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Brian Potter(I)

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  • Soundtrack
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Originally from Billericay, England, Potter is a Grammy-nominated, Country Music Award-winning songwriter and producer. With longtime writing partner Dennis Lambert, he wrote/produced several #1 hits from the 1970s including "Ain't No Woman" by the Four Tops, "One Tin Soldier" by Coven and "Don't Pull Your Love" by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, and produced Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" album.

Potter also wrote ABC Television's 1973 award-winning Fall Season ad campaign, among other commercial spots. Currently, he and Lambert have a musical for Broadway in development -- entitled "Score" -- with book by William Brown ("The Wiz").

Since 2002, he has acted in several USC/UCLA/AFI student films as well as some commercials (including spots for Rickards Red beer and Finish Line shoe stores).
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    Known for

    Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    Beginners
    7.2
    • Soundtrack("Whatcha Gonna Do About It")
    • 2010
    Michael Peña and Dax Shepard in CHIPS (2017)
    CHIPS
    6.0
    • Soundtrack("Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)")
    • 2017
    Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
    When Harry Met Sally...
    7.7
    • Soundtrack("Don't Pull Your Love")
    • 1989
    Michael Cera and Jonah Hill in Superbad (2007)
    Superbad
    7.6
    • Soundtrack("Are You Man Enough")
    • 2007

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    Composer



    • Jennifer Lopez in Jennifer Lopez: Hold It Don't Drop It (2007)
      Jennifer Lopez: Hold It Don't Drop It
      6.1
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2007
    • Tunnel Vision (1976)
      Tunnel Vision
      5.0
      • Composer
      • 1976

    Soundtrack



    • Gemma Arterton in Funny Woman (2022)
      Funny Woman
      7.4
      TV Series
      • lyrics: "Whatcha Gonna Do About It"
      • 2024
    • Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, and Emma Mackey in Sex Education (2019)
      Sex Education
      8.2
      TV Series
      • writer: "Are You Man Enough?"
      • 2023
    • Samuel L. Jackson in The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022)
      The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
      7.8
      TV Series
      • writer: "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"
      • 2022
    • Arja Saijonmaa, Katja Ståhl, Jore Marjaranta, Lauri Mikkola, Suvi Teräsniska, Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto, Diandra Flores, and Tero Vesterinen in Elämäni Biisi (2019)
      Elämäni Biisi
      7.4
      TV Series
      • writer: "Kuin tuhka tuuleen" (Don't Pull Your Love)
      • 2020
    • Deborah Roberts and David Muir in 20/20 (1978)
      20/20
      6.8
      TV Series
      • writer: "One Tin Soldier"
      • 2019
    • Armchair Britain (2018)
      Armchair Britain
      7.1
      TV Series
      • writer: "What'cha Gonna Do About It?" (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • James Franco, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., and Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Deuce (2017)
      The Deuce
      8.1
      TV Series
      • writer: "It Only Takes a Minute"
      • 2018
    • Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Michael Gambon, Tom Courtenay, Paul Whitehouse, Ray Winstone, and Charlie Cox in King of Thieves (2018)
      King of Thieves
      5.6
      • Soundtrack ("What'cha Gonna Do About It")
      • 2018
    • Annie Potts, Lance Barber, Zoe Perry, Raegan Revord, Montana Jordan, and Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)
      Young Sheldon
      7.7
      TV Series
      • writer: "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"
      • 2018
    • Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard in Good Morning Britain (2014)
      Good Morning Britain
      3.0
      TV Series
      • writer: "It Only Takes a Minute" (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, and Melissa Rauch in Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
      Batman and Harley Quinn
      5.9
      • writer: "Don't Pull Your Love"
      • 2017
    • Rose McIver in iZombie (2015)
      iZombie
      7.8
      TV Series
      • writer: "One Tin Soldier"
      • 2017
    • Eryn Wilson, Tim W. Kelly, David Van Horn, Fraser Brown, Shara Connolly, Phil Brown, Emmett Skilton, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Ben Van Lier, Phil Peleton, Ian Bell, Matt Whelan, Andrew Blair, Adam Jonas Segaller, Alexandra Corin Johnston, Akira Matsumoto, Jade Albany Pietrantonio, and Holly Shervey in American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017)
      American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • writer: "Out Of This World" (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Michael Peña and Dax Shepard in CHIPS (2017)
      CHIPS
      6.0
      • writer: "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)"
      • 2017
    • Rehtori (2016)
      Rehtori
      7.0
      Short
      • writer: "Kuin tuhka tuuleen (Don't Pull Your Love)"
      • 2016

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      Is working on a musical project for Broadway called "Score", co-written by Dennis Lambert with book by William Brown ("The Wiz").

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