From The Hollywood Reporter · Lexi Carson · · 1m 10s
Jeremy Thomas, the producer behind The Last Emperor, dies at 77
The British producer who backed bold directors and won Best Picture died at home in Oxfordshire on September 11.
In brief
The British producer who backed bold directors and won Best Picture died at home in Oxfordshire on September 11. Jeremy Thomas came from a film family and turned that inheritance into a producing career capped by an Oscar-winning epic. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
A producer's life ends
Jeremy Thomas, the British producer best known for the 1987 Oscar winner The Last Emperor, has died at 77.
He died at home
His team said he died peacefully on Friday, September 11, at his country home in Oxfordshire.
Family was there
Thomas was surrounded by his family and loved ones, according to a statement his team released the following Saturday.
London, July 1949
He was born in London on July 26, 1949, into a household already built around making films.
His father made 40 films
Ralph Thomas directed more than 40 features, including The 39 Steps and the long-running Doctor franchise.
Carry On ran in the family
His uncle Gerald Thomas directed the Carry On comedies, giving Jeremy two working filmmakers at the dinner table.
The main idea
Jeremy Thomas came from a film family and turned that inheritance into a producing career capped by an Oscar-winning epic.
