Adam Somner
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1 January 1967 · London, England, UK
- Died
- 27 November 2024
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
Production 29
- 2026Disclosure Day · executive producer
- 2025One Battle After Another · producer
- 2024Blitz · producer
- 2023Killers of the Flower Moon · executive producer
- 2021West Side Story · executive producer
- 2021Licorice Pizza · producer
- 2019Ford v Ferrari · executive producer
- 2018Ready Player One · executive producer
- 2017Phantom Thread · executive producer
- 2017The Post · executive producer
- 2017First They Killed My Father · executive producer
- 2016The BFG · co-producer
- 2015Bridge of Spies · executive producer
- 2014Inherent Vice · executive producer
- 2014Exodus: Gods and Kings · co-producer
- 2013The Wolf of Wall Street · co-producer
- 2012Lincoln · co-producer
- 2012The Master · executive producer
- 2011War Horse · co-producer
- 2011The Adventures of Tintin · associate producer
- 2011Rango · production manager
- 2010Unstoppable · co-producer
- 1990Nuns on the Run · assistant location manager
- 1988Madame Sousatzka · assistant location manager
- 1988Who Framed Roger Rabbit · production runner
- 1988Consuming Passions · production runner
- 1987Superman IV: The Quest for Peace · production runner
- 1986Duet for One · production runner
- 1986Strong Medicine · production runner
Acting 6
- 2026Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another as Self
- 2024Blitz as Station Inspector
- 2021Licorice Pizza as Tiny Toes Photographer
- 2017Spielberg as Self
- 2006The Path to Redemption as Self
- 2005Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' as Self
Directing 72
- 2025One Battle After Another · first assistant director
- 2024Blitz · first assistant director
- 2024The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More · first assistant director
- 2023Killers of the Flower Moon · first assistant director
- 2023Poison · first assistant director
- 2023The Rat Catcher · first assistant director
- 2023The Swan · first assistant director
- 2023The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar · first assistant director
- 2021West Side Story · first assistant director
- 2021Licorice Pizza · first assistant director
- 2019Ford v Ferrari · first assistant director
- 2018Ready Player One · first assistant director
- 2017Phantom Thread · first assistant director
- 2017The Post · first assistant director
- 2017All the Money in the World · first assistant director
- 2017HAIM / Valentine · first assistant director
- 2017First They Killed My Father · first assistant director
- 2016The BFG · first assistant director
- 2015The Revenant · first assistant director
- 2015Bridge of Spies · first assistant director
- 2014Inherent Vice · first assistant director
- 2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) · first assistant director
- 2013The Wolf of Wall Street · first assistant director
- 2012Lincoln · first assistant director
- 2012The Master · first assistant director
- 2012Loom · first assistant director
- 2011War Horse · first assistant director
- 2011The Adventures of Tintin · first assistant director
- 2011Rango · first assistant director
- 2010Unstoppable · first assistant director
- 2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull · first assistant director
- 2007There Will Be Blood · assistant director
- 2007Lions for Lambs · first assistant director
- 2005Munich · first assistant director
- 2005War of the Worlds · first assistant director
- 2004Man on Fire · assistant director
- 2003Seabiscuit · first assistant director
- 2003The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen · first assistant director
- 2003Johnny English · first assistant director
- 2001Black Hawk Down · second unit first assistant director
- 2001Spy Game · second assistant director
- 2001Just Visiting · second assistant director
- 2001Hannibal · second assistant director
- 2001Zoe · first assistant director
- 2000Gladiator · second assistant director
- 1999The Mummy · second assistant director
- 1998The Avengers · second assistant director
- 1997G.I. Jane · second assistant director
- 1997Event Horizon · second assistant director
- 1996101 Dalmatians · second assistant director
- 1996Mary Reilly · second assistant director
- 1996White Squall · second assistant director
- 1994The Jungle Book · second second assistant director
- 1994MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday · second assistant director
- 1994MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis · second assistant director
- 1993Shadowlands · second unit first assistant director
- 1993A Foreign Field · second assistant director
- 1993Son of the Pink Panther · second assistant director
- 1992Ruby Cairo · second assistant director
- 19921492: Conquest of Paradise · assistant director
- 1992City of Joy · third assistant director
- 1992The Power of One · second assistant director
- 1991Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves · third assistant director
- 1990The Russia House · third assistant director
- 1990Havana · third assistant director
- 19903 Men and a Little Lady · third assistant director
- 1990Memphis Belle · third assistant director
- 1990Treasure Island · second unit first assistant director
- 1990The Old Man and the Sea · third assistant director
- 1989Henry V · third assistant director
- 1989Great Balls of Fire! · third assistant director
- 1989Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · third assistant director
crew 1
- 2025One Battle After Another · in memory of