mischa Barton

Wr. Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft
Date: 2007
Production (role):
I REALLY HATE MY JOB (Director)
Company:
3DD Productions
Project details:
Prods. Andrew Higgie and Matthew Justice

Cast Neve Campbell, Shirley Henderson and Anna Maxwell Martin

Wr. Jennifer Higgie
Date: 2006
Production (role):
FADE TO BLACK (Writer / Director)
Company:
Fragile Films / Ealing Studios
Project details:
Prods. Barnaby Thompson and Jonathan Olsberg

Cast Danny Huston, Diego Luna, Paz Vega and Christopher Walken

Wr. Oliver Parker and John Sayles
Date: 2002
Production (role):
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Writer / Director)
Company:
Fragile Films / Ealing Studios
Project details:
Prod. Barnaby Thompson

Cast Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon, Frances O’Connor and Judi Dench

Screenplay adapted from Oscar Wilde by Oliver Parker
Date: 1999
Production (role):
AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Writer / Director)
Company:
Fragile Films / Ealing Studios
Project details:
Prod. Barnaby Thompson

Cast Rupert Everett, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam and Minnie Driver

Screenplay adapted from Oscar Wilde by Oliver Parker
Date: 1995
Production (role):
OTHELLO (Writer / Director)
Company:
Dakota Films / Imminent Films
Project details:
Prod. Luc Roeg and David Barron

Cast Laurence Fishburne, Ken Branagh and Irene Jacob

Screenplay adapted from Shakespeare by Oliver Parker
SHORT FILM
Date: 1995
Production (role):
A LITTLE LOVING (Writer / Director)
Company:
Channel 4
Project details:
Romantic comedy with Helena Bonham Carter

Bought and screened by Channel 4
Date: 1995
Production (role):
THE SHORT CUT (Writer / Director)
Company:
Channel 4
Project details:
Thriller

Bought and screened by Channel 4
Date: 1994
Production (role):
UNSIGNED (Writer / Director)
Company:
Channel 4
Project details:
Comic Fantasy

Bought and screened by Channel 4
TELEVISION
Date: 2023
Production (role):
FUNNY WOMAN
Company:
Potboiler / Sky
Project details:
With Gemma Arterton

Directed all 6 episodes

Nominated for Best Comedy Programme at Broadcast Digital Awards 2023
Date: 2003
Production (role):
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SAMUEL PEPYS
Company:
BBC
Project details:
With Steve Coogan
THEATRE

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): THE GREAT ESCAPER
    Company: Ecosse/Pathe/BBC Films
    Project details: Starring Michael Caine & Glenda Jackson
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): SWIMMING WITH MEN
    Company: Met Films
    Project details:
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): DAD’S ARMY (Director)
    Company: DJ Films / Universal
    Project details: Prod. Damian Jones

    Cast Michael Gambon, Bill Night and Catherine Zeta-Jones
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (Director)
    Company: Working Title
    Project details: Cast Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Dominic West and Rosamund Pike

    Wr. Hamish McColl
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): ST.TRINIAN’S 2: THE LEGEND OF FRITTON’S GOLD (Co-Director / Co-Producer)
    Company: Fragile Films / Ealing Studios
    Project details: Co-produced and co-directed with Barnaby Thompson

    Cast Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Jodie Whittaker, Stephen Fry and Gemma Arterton

    Wr Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): DORIAN GRAY (Director)
    Company: Fragile Films / Ealing Studios
    Project details: Prod. Barnaby Thompson

    Cast Colin Firth, Ben Barnes and Rebecca Hall

    Screenplay adapted from Oscar Wilde by Toby Finlay
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): ST. TRINIAN’S (Co-Producer / Co-Director)
    Company: Fragile Films /Ealing Studios
    Project details: Co-produced and co-directed with Barnaby Thompson

    Cast Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Jodie Whittaker, Stephen Fry and Mischa Barton

    Wr. Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): I REALLY HATE MY JOB (Director)
    Company: 3DD Productions
    Project details: Prods. Andrew Higgie and Matthew Justice

    Cast Neve Campbell, Shirley Henderson and Anna Maxwell Martin

    Wr. Jennifer Higgie
  • Date: 2006
    Production (role): FADE TO BLACK (Writer / Director)
    Company: Fragile Films / Ealing Studios
    Project details: Prods. Barnaby Thompson and Jonathan Olsberg

    Cast Danny Huston, Diego Luna, Paz Vega and Christopher Walken

    Wr. Oliver Parker and John Sayles
  • Date: 2002
    Production (role): THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Writer / Director)
    Company: Fragile Films / Ealing Studios
    Project details: Prod. Barnaby Thompson

    Cast Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon, Frances O’Connor and Judi Dench

    Screenplay adapted from Oscar Wilde by Oliver Parker
  • Date: 1999
    Production (role): AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Writer / Director)
    Company: Fragile Films / Ealing Studios
    Project details: Prod. Barnaby Thompson

    Cast Rupert Everett, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam and Minnie Driver

    Screenplay adapted from Oscar Wilde by Oliver Parker
  • Date: 1995
    Production (role): OTHELLO (Writer / Director)
    Company: Dakota Films / Imminent Films
    Project details: Prod. Luc Roeg and David Barron

    Cast Laurence Fishburne, Ken Branagh and Irene Jacob

    Screenplay adapted from Shakespeare by Oliver Parker
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 1995
    Production (role): A LITTLE LOVING (Writer / Director)
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details: Romantic comedy with Helena Bonham Carter

    Bought and screened by Channel 4
  • Date: 1995
    Production (role): THE SHORT CUT (Writer / Director)
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details: Thriller

    Bought and screened by Channel 4
  • Date: 1994
    Production (role): UNSIGNED (Writer / Director)
    Company: Channel 4
    Project details: Comic Fantasy

    Bought and screened by Channel 4
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): FUNNY WOMAN
    Company: Potboiler / Sky
    Project details: With Gemma Arterton

    Directed all 6 episodes

    Nominated for Best Comedy Programme at Broadcast Digital Awards 2023
  • Date: 2003
    Production (role): THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SAMUEL PEPYS
    Company: BBC
    Project details: With Steve Coogan
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