Number 9 Films
British film production company
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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]
IndustryFilm
Founded2002
Founder
Headquarters
London, England
, United Kingdom
| Industry | Film |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | |
| Headquarters | London, England , United Kingdom |
| Products | Motion Pictures |
| Website | number9films.co.uk |
Between them the principles' movies have garnered 57 BAFTA nominations and wins, and 23 Academy Award® nominations and wins.[4][5]
Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen were jointly honoured with the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2019.[6][7]
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.[8][9]
In 2024, Beta Film took a stake in Number 9 TV, a new small screen subsidiary of the production company.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Worldwide box office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Return to Sender | ||
| 2005 | Mrs. Harris | Nominated for twelve Emmy Awards[11] | |
| 2005 | Stoned | $174,758[12] | |
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | $3.9 million[13] | Nominated for 11 Irish Film & Television Academy awards.[14] |
| 2006 | Sixty Six | $1.9 million[15] | |
| 2007 | And When Did You Last See Your Father? | $2.7 million[16] | Nominated for seven British Independent Film Awards[17] |
| 2008 | Sounds Like Teen Spirit | ||
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $19.2 million[18] | Production budget: $28 million. |
| 2009 | Perrier's Bounty | $167,938[19] | |
| 2010 | Made in Dagenham | $15.6 million[20] | Production budget: £5 million. Nominated for four British Academy Film Awards Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards[21] |
| 2012 | Midnight's Children | $1.6 million[22] | |
| 2012 | Byzantium | $92,544[23] | Production budget: €8 million. |
| 2012 | Great Expectations | $920,099[24] | |
| 2014 | Hyena | $89,526[25] | |
| 2015 | Carol[26] | $42.7 million[27] | Production budget: $11.8 million. Nominated for nine British Academy Film Awards[28] Nominated for six Academy Awards[29] Nominated for five Golden Globe Awards[30] |
| 2015 | Youth | $24 million[31] | Nominated for two Golden Globe Awards Nominated for one Academy Award |
| 2016 | The Limehouse Golem | $2.3 million[32] | Released in 2017. |
| 2016 | Their Finest | $13.8 million[33] | |
| 2017 | On Chesil Beach | $3.4 million[34] | |
| 2018 | Colette | $16 million[35] | 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 |
| 2024 | The Assessment[36] | ||
| 2024 | Another End | Co-executive producers[37] Nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival.[38] | |
| 2024 | The Salt Path[39] | ||
| 2025 | A Pale View of Hills[40] | ||
Further reading
- Barraclough, Leo (29 December 2015). Number 9 Films Offices Reflect Producers’ Personality, Filmography. Variety
- Deadline Hollywood (18 May 2015). Carol & Youth Producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen Cannes Interview. YouTube
- DShed (26 November 2015). Carol: Producer's Intro and Q&A. Watershed
- Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (14 May 2015). Passion project: meet the indie super-producer behind Cannes hot ticket Carol. The Guardian
- Fitzherbert, Henry (19 May 2013). Box office success in Stephen Woolley's undead end jobs. Daily Express
- HeyUGuys (7 December 2015). 'Carol' Producer Elizabeth Karlsen – BIFAs 2015. YouTube
- Jaafar, Ali (9 October 2009). Married to the movies. Variety (Note: contains founding year error.)
- Jaafar, Ali (2 March 2016). ‘Carol’ Producers Elizabeth Karlsen And Stephen Woolley On Turning Good Taste Into A Business. Deadline Hollywood
- Macnab, Geoffrey (7 July 2011). Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, Number 9 Films. Screen International (Note: contains founding year error.)
- Mitchell, Wendy (11 December 2015). 'Carol': producer Elizabeth Karlsen on her 14-year passion project. Screen International
- O'Donoghue, Caroline (10 February 2016). Was Carol snubbed by the Oscars?. The Pool
- Q&A (10 February 2016). “Strong” women: Why it’s time to redefine the way women are represented on screen – Elizabeth Karlsen, Film Producer and Co-director at Number 9 Films. Womanthology
- Tangcay, Jazz (18 November 2015). Interview – Carol Producer : Elizabeth Karlsen. AwardsDaily
- Utichi, Joe (18 May 2015). ‘Carol’ & ‘Youth’ Producers On “The Expectation Of Showing In Cannes” – Video. Deadline Hollywood