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Number 9 Films
IndustryFilm
Founded2002
Founder
Headquarters
London, England
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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]

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]

Projects

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Their latest feature LIVING,[11] scripted by Kazou Ishiguro and starring Bill Nighy - a reworking of Kurosawa’s classic IKIRU - received numerous accolades including 3 BAFTA Award nominations[12] and 2 Academy Award® nominations.[13] The company also served as co-executive producers on ANOTHER END,[14] starring Gael García Bernal and Renate Reinsve, which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival.[15] Upcoming projects include Fleur Fortuné's THE ASSESSMENT, starring Alicia Vikander,  Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel;[16] award-winning theatre director Marianne Elliott's feature debut THE SALT PATH, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs;[17] and Kei Ishikawa's A PALE VIEW OF HILLS, adapted from Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro's novel of the same name.[18]

Karlsen and Woolley have produced some of the most celebrated independent films in the US and Europe including:[19] Todd Haynes’s CAROL,[20] starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara (nominated for 6 Academy Awards®,[21] 6 Golden Globe Awards,[22] and 9 BAFTA Awards[23]); Mark Herman’s LITTLE VOICE, starring Jane Horrocks and Michael Caine (winner of a Golden Globe Award,[24] nominated for 1 Academy Award®,[25] 6 Golden Globe Awards, and 6 BAFTA Awards); Neil Jordan’s THE CRYING GAME, starring Stephen Rea and Forest Whitaker (winner of an Academy Award®,[26] a BAFTA Award, and nominated for 6 Academy Awards®); MADE IN DAGENHAM, starring Sally Hawkins and Rosamund Pike (nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards); Phyllis Nagy’s MRS. HARRIS, starring Annette Bening and Ben Kingsley (nominated for 12 Emmy® Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards,[27] and a PGA Award); Wash Westmoreland’s COLETTE, starring Keira Knightley and Dominic West (nominated for 4 BIFAs and an Independent Spirit Award); and Paolo Sorrentino’s YOUTH, starring Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel (nominated for 1 Academy Award®[28] and winner of 3 European Film Awards). Karlsen’s credits also include LADIES IN LAVENDER, SIXTY SIX and NEON BIBLE. Woolley’s producing credits also include COMPANY OF WOLVES, MONA LISA, SCANDAL, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, BACKBEAT, MICHAEL COLLINS, THE BUTCHER BOY, STONED (which Woolley also directed) and INTERMISSION.

Filmography

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Year Title Worldwide box office Notes
2004 Return to Sender
2005 Mrs. Harris Nominated for twelve Emmy Awards[29]
2005 Stoned $174,758[30]
2005 Breakfast on Pluto $3.9 million[31] Nominated for 11 Irish Film & Television Academy awards.[32]
2006 Sixty Six $1.9 million[33]
2007 And When Did You Last See Your Father? $2.7 million[34] Nominated for seven British Independent Film Awards[35]
2008 Sounds Like Teen Spirit
2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People $19.2 million[36] Production budget: $28 million.
2009 Perrier's Bounty $167,938[37]
2010 Made in Dagenham $15.6 million[38] Production budget: £5 million.
Nominated for four British Academy Film Awards
Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards[39]
2012 Midnight's Children $1.6 million[40]
2012 Byzantium $92,544[41] Production budget: €8 million.
2012 Great Expectations $920,099[42]
2014 Hyena $89,526[43]
2015 Carol $42.7 million[44] 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[45] Nominated for two Golden Globe Awards
Nominated for one Academy Award
2016 The Limehouse Golem $2.3 million[46] Released in 2017.
2016 Their Finest $13.8 million[47]
2017 On Chesil Beach $3.4 million[48]
2018 Colette $16 million[49] 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

