Number 9 Films

Number 9 Films
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] The company is one of the United Kingdom's leading independent production companies forging relationships with a wide range of talent in the UK, across Europe and in the United States.[3]

Projects

Films produced under the Number 9 Films banner include Breakfast on Pluto, directed by Neil Jordan; Made in Dagenham,[4] directed by Nigel Cole and made into a West End musical in 2014;[5] and 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.[6][7]

The Limehouse Golem, directed by Juan Carlos Medina,[8] and Their Finest,[9] directed by Lone Scherfig, are scheduled for release in 2016.

Currently in development is the biopic Colette directed by Wash Westmoreland, starring Keira Knightley as the French novelist.[10][11] Other projects include Middle of Somewhere written by Phyllis Nagy,[12] and On Chesil Beach starring Saoirse Ronan.[13]

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.[14][15]

Filmography

Year Title Worldwide box office Notes
2004 Ladies in Lavender $20.4 million[16]
2004 Return to Sender
2005 Mrs. Harris Nominated for twelve Emmy Awards[17]
2005 Stoned $174,758[18]
2005 Breakfast on Pluto $3.9 million[19]
2006 Sixty Six $1.9 million[20]
2007 And When Did You Last See Your Father? $2.7 million[21] Nominated for seven British Independent Film Awards[22]
2008 Sounds Like Teen Spirit
2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People $19.2 million[23]
2009 Perrier's Bounty $167,938[24]
2010 Made in Dagenham $12.4 million[25] Nominated for four British Academy Film Awards
Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards[26]
2012 Midnight's Children $190,022 [27]
2012 Byzantium $89,237[28]
2012 Great Expectations $258,656[29]
2014 Hyena $3,401[30]
2015 Carol $40.3 million[31] [lower-alpha 1] Nominated for nine British Academy Film Awards
Nominated for six Academy Awards
Nominated for five Golden Globe Awards
2015 Youth $24 million[32] Nominated for two Golden Globe Awards
Nominated for one Academy Award
2016 The Limehouse Golem
2016 Their Finest
2017 On Chesil Beach

Notes

  1. ↑ As of May 1, 2016.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Gritten, David (September 16, 2010). "Made in Dagenham: interview with producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen". The Daily Telegraph.
  2. ↑ Macnab, Geoffrey (July 7, 2011). "Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, Number 9 Films". Screen International.
  3. ↑ Dams, Tim (May 16, 2012). "The UKs top 40 film production companies". Televisual. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ Macnab, Geoffrey (July 7, 2011). "Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, Number 9 Films". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Made in Dagenham musical opens at Adelphi in October". Musical Theatre Review. March 3, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ "BAFTA Awards: 'Carol' and 'Bridge of Spies' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. January 7, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Oscar Nominations: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. January 14, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ Jaafar, Ali (April 17, 2015). "Alan Rickman, Olivia Cooke And Douglas Booth To Star In 'The Limehouse Golem'". Deadline.com. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  9. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (April 14, 2015). "Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin to Star in Lone Scherfig's 'Their Finest Hour and a Half'". Variety. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (February 1, 2016). "Keira Knightley in Talks to Star in 'Carol' Producers' 'Colette'". Variety. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  11. ↑ Jaafar, Ali (February 17, 2016). "Keira Knightley Pic 'Colette' Sells Out For Hanway Films – Berlin". Deadline. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ Littleton, Cynthia (January 19, 2016). "'Carol' Screenwriter Adapting 'Telex From Cuba' For Paramount TV, Anonymous Content". Variety. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  13. ↑ Lodderhose, Diana (February 17, 2016). "Saoirse Ronan to Star in 'On Chesil Beach'". Variety. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  14. ↑ Ritman, Alex (June 14, 2016). "'Carol' and 'Happy Valley' Producers Teaming on 'Portrait of a Lady' TV Adaptation". The Hollywood Reporter.
  15. ↑ "'Carol' Producer Number 9, Red Plan TV Adaptation of 'Portrait of a Lady'". Variety. June 14, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  16. ↑ Ladies in Lavender at Box Office Mojo
  17. ↑ "Mrs. Harris". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
  18. ↑ Stoned at Box Office Mojo
  19. ↑ Breakfast on Pluto at Box Office Mojo
  20. ↑ Sixty Six at Box Office Mojo
  21. ↑ When Did You Last See Your Father at Box Office Mojo
  22. ↑ "2007 BIFA Nominations". British Independent Film Awards.
  23. ↑ How to Lose Friends & Alienate People at Box Office Mojo
  24. ↑ Perrier's Bounty at Box Office Mojo
  25. ↑ Made in Dagenham at Box Office Mojo
  26. ↑ "2010 BIFA Nominations". British Independent Film Awards.
  27. ↑ Midnight's Children at Box Office Mojo
  28. ↑ Byzantium at Box Office Mojo
  29. ↑ Great Expectations at Box Office Mojo
  30. ↑ Hyena at Box Office Mojo
  31. ↑ Carol at Box Office Mojo
  32. ↑ "Youth (2015)". The Numbers.

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