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| Film producer loses cancer battle | Film producer loses cancer battle |
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| A Cornwall film producer who worked on a range of movies alongside director Mike Leigh has died from cancer. | A Cornwall film producer who worked on a range of movies alongside director Mike Leigh has died from cancer. |
| Simon Channing-Williams, 64, from Marazion, was well known for his work on the Oscar-winning production of The Constant Gardener. | Simon Channing-Williams, 64, from Marazion, was well known for his work on the Oscar-winning production of The Constant Gardener. |
| He worked closely with director Mike Leigh on films such as Happy Go Lucky and Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winner Secrets and Lies. | He worked closely with director Mike Leigh on films such as Happy Go Lucky and Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winner Secrets and Lies. |
| Mr Leigh paid tribute to him saying he would be missed "universally". | Mr Leigh paid tribute to him saying he would be missed "universally". |
| Mr Channing-Williams' other Mike Leigh liaison credits include Vera Drake, Naked, and Topsy Turvy. | |
| Mr Leigh added: "He battled cancer very bravely for nearly five years. | |
| Charitable act | |
| "His great phrase was 'let's just get on with things' and right almost to the last he was still working. | "His great phrase was 'let's just get on with things' and right almost to the last he was still working. |
| "He was a very extraordinary big man and he will be missed universally." | "He was a very extraordinary big man and he will be missed universally." |
| A charitable trust was set up by those who made The Constant Gardener | |
| However, despite being well known for his producing skills, Mr Channing-Williams's legacy will also live on with his affiliations to the charity, The Constant Gardener Trust, of which he was a trustee. | |
| The film of the same name, which Mr Channing-Williams produced scooped a number of prestigious silver screen nominations and awards. | |
| Starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz, the film was shot predominantly in Kenya and during filming the cast and crew decided to set up a charitable trust to specifically help the communities they had met and worked with during the shoot. | |
| The trust's aim was to help improve basic sanitation and education for those in need. | |
| However, its success snowballed with a series of medical camps and fundraising initiatives including the selling of locally-made crafts and artefacts by Mr Channing-Williams's wife, Annie, under the guise of Sweet Charity based in Marazion. |