Jim Beach

British music manager

For the American politician, see James Beach.

Jim Beach

Born|

Henry James Beach

(1942-03-09) 9 March 1942 (age 81)

Gloucester, England

Nationality| British
Other names| Miami
Occupations|

* Lawyer
* music manager

Spouse| Claudia Beach
Children| 2; including Matilda

Henry James Beach[1][2] (born 9 March 1942), known as Jim Beach or "Miami" Beach, is a British lawyer and band manager, best known for being the long-time manager of the rock band Queen, its individual members and the comedy group Monty Python.[3] He was nicknamed "Miami" by Freddie Mercury, a play on his surname. He took over as manager of the band in 1978 after he had acted on their behalf as a lawyer.

Beach is co-founder of Transistor Project, together with Blur's Dave Rowntree.[4] Beach is also the co-founder of the Mercury Phoenix Trust, which promotes AIDS prevention worldwide.[5] Beach lives in Montreux, Switzerland.[6]

## Early life[edit]

Beach was born in Gloucester. He was educated at Cheltenham College and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read law.[7] He was a member of the Cambridge Footlights and in 1963 went on a road tour of England and Scotland with Monty Python's Eric Idle and Graeme Garden as the piano player.[3]

## Family[edit]

He is married to Claudia Beach and has a daughter, Matilda, and a son, Ol. Ol Beach is the frontman for the band Yellowire and was formerly the keyboard player for the rock band Wire Daisies, discovered by Queen's Roger Taylor.[8]

## In popular culture[edit]

Beach was a producer in the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody. He was portrayed in the film by Tom Hollander.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jones, Lesley-Ann (15 June 2012). Freddie Mercury. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 9788873396192 - via Google Books.
2. ^ "Henry James "Miami" Beach". Endole Directory. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
3. ^ a b Idle, Eric (2018). Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography. Crown Archetype. pp. Chapter 5. ISBN 978-1984822581.
4. ^ "Music Veterans Launch E-Label with outside Line". New Media Age. 13 May 2004.
5. ^ "About us". Mercuryphoenixtrust.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. ^ 'University News', Times, 26 June 1964.
8. ^ "MESSAGE FROM JIM BEACH". Brianmay.com. 20 August 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Jim Beach at IMDb

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Queen

* Brian May
* Roger Taylor

* Freddie Mercury
* John Deacon

Studio albums|

* Queen
* Queen II
* Sheer Heart Attack
* A Night at the Opera
* A Day at the Races
* News of the World
* Jazz
* The Game
* Flash Gordon
* Hot Space
* The Works
* A Kind of Magic
* The Miracle
* Innuendo
* Made in Heaven

Live albums|

* Live Killers
* Live Magic
* At the Beeb
* Live at Wembley '86
* Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl
* Queen Rock Montreal
* Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest
* Live at the Rainbow '74
* A Night at the Odeon
* On Air

Compilations|

* Greatest Hits
* Greatest Hits II
* Classic Queen
* The 12″ Collection
* Queen Rocks
* Greatest Hits III
* Stone Cold Classics
* The A–Z of Queen, Volume 1
* Absolute Greatest
* Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (1973–1976)
* Deep Cuts, Volume 2 (1977–1982)
* Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984–1995)
* Icon
* Queen Forever
* Greatest Hits in Japan

Box sets|

* The Complete Works
* Queen CD Single Box
* The Crown Jewels
* The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III
* The Singles Collection Volume 1
* The Singles Collection Volume 2
* The Singles Collection Volume 3
* The Singles Collection Volume 4
* On Air
* The Miracle Collector's Edition

Extended plays|

* Queen's First E.P.
* Five Live (with George Michael)

Soundtracks|

* Flash Gordon
* Bohemian Rhapsody

Videography|

* We Will Rock You
* Live in Rio
* Queen at Wembley
* We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan
* The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
* Greatest Video Hits 1
* Queen Rocks
* Greatest Video Hits 2
* Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl
* Queen Rock Montreal
* Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest
* Live at the Rainbow '74
* A Night at the Odeon

Tours|

* A Day at the Races Tour
* News of the World Tour
* Jazz Tour
* Crazy Tour
* The Game Tour
* Hot Space Tour
* The Works Tour
* The Magic Tour

Tributes|

* One Night of Queen
* Queen at the Ballet
* Queen Extravaganza Tour
* Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen
* Stone Cold Queen: A Tribute
* Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen
* A Night at the Hip Hopera
* God Save the Queen
* Tie Your Mix Down: A Queen Tribute

Related|

* Discography
* Songs
* Awards and nominations
* Concert tours
* The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
* Queen + Paul Rodgers (The Cosmos Rocks)
* Queen + Adam Lambert
* Smile
* The Cross
* The Brian May Band
* Queen: The Eye
* We Will Rock You (musical)
* We Will Rock You: 10th Anniversary Tour
* Deacy Amp
* Mercury Phoenix Trust
* Mountain Studios
* Red Special
* Spike Edney
* Jim Beach
* John Reid
* List of "Bohemian Rhapsody" cover versions
* SingStar Queen
* Bohemian Rhapsody (film)
* accolades
* The Queen Family Singalong

* Category

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Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama

