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]
| Industry | Film |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder |
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| Headquarters |
London, England
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United Kingdom
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| Products | Motion Pictures |
| Website | number9films.co.uk |
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 |