Stephen Woolley (born 3 September 1956 in London) is an English film producer and director. He is best known for his work with director Neil Jordan, which has resulted in a number of critically acclaimed films including the Oscar winning The Crying Game.

After programming the cinema Screen on the Green in Islington, north London, and managing The Scala Cinema, Woolley established Palace Video in the early 1980s to distribute the types of cult cinema and international art films that had been the core of his cinema programmes. An early success was the distribution of David Lynch's films. The company then moved into cinema distribution, becoming Palace Pictures; and then film production in 1984, with many projects being supported by Channel 4. His successes as a producer include The Company of Wolves, Mona Lisa, and The Crying Game (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture), and Interview with the Vampire, all directed by Neil Jordan. He also helped establish the directors Michael Caton-Jones, and Richard Stanley. Woolley established an association with Miramax, which distributed a number of Palace films in the US.

Woolley had established his reputation with a series of low budget but high production value releases, but began developing more ambitious projects. In 1992, Palace Pictures became bankrupt. Since then, Woolley has concentrated on producing Jordan's films in association with Hollywood studios. By securing a three picture deal with Warner Brothers after the world wide box office hit of Interview with the Vampire, Woolley was able to fund the controversial historical drama Michael Collins. His own directorial debut, the 2005 film Stoned, was a biopic of Brian Jones.

'Stoned' is Stephen Woolley's directorial debut but he has spent a lifetime steeped in movies and filmmaking. Over a twenty-year period Woolley has produced over twenty films and also exec-produced an additional twenty films. The release of 'Intermission', starring Colin Farrell and Cillian Murphy, and the shooting of 'Breakfast on Pluto', starring Cillian Murphy and Liam Neeson, has continued Woolley's long-term partnership with director Neil Jordan that began with 'The Company of Wolves' in 1983. His collaborations with Jordan include 'The Actors', starring Sir Michael Caine and Dylan Moran, 'The Good Thief', the Oscar-nominated 'The End of the Affair', 'Michael Collins', 'Interview With The Vampire', and Oscar-winning 'The Crying Game'. Woolley also produced Jordan's Oscar-nominated 'Mona Lisa' which won numerous international awards. The pair worked together again on 'High Spirits', 'The Miracle' and 'The Butcher Boy'. Woolley's career began in 1976 at the Screen on the Green cinema in London. After working with The Other Cinema he programmed and subsequently owned his own cinema, The Scala, which won acclaim for its diverse, original and alternative programming. In 1982, Woolley launched Palace Video in partnership with Nik Powell, releasing titles such as 'Eraserhead' and `Mephisto'. Establishing a theatrical arm a year later, Palace acquired, and distributed some 250 independent and European movies from 'Diva' to 'When Harry Met Sally'. During this period Woolley's producing career flourished, with a diverse range of critically acclaimed and successful films including the controversial 'Absolute Beginners' starring David Bowie, Ray Davies, Patsy Kensit and James Fox, Golden Globe nominated dance comedy 'Shag' starring Bridget Fonda, and 'Scandal' starring Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, John Hurt and Bridget Fonda. Other Palace productions included 'The Big Man' starring Liam Neeson and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer; 'A Rage in Harlem' with Forest Whitaker and Danny Glover and 'The Pope Must Die' starring Robbie Coltrane. After the Producer's Guild of America awarded him the 1992 Producer of the Year for 'The Crying Game' (for which he also received an Oscar nomination), Woolley went on to produce 'Backbeat' - the story of the fifth Beatle. He subsequently executive produced 'The Hollow Reed', 'Fever Pitch', 'Purely Belter' and 'Little Voice' starring Sir Michael Caine and Jane Horrocks.