James Gay-Rees

{{short description|British film producer}}

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James Gay-Rees is a British film producer. He has been involved in the production of numerous films, including critically acclaimed documentaries Senna (2010) and Amy (2015), for which he won numerous awards and nominations.{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2015/11/interview-producer-james-gay-rees-discusses-chronicling-a-fallen-star-in-amy.html|title=Interview: Producer James Gay-Rees Discusses Chronicling A Fallen Star In AMY|date=16 November 2015|first=Thomas|last=Humphrey|publisher=Twitch Film|accessdate=21 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129043021/http://twitchfilm.com/2015/11/interview-producer-james-gay-rees-discusses-chronicling-a-fallen-star-in-amy.html|archive-date=29 January 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Graduating from the University of Southampton, Gay-Rees started his film career working for Miramax in London. He subsequently moved to New York for a year and later started working as a head of development in Los Angeles–based Orbit Productions.

Gay-Rees eventually decided to pursue his career in documentary production; his first movie is Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/gay-rees-driving-force-behind-high-profile-docs-1118045456/|title=Gay-Rees: Driving force behind high-profile docs|accessdate=21 January 2016|date=8 November 2011|first=Addie|last=Morfoot|work=Variety}} His second film, Senna (2010), also received critical acclaim, and won a BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. In 2015, he produced Amy, which was nominated for numerous awards, including BAFTA awards for Best Documentary and Outstanding British Film,{{cite news|title=Baftas 2016: the nominations|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/movie-news/bafta-nominations-2016/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108122856/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/movie-news/bafta-nominations-2016/|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 January 2016|first=Robbie|last=Collin|accessdate=8 January 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 January 2016}} as well as Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 88th Academy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-nominations-2016-full-list-855670 |title=Oscar Nominations: The Complete List |work=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Ford |first=Rebecca |date=14 January 2016 |accessdate=14 January 2016}}