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Industry | Film and Television Sales and Finance |
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Founded | 2012 |
Headquarters | London , England |
Key people | Tim Haslam (Co-Director) Hugo Grumbar (Co-Director) |
Website | http://www.embankmentfilms.com/ |
Embankment Films is a British film and television sales and production company based in London, England.
Founded in 2012 by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar, Embankment procures pre-sales, tax-credit facilities, equity, gap financing and worldwide distribution for feature films and television. [1] Haslam was formerly CEO at Hanway Films. Grumbar was formerly joint MD of the UK division of Icon Film Distribution.[ citation needed]
Since the creation of the company, Embankment has raised finance for over 64 feature films including The Dressmaker, [2] Boychoir, Le Week-End, [3], Churchill, [4] Breathe, directed by Andy Serkis, [5] Driven, [6] Red Joan, directed by Trevor Nunn, [7] Ride Like a Girl, directed by Rachel Griffiths, [8] Untouchable directed by Ursula Macfarlane and produced by Simon Chinn, [9] Can You Keep a Secret?, [10] Summerland, directed by Jessica Swale, [11] Military Wives, directed by Peter Cattaneo, [12] and The Father, directed by Florian Zeller. [13] The Father received six Academy Award nominations, [14] and won two British Academy Film Awards. [15] Embankment also represented and raised financing for Florian Zeller's second feature, The Son, that premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2022. [16]
In 2023, Nick Taussig, Sophie Harmer and Henry Farrington joined Embankment Films to lead its unscripted division. [17] Taussig and Harmer both joined from UK production outfit Salon Pictures, producer of the documentary McQueen which Embankment handled sales for. Since then, they have produced documentaries, including Dwarf Story, [18] Garbo: Leave Me Alone [19] and Sheffield DocFest audience award-winner, Strike: An Uncivil War. [20]
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Industry | Film and Television Sales and Finance |
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Founded | 2012 |
Headquarters | London , England |
Key people | Tim Haslam (Co-Director) Hugo Grumbar (Co-Director) |
Website | http://www.embankmentfilms.com/ |
Embankment Films is a British film and television sales and production company based in London, England.
Founded in 2012 by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar, Embankment procures pre-sales, tax-credit facilities, equity, gap financing and worldwide distribution for feature films and television. [1] Haslam was formerly CEO at Hanway Films. Grumbar was formerly joint MD of the UK division of Icon Film Distribution.[ citation needed]
Since the creation of the company, Embankment has raised finance for over 64 feature films including The Dressmaker, [2] Boychoir, Le Week-End, [3], Churchill, [4] Breathe, directed by Andy Serkis, [5] Driven, [6] Red Joan, directed by Trevor Nunn, [7] Ride Like a Girl, directed by Rachel Griffiths, [8] Untouchable directed by Ursula Macfarlane and produced by Simon Chinn, [9] Can You Keep a Secret?, [10] Summerland, directed by Jessica Swale, [11] Military Wives, directed by Peter Cattaneo, [12] and The Father, directed by Florian Zeller. [13] The Father received six Academy Award nominations, [14] and won two British Academy Film Awards. [15] Embankment also represented and raised financing for Florian Zeller's second feature, The Son, that premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2022. [16]
In 2023, Nick Taussig, Sophie Harmer and Henry Farrington joined Embankment Films to lead its unscripted division. [17] Taussig and Harmer both joined from UK production outfit Salon Pictures, producer of the documentary McQueen which Embankment handled sales for. Since then, they have produced documentaries, including Dwarf Story, [18] Garbo: Leave Me Alone [19] and Sheffield DocFest audience award-winner, Strike: An Uncivil War. [20]