Filmmaker Steve McQueen Hails Life Of Adam Somner, Salutes Producer & Go-To First AD As “Working Class Hero“
deadline.comOscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen has paid a moving tribute to much admired award-winning producer and first assistant director Adam Somner, who died just before Thanksgiving from anaplastic thyroid cancer.
They worked together on McQueen’s wartime movie Blitz, which seemed appropriate for two Londoners. The highly regarded Somner was the go-to AD for the likes of Steven Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson and Ridley Scott.
Back in the day, early in his career, Somner was a third AD on Kenneth Branagh’s feature film debut Henry V, and he was remarkably organized and unflappable even then.
Here’s the full statement from McQueen:I first met Adam Somner 12 years ago in Heathrow airport. He approached me to say he would love to work together one day.
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