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Number 9 Films

Number 9 Films
IndustryFilm
Founded2002
Founder
Headquarters
London, England
,
United Kingdom
ProductsMotion Pictures
Websitenumber9films.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]

Projects

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]

Filmography

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

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Gritten, David (16 September 2010). "Made in Dagenham: interview with producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Wendy (5 December 2013). "Karlsen named new chair of WFTV". Screen Daily. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. ^ Dams, Tim (16 May 2012). "The UKs top 40 film production companies". Televisual. Televisual Media UK Ltd. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (29 May 2018). "Number 9 Films Hires Claudia Yusef To Head Development". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ Parfitt, Orlando (17 December 2018). "Stephen Woolley, Liz Karlsen to receive Bafta for outstanding contribution to cinema". Screen Daily. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. ^ Smith, Neil (8 February 2019). "Elizabeth Karlsen & Stephen Woolley – Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. ^ Grater, Tom (21 August 2019). "'Carol' producer Number 9 Films signs first-look deal with Japan's Shochiku (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  8. ^ Mitchell, Robert (21 August 2019). "Shochiku Backs U.K.'s Number 9 Films With First-Look Deal". Variety. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Winners of the 4th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards". Irish Film & Television Academy. 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Made in Dagenham musical opens at Adelphi in October". Musical Theatre Review. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  11. ^ Ritman, Alex (7 January 2016). "BAFTA Awards: 'Carol' and 'Bridge of Spies' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Oscar Nominations: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  13. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (19 January 2016). "'Carol' Screenwriter Adapting 'Telex From Cuba' For Paramount TV, Anonymous Content". Variety. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  14. ^ "Mrs&MrThomas' 2016 Feature Winning Script Picked Up By Shore Judge & Oscar Nominated Producer, Stephen Woolley". Shore Scripts. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  15. ^ Myers, Scott (5 July 2017). "Spec Script Deal: "The Assessor"". Go Into The Story. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  16. ^ Barraclough, Leo (11 February 2017). "Film4 Options 'Mothering Sunday' for Development With Number 9 (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  17. ^ Ritman, Alex (14 June 2016). "'Carol' and 'Happy Valley' Producers Teaming on 'Portrait of a Lady' TV Adaptation". The Hollywood Reporter.
  18. ^ Barraclough, Leo (14 June 2016). "'Carol' Producer Number 9, Red Plan TV Adaptation of 'Portrait of a Lady'". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  19. ^ "Mrs. Harris". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
  20. ^ Stoned at Box Office Mojo
  21. ^ Breakfast on Pluto at Box Office Mojo
  22. ^ Sixty Six at Box Office Mojo
  23. ^ When Did You Last See Your Father at Box Office Mojo
  24. ^ Mitchell, Wendy (28 November 2007). "Control takes top honours at British Independent Film Awards". Screen Daily.
  25. ^ How to Lose Friends & Alienate People at Box Office Mojo
  26. ^ Perrier's Bounty at Box Office Mojo
  27. ^ "Made in Dagenham (2010)". The Numbers.
  28. ^ "The Moët British Independent Film Awards Announce Nominations and Jury for 13th Edition". British Independent Film Awards. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010.
  29. ^ "Midnight's Children (2012)". The Numbers.
  30. ^ "Byzantium (2013)". The Numbers.
  31. ^ "Great Expectations (2013)". The Numbers.
  32. ^ "Hyena (2015)". The Numbers.
  33. ^ "Carol (2015)". The Numbers.
  34. ^ "Youth (2015)". The Numbers.
  35. ^ The Limehouse Golem at Box Office Mojo
  36. ^ "Their Finest (2017)". The Numbers.
  37. ^ "On Chesil Beach (2018)". The Numbers.
  38. ^ "Colette (2018)". The Numbers.
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