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References

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  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. ^ "Number 9 Films Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen to receive the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema". Bafta. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Oscars | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". www.oscars.org. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  6. ^ Parfitt, Orlando (17 December 2018). "Stephen Woolley, Liz Karlsen to receive Bafta for outstanding contribution to cinema". Screen Daily. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Mitchell, Robert (21 August 2019). "Shochiku Backs U.K.'s Number 9 Films With First-Look Deal". Variety. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  10. ^ Whittock, Max Goldbart,Jesse (13 June 2024). "Beta Backs 'Living' Producer Number 9 Films' New TV Division; Kate Laffey To Lead Small Screen Subsidiary". Deadline. Retrieved 19 December 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Gant2022-12-19T15:21:00+00:00, Charles. "'Living' team talk Bill Nighy, positivity and how they nabbed 'Ikiru' rights". Screen. Retrieved 19 December 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Film". Bafta. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  13. ^ "The 95th Academy Awards | 2023". www.oscars.org. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  14. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (15 February 2024). "Watch Gael Garcia Bernal & Renate Reinsve In First Trailer Of Berlin Film Festival Movie 'Another End'". Deadline. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  15. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (15 February 2024). "Watch Gael Garcia Bernal & Renate Reinsve In First Trailer Of Berlin Film Festival Movie 'Another End'". Deadline. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  16. ^ Blaney2023-06-21T15:17:00+01:00, Martin. "Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen to star in 'The Assessment' for Number 9 Films, augenschein (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 19 December 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Bamigboye, Baz (16 May 2023). "Breaking Baz: Gillian Anderson & Jason Isaacs Set For Film Adaptation Of Bestseller 'The Salt Path' As Director Marianne Elliott Makes Switch From Stage To Screen — Cannes Market". Deadline. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  18. ^ Frater, Patrick (23 August 2024). "'A Pale View of Hills,' Debut Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Now Filming for Japan's Bunbuku and U.K.'s Number 9". Variety. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  19. ^ Grater2018-10-30T08:00:00+00:00, Tom. "The Brit 50: Number 9 Films". Screen. Retrieved 19 December 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "CAROL". Festival de Cannes. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  21. ^ "The 88th Academy Awards | 2016". www.oscars.org. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  22. ^ "Carol". Golden Globes. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  23. ^ Barraclough, Leo (8 January 2016). "BAFTA Nominations: 'Bridge of Spies,' 'Carol' Lead Film Awards Race". Variety. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  24. ^ "Little Voice". Golden Globes. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  25. ^ "The 71st Academy Awards | 1999". www.oscars.org. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  26. ^ "The 65th Academy Awards | 1993". www.oscars.org. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  27. ^ "Mrs. Harris". Golden Globes. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  28. ^ "The 88th Academy Awards | 2016". www.oscars.org. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  29. ^ "Mrs. Harris". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
  30. ^ Stoned at Box Office Mojo
  31. ^ Breakfast on Pluto at Box Office Mojo
  32. ^ "Winners of the 4th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards". Irish Film & Television Academy. 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  33. ^ Sixty Six at Box Office Mojo
  34. ^ When Did You Last See Your Father at Box Office Mojo
  35. ^ Mitchell, Wendy (28 November 2007). "Control takes top honours at British Independent Film Awards". Screen Daily.
  36. ^ How to Lose Friends & Alienate People at Box Office Mojo
  37. ^ Perrier's Bounty at Box Office Mojo
  38. ^ "Made in Dagenham (2010)". The Numbers.
  39. ^ "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.
  40. ^ "Midnight's Children (2012)". The Numbers.
  41. ^ "Byzantium (2013)". The Numbers.
  42. ^ "Great Expectations (2013)". The Numbers.
  43. ^ "Hyena (2015)". The Numbers.
  44. ^ "Carol (2015)". The Numbers.
  45. ^ "Youth (2015)". The Numbers.
  46. ^ The Limehouse Golem at Box Office Mojo
  47. ^ "Their Finest (2017)". The Numbers.
  48. ^ "On Chesil Beach (2018)". The Numbers.
  49. ^ "Colette (2018)". The Numbers.
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