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.

Filmography

• 2026Digger — Thanks
• 2026Disclosure Day — Executive Producer
• 2025One Battle After Another — Producer, First Assistant Director, In Memory Of
• 2024Blitz — Station Inspector, Producer, First Assistant Director
• 2024The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More — First Assistant Director
• 2023Killers of the Flower Moon — Executive Producer, 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
• 2021Licorice Pizza — Tiny Toes Photographer, Producer, First Assistant Director
• 2021West Side Story — First Assistant Director, Executive Producer
• 2019Ford v Ferrari — Executive Producer, First Assistant Director
• 2018Ready Player One — Executive Producer, First Assistant Director
• 2017All the Money in the World — First Assistant Director
• 2017First They Killed My Father — Executive Producer, First Assistant Director
• 2017HAIM / Valentine — First Assistant Director
• 2017Phantom Thread — Executive Producer, First Assistant Director
• 2017The Post — Executive Producer, First Assistant Director
• 2016The BFG — Co-Producer, First Assistant Director
• 2015Bridge of Spies — Executive Producer, First Assistant Director
• 2015The Revenant — First Assistant Director
• 2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — First Assistant Director
• 2014Exodus: Gods and Kings — Co-Producer
• 2014Inherent Vice — First Assistant Director, Executive Producer
• 2013The Wolf of Wall Street — Co-Producer, First Assistant Director
• 2012Lincoln — First Assistant Director, Co-Producer
• 2012Loom — First Assistant Director
• 2012The Master — First Assistant Director, Executive Producer
• 2011Rango — First Assistant Director, Production Manager
• 2011The Adventures of Tintin — Associate Producer, First Assistant Director
• 2011War Horse — First Assistant Director, Co-Producer
• 2010Unstoppable — First Assistant Director, Co-Producer
• 2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — First Assistant Director
• 2007Lions for Lambs — First Assistant Director
• 2007There Will Be Blood — Assistant Director
• 2005Munich — First Assistant Director
• 2005War of the Worlds — First Assistant Director
• 2004Man on Fire — Assistant Director
• 2003Johnny English — First Assistant Director
• 2003Seabiscuit — First Assistant Director
• 2003The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen — First Assistant Director
• 2001Black Hawk Down — Second Unit First Assistant Director
• 2001Hannibal — Second Assistant Director
• 2001Just Visiting — Second Assistant Director
• 2001Spy Game — Second Assistant Director
• 2001Zoe — First Assistant Director
• 2000Gladiator — Second Assistant Director
• 1999The Mummy — Second Assistant Director
• 1998The Avengers — Second Assistant Director
• 1997Event Horizon — Second Assistant Director
• 1997G.I. Jane — Second Assistant Director
• The Hunger — Second Assistant Director
• 1996101 Dalmatians — Second Assistant Director
• 1996Mary Reilly — Second Assistant Director
• 1996White Squall — Second Assistant Director
• The Governor — Second Assistant Director
• 1994MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis — Second Assistant Director
• 1994MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday — Second Assistant Director
• 1994The Jungle Book — Second Second Assistant Director
• The Wanderer — Second Assistant Director
• 1993A Foreign Field — Second Assistant Director
• 1993Shadowlands — Second Unit First Assistant Director
• 1993Son of the Pink Panther — Second Assistant Director
• 19921492: Conquest of Paradise — Assistant Director
• 1992City of Joy — Third Assistant Director
• 1992Ruby Cairo — Second Assistant Director
• 1992The Power of One — Second Assistant Director
• 1991Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves — Third Assistant Director
• 19903 Men and a Little Lady — Third Assistant Director
• 1990Havana — Third Assistant Director
• 1990Memphis Belle — Third Assistant Director
• 1990Nuns on the Run — Assistant Location Manager
• 1990The Old Man and the Sea — Third Assistant Director
• 1990The Russia House — Third Assistant Director
• 1990Treasure Island — Second Unit First Assistant Director
• 1989Great Balls of Fire! — Third Assistant Director
• 1989Henry V — Third Assistant Director
• 1989Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — Third Assistant Director
• 1988Consuming Passions — Production Runner
• 1988Madame Sousatzka — Assistant Location Manager
• 1988Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Production Runner
• 1987Superman IV: The Quest for Peace — Production Runner
• 1986Duet for One — Production Runner
• 1986Strong Medicine — Production Runner

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2026Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another — Self
• 2017Spielberg — Self
• 2006The Path to Redemption — Self
• 2005Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' — Self