Industry | Film |
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Founded | 2002 |
Founder | |
Headquarters | London, England , United Kingdom |
Products | Motion Pictures |
Website | number9films.co.uk |
Number 9 Films is a British independent film production company co-founded in 2002 by producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, after a long collaboration at both Palace Pictures and Scala Productions. [1] [2] [3] In 2018, Claudia Yusef joined the company as head of development. [4]
Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen were jointly honoured with the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2019. [5] [6]
In 2019, Number 9 Films entered into a multi-year agreement with film studio and cinema chain Shochiku for distribution of its theatrical films in Japan. The studio would also contribute funding for film development. [7] [8]
Films produced under the Number 9 Films banner include Breakfast on Pluto, directed by Neil Jordan and recipient of four Irish Film & Television Academy awards, including Best Director, Best Script, and Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film; [9] Made in Dagenham, directed by Nigel Cole and made into a West End musical in 2014; [10] Carol, directed by Todd Haynes, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, which received nine BAFTA awards nominations and six Oscar nominations, including Best Actress and Supporting Actress respectively; [11] [12] and Colette, directed by Wash Westmoreland and starring Keira Knightley as the French novelist, released in 2018.
Middle of Somewhere, a biopic written by Phyllis Nagy about British singer Dusty Springfield is in development. [13] The spec script of futuristic drama The Assessor was picked up in 2017. [14] [15] The same year, Mothering Sunday, an adaptation by Alice Birch of the Graham Swift 2016 novel, Mothering Sunday: A Romance, was acquired for development in collaboration with Film4. [16]
The first television project produced by Number 9 Films, in collaboration with Red Production Company, is an adaptation of Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady. [17] [18]
Year | Title | Worldwide box office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2004 | Return to Sender | ||
2005 | Mrs. Harris | Nominated for twelve Emmy Awards [19] | |
2005 | Stoned | $174,758 [20] | |
2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | $3.9 million [21] | Nominated for 11 Irish Film & Television Academy awards. [9] |
2006 | Sixty Six | $1.9 million [22] | |
2007 | And When Did You Last See Your Father? | $2.7 million [23] | Nominated for seven British Independent Film Awards [24] |
2008 | Sounds Like Teen Spirit | ||
2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $19.2 million [25] | Production budget: $28 million. |
2009 | Perrier's Bounty | $167,938 [26] | |
2010 | Made in Dagenham | $15.6 million [27] | Production budget:
£5 million. Nominated for four British Academy Film Awards Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards [28] |
2012 | Midnight's Children | $1.6 million [29] | |
2012 | Byzantium | $92,544 [30] | Production budget: €8 million. |
2012 | Great Expectations | $920,099 [31] | |
2014 | Hyena | $89,526 [32] | |
2015 | Carol | $42.7 million [33] | Production budget: $11.8 million. Nominated for nine British Academy Film Awards Nominated for six Academy Awards Nominated for five Golden Globe Awards |
2015 | Youth | $24 million [34] | Nominated for two
Golden Globe Awards Nominated for one Academy Award |
2016 | The Limehouse Golem | $2.3 million [35] | Released in 2017. |
2016 | Their Finest | $13.8 million [36] | |
2017 | On Chesil Beach | $3.4 million [37] | |
2018 | Colette | $16 million [38] | Nominated for four
British Independent Film Awards Nominated for two Satellite Awards |
2021 | Mothering Sunday | $2.1 million | |
2022 | Living | $12.1 million | Nominated for nine
British Independent Film Awards Nominated for one Golden Globe Award Nominated for three British Academy Film Awards Nominated for four Satellite Awards Nominated for two Academy Awards |
Industry | Film |
---|---|
Founded | 2002 |
Founder | |
Headquarters | London, England , United Kingdom |
Products | Motion Pictures |
Website | number9films.co.uk |
Number 9 Films is a British independent film production company co-founded in 2002 by producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, after a long collaboration at both Palace Pictures and Scala Productions. [1] [2] [3] In 2018, Claudia Yusef joined the company as head of development. [4]
Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen were jointly honoured with the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2019. [5] [6]
In 2019, Number 9 Films entered into a multi-year agreement with film studio and cinema chain Shochiku for distribution of its theatrical films in Japan. The studio would also contribute funding for film development. [7] [8]
Films produced under the Number 9 Films banner include Breakfast on Pluto, directed by Neil Jordan and recipient of four Irish Film & Television Academy awards, including Best Director, Best Script, and Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film; [9] Made in Dagenham, directed by Nigel Cole and made into a West End musical in 2014; [10] Carol, directed by Todd Haynes, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, which received nine BAFTA awards nominations and six Oscar nominations, including Best Actress and Supporting Actress respectively; [11] [12] and Colette, directed by Wash Westmoreland and starring Keira Knightley as the French novelist, released in 2018.
Middle of Somewhere, a biopic written by Phyllis Nagy about British singer Dusty Springfield is in development. [13] The spec script of futuristic drama The Assessor was picked up in 2017. [14] [15] The same year, Mothering Sunday, an adaptation by Alice Birch of the Graham Swift 2016 novel, Mothering Sunday: A Romance, was acquired for development in collaboration with Film4. [16]
The first television project produced by Number 9 Films, in collaboration with Red Production Company, is an adaptation of Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady. [17] [18]
Year | Title | Worldwide box office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2004 | Return to Sender | ||
2005 | Mrs. Harris | Nominated for twelve Emmy Awards [19] | |
2005 | Stoned | $174,758 [20] | |
2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | $3.9 million [21] | Nominated for 11 Irish Film & Television Academy awards. [9] |
2006 | Sixty Six | $1.9 million [22] | |
2007 | And When Did You Last See Your Father? | $2.7 million [23] | Nominated for seven British Independent Film Awards [24] |
2008 | Sounds Like Teen Spirit | ||
2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $19.2 million [25] | Production budget: $28 million. |
2009 | Perrier's Bounty | $167,938 [26] | |
2010 | Made in Dagenham | $15.6 million [27] | Production budget:
£5 million. Nominated for four British Academy Film Awards Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards [28] |
2012 | Midnight's Children | $1.6 million [29] | |
2012 | Byzantium | $92,544 [30] | Production budget: €8 million. |
2012 | Great Expectations | $920,099 [31] | |
2014 | Hyena | $89,526 [32] | |
2015 | Carol | $42.7 million [33] | Production budget: $11.8 million. Nominated for nine British Academy Film Awards Nominated for six Academy Awards Nominated for five Golden Globe Awards |
2015 | Youth | $24 million [34] | Nominated for two
Golden Globe Awards Nominated for one Academy Award |
2016 | The Limehouse Golem | $2.3 million [35] | Released in 2017. |
2016 | Their Finest | $13.8 million [36] | |
2017 | On Chesil Beach | $3.4 million [37] | |
2018 | Colette | $16 million [38] | Nominated for four
British Independent Film Awards Nominated for two Satellite Awards |
2021 | Mothering Sunday | $2.1 million | |
2022 | Living | $12.1 million | Nominated for nine
British Independent Film Awards Nominated for one Golden Globe Award Nominated for three British Academy Film Awards Nominated for four Satellite Awards Nominated for two Academy Awards |