Nigel Sinclair, CBE was born on 31 March 1948 and is a Scottish producer of Hollywood films.
15 Facts About Nigel Sinclair
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Nigel Sinclair's family moved to Galloway, in southwest Scotland, a few years later where he grew up.
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Nigel Sinclair went to boarding school at Monkton Combe School in England.
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Nigel Sinclair practiced law in London and subsequently in the Middle East until 1980.
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Nigel Sinclair practiced entertainment law until he retired from that practice in 1996 to found Intermedia with Guy East.
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In 2014, Nigel Sinclair founded documentary, television and film company White Horse Pictures alongside East with partners Nicholas Ferrall, Cassidy Hartmann and Jeanne Elfant Festa.
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Nigel Sinclair served as an executive producer on the Hammer Films production and box-office hit The Woman in Black, starring Daniel Radcliffe.
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Under the Spitfire Pictures label Nigel Sinclair produced the award-winning George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Martin Scorsese's biographical film about the life of George Harrison, which won an Emmy.
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Nigel Sinclair produced the Bob Dylan documentary No Direction Home, directed by Scorsese, which won an Emmy, two Grammy Awards, a Peabody Award and a DuPont.
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In 2012, Nigel Sinclair won his second Grammy for Foo Fighters: Back and Forth and in 2007 he was nominated for a Grammy for Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who.
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Nigel Sinclair won his first Grammy in 2006 for No Direction Home.
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In 1981, Nigel Sinclair married Pat Craig and together they have one child in addition to Pat's two children.
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Nigel Sinclair is active in a number of charities including the Santa Monica-based charity k9 Connection.
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Nigel Sinclair is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and BAFTA, having served on the board of directors for BAFTA LA many times.
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Nigel Sinclair was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.