Peter Watson

Known for
Production
Born
January 1, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Holland Park, London, England
IMDb

Biography

Peter Watson is CEO of Recorded Picture Company. Joining RPC in the early 1990s, Watson began a long and fruitful partnership with legendary producer Jeremy Thomas. Setting out to build a vertically integrated production and distribution business, Watson co-founded the respected sales agency HanWay Films in 1999, and remains its deputy chairman. Continuing RPC’s legacy as a director-led production company, he has focused the sales and distribution business to achieve its standing in the market as a home for quality cinema. Watson has executive produced more than a dozen films include Takeshi Kitano’s Brother, Jonathan Glazer’s Sexy Beast, Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers, Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation, and David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method.

Known For

Filmography

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The Creep

The Creep

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo poster

Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Good Boy poster

Good Boy

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
From Inside Out: The Architecture of Peter Zumthor poster

From Inside Out: The Architecture of Peter Zumthor

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Bad Apples poster

Bad Apples

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Hot Milk poster

Hot Milk

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia poster

Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
The Dead Don't Hurt poster

The Dead Don't Hurt

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Seance poster

Seance

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
The Roads Not Taken poster

The Roads Not Taken

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Made in Italy poster

Made in Italy

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
The Burnt Orange Heresy poster

The Burnt Orange Heresy

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
The Kindness of Strangers poster

The Kindness of Strangers

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
The Song of Names poster

The Song of Names

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Pinocchio poster

Pinocchio

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Swimming with Men poster

Swimming with Men

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
The White Crow poster

The White Crow

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Blade of the Immortal poster

Blade of the Immortal

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
The Killing of a Sacred Deer poster

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Their Finest poster

Their Finest

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
A Royal Night Out poster

A Royal Night Out

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
Tale of Tales poster

Tale of Tales

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
High-Rise poster

High-Rise

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
The Riot Club poster

The Riot Club

Movie · Executive Producer

2013
Dom Hemingway poster

Dom Hemingway

Movie · Executive Producer

2013
Only Lovers Left Alive poster

Only Lovers Left Alive

Movie · Executive Producer

2011
A Dangerous Method poster

A Dangerous Method

Movie · Executive Producer

2010
Essential Killing poster

Essential Killing

Movie · Executive Producer

2009
Creation poster

Creation

Movie · Executive Producer

2008
Franklyn poster

Franklyn

Movie · Executive Producer

2008
Mister Lonely poster

Mister Lonely

Movie · Executive Producer

2006
Fast Food Nation poster

Fast Food Nation

Movie · Executive Producer

2005
Tideland poster

Tideland

Movie · Executive Producer

2004
Promised Land poster

Promised Land

Movie · Co-Producer

2003
To Kill a King poster

To Kill a King

Movie · Executive Producer

2003
The Dreamers poster

The Dreamers

Movie · Associate Producer

2001
Sexy Beast poster

Sexy Beast

Movie · Associate Producer

2000
Brother poster

Brother

Movie · Producer

1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' poster

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Movie · Production Coordinator