This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.
Find sources: "Colin Wilson" film producer – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Colin Wilson (born June 13, 1961) is an American film producer, executive producer, and unit production manager. He is best known for producing the films Casper (1995), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Amistad (1997), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Troy (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Munich (2005), John Carter (2012), and The Meg (2018).[1][2]
Colin Wilson
| |
|---|---|
| Born | (1961-06-13) June 13, 1961 (age 63) |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 1978–present |
Wilson began his career as an assistant editor, working on the first three installments of the Superman film series (1978–1983). He also executive produced the films Avatar (2009), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and Suicide Squad (2016), as well as the series The Mandalorian (2019–2020), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series.
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | Associate producer |
| 1994 | The Flintstones | Co-producer |
| 1995 | Casper | |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | |
| Amistad | ||
| 1998 | Small Soldiers | |
| 1999 | The Haunting | |
| 2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | |
| 2004 | Troy | |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | |
| Munich | ||
| 2009 | Avatar | Executive producer |
| 2012 | John Carter | |
| Zero Dark Thirty | Executive producer | |
| 2016 | Pelé: Birth of a Legend | |
| Suicide Squad | Executive producer | |
| 2017 | Detroit | |
| Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | Executive producer | |
| 2018 | The Meg | |
| 2023 | Turandot | Co-producer |
| Meg 2: The Trench |
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Superman | Assistant editor |
| 1980 | Superman II | Assistant editor |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Assistant film editor |
| 1983 | Superman III | Assistant editor |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Assistant film editor |
| 1987 | Empire of the Sun | Associate editor |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Associate editor: United Kingdom |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Associate editor |
| Always | Assistant editor |
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Avatar | Unit production manager |
| 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | Unit production manager |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | Unit production manager |
| 2018 | The Meg | Unit production manager: China unit |
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Hook | Production effects producer |
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | American Hustle | Very special thanks |
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Maurice Béjart's Nutcracker | Television film | |
| 2019−present | The Mandalorian | Executive producer | |
| 2021−22 | The Book of Boba Fett[3] | Executive producer |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019−present | The Mandalorian | Unit production manager |
| 2021−22 | The Book of Boba Fett | Unit production manager |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Childhood Thoughts | Very special thanks |
 | This article about an American film producer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |