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Adam Somner

Adam Somner

Director · 1967–2024 · London, England, UK

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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.

Directed 75

2010s

  1. 2019

    Ford v Ferrari

    First Assistant Director

    83
  2. 2018

    Ready Player One

    First Assistant Director

    72
  3. 2017

    Phantom Thread

    First Assistant Director

    81

  4. The Post

    First Assistant Director

    77

  5. All the Money in the World

    First Assistant Director

    71

  6. First They Killed My Father

    First Assistant Director

    76

  7. HAIM / Valentine

    First Assistant Director

  8. 2016

    The BFG

    First Assistant Director

    66
  9. 2015

    The Revenant

    First Assistant Director

    78

  10. Bridge of Spies

    First Assistant Director

    80
  11. 2014

    Inherent Vice

    First Assistant Director

    70

  12. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    First Assistant Director

    82
  13. 2013

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    First Assistant Director

    80
  14. 2012

    Lincoln

    First Assistant Director

    79

  15. The Master

    First Assistant Director

    77

  16. Loom

    First Assistant Director

  17. 2011

    War Horse

    First Assistant Director

    73

  18. The Adventures of Tintin

    First Assistant Director

    72

  19. Rango

    First Assistant Director

    76
  20. 2010

    Unstoppable

    First Assistant Director

    72

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Mummy

    Second Assistant Director

    65
  2. 1998

    The Avengers

    Second Assistant Director

    27
  3. 1997

    G.I. Jane

    Second Assistant Director

    61

  4. Event Horizon

    Second Assistant Director

    54

  5. The Hunger

    Second Assistant Director

    62
  6. 1996

    101 Dalmatians

    Second Assistant Director

    53

  7. Mary Reilly

    Second Assistant Director

    48

  8. White Squall

    Second Assistant Director

    61
  9. 1995

    The Governor

    Second Assistant Director

  10. 1994

    The Jungle Book

    Second Second Assistant Director

    65

  11. MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

    Second Assistant Director

  12. The Wanderer

    Second Assistant Director

  13. MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis

    Second Assistant Director

  14. 1993

    Shadowlands

    Second Unit First Assistant Director

  15. A Foreign Field

    Second Assistant Director

  16. Son of the Pink Panther

    Second Assistant Director

    32
  17. 1992

    Ruby Cairo

    Second Assistant Director

    50

  18. 1492: Conquest of Paradise

    Assistant Director

    53

  19. City of Joy

    Third Assistant Director

    63

  20. The Power of One

    Second Assistant Director

    58
  21. 1991

    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    Third Assistant Director

    62
  22. 1990

    The Russia House

    Third Assistant Director

    64

  23. Havana

    Third Assistant Director

  24. 3 Men and a Little Lady

    Third Assistant Director

    52

  25. Memphis Belle

    Third Assistant Director

    67

  26. Treasure Island

    Second Unit First Assistant Director

    69

  27. The Old Man and the Sea

    Third Assistant Director

    66

Produced 29

Acted in 2

Other crew 1

Appearances4

2020s

  1. 2026

    Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another

    Self

2010s

  1. 2017

    Spielberg

    Self

    80

2000s

  1. 2006

    The Path to Redemption

    Self

  2. 2005

    Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

    Self

Thanked in the credits1

2020s

  1. 2026

    Digger

    Thanks

    62