1940s

* The Song of Bernadette – Henry King and William Perlberg (1943)
* Going My Way – Leo McCarey (1944)
* The Lost Weekend – Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett (1945)
* The Best Years of Our Lives – William Wyler and Samuel Goldwyn (1946)
* Gentleman's Agreement – Elia Kazan and Darryl F. Zanuck (1947)
* Johnny Belinda – Jean Negulesco and Jerry Wald / The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – John Huston and Henry Blanke (1948)
* All the King's Men – Robert Rossen (1949)

1950s

* Sunset Boulevard – Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett (1950)
* A Place in the Sun – George Stevens (1951)
* The Greatest Show on Earth – Cecil B. DeMille (1952)
* The Robe – Henry Koster and Frank Ross (1953)
* On the Waterfront – Elia Kazan and Sam Spiegel (1954)
* East of Eden – Elia Kazan (1955)
* Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Anderson and Kevin McClory (1956)
* The Bridge on the River Kwai – David Lean and Sam Spiegel (1957)
* The Defiant Ones – Stanley Kramer (1958)
* Ben-Hur – William Wyler and Sam Zimbalist (1959)

1960s

* Spartacus – Stanley Kubrick and Kirk Douglas (1960)
* The Guns of Navarone – J. Lee Thompson and Carl Foreman (1961)
* Lawrence of Arabia – David Lean and Sam Spiegel (1962)
* The Cardinal – Otto Preminger and Martin C. Schute (1963)
* Becket – Peter Glenville and Hal B. Wallis (1964)
* Doctor Zhivago – David Lean and Carlo Ponti (1965)
* A Man for All Seasons – Fred Zinnemann (1966)
* In the Heat of the Night – Norman Jewison and Walter Mirisch (1967)
* The Lion in Winter – Anthony Harvey and Martin Poll (1968)
* Anne of the Thousand Days – Charles Jarrott and Hal B. Wallis (1969)

1970s

* Love Story – Arthur Hiller and Howard G. Minsky (1970)
* The French Connection – William Friedkin and Philip D'Antoni (1971)
* The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola and Albert S. Ruddy (1972)
* The Exorcist – William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty (1973)
* Chinatown – Roman Polanski and Robert Evans (1974)
* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Miloš Forman and Michael Douglas (1975)
* Rocky – John G. Avildsen, Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler (1976)
* The Turning Point – Herbert Ross and Arthur Laurents (1977)
* Midnight Express – Alan Parker and Alan Marshall (1978)
* Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton and Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)

1980s

* Ordinary People – Robert Redford and Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
* On Golden Pond – Mark Rydell and Bruce Gilbert (1981)
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Steven Spielberg (1982)
* Terms of Endearment – James L. Brooks (1983)
* Amadeus – Miloš Forman and Saul Zaentz (1984)
* Out of Africa – Sydney Pollack (1985)
* Platoon – Oliver Stone and Arnold Kopelson (1986)
* The Last Emperor – Bernardo Bertolucci and Jeremy Thomas (1987)
* Rain Man – Barry Levinson and Mark Johnson (1988)
* Born on the Fourth of July – Oliver Stone and A. Kitman Ho (1989)

1990s

* Dances with Wolves – Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson (1990)
* Bugsy – Barry Levinson and Warren Beatty (1991)
* Scent of a Woman – Martin Brest (1992)
* Schindler's List – Steven Spielberg (1993)
* Forrest Gump – Robert Zemeckis and Wendy Finerman (1994)
* Sense and Sensibility – Ang Lee and Laurie Borg (1995)
* The English Patient – Anthony Minghella and Saul Zaentz (1996)
* Titanic – James Cameron and Jon Landau (1997)
* Saving Private Ryan – Steven Spielberg (1998)
* American Beauty – Sam Mendes and Bruce Cohen (1999)

2000s

* Gladiator – Ridley Scott and Douglas Wick (2000)
* A Beautiful Mind – Ron Howard and Brian Grazer (2001)
* The Hours – Stephen Daldry, Robert Fox, and Scott Rudin (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, and Fran Walsh (2003)
* The Aviator – Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann (2004)
* Brokeback Mountain – Ang Lee and Diana Ossana (2005)
* Babel – Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Steve Golin (2006)
* Atonement – Joe Wright and Tim Bevan (2007)
* Slumdog Millionaire – Danny Boyle and Christian Colson (2008)
* Avatar – James Cameron and Jon Landau (2009)

2010s

* The Social Network – David Fincher, Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin (2010)
* The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Jim Burke, and Jim Taylor (2011)
* Argo – Ben Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov (2012)
* 12 Years a Slave – Steve McQueen, Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, and Bill Pohlad (2013)
* Boyhood – Richard Linklater, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, and Cathleen Sutherland (2014)
* The Revenant – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, and Keith Redmon (2015)
* Moonlight – Barry Jenkins, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Adele Romanski (2016)
* Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, and Peter Czernin (2017)
* Bohemian Rhapsody – Bryan Singer, Jim Beach, and Graham King (2018)
* 1917 – Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Brian Oliver, and Jayne-Ann Tenggren (2019)

2020s

* Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, and Peter Spears (2020)
* The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian, and Emile Sherman (2021)
* The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, and Tony Kushner (2022)

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* France
* BnF data
* Israel
* United States
* Poland

Other|

* IdRef

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