Company Pictures Explained

Company Pictures
Type:Subsidiary
Founders:Charles Pattinson
George Faber
Location City:London
Location Country:United Kingdom
Industry:Film
Television
Products:Motion pictures
Television programmes
Parent:All3Media (2003–present)

Company Pictures is a British television production company which has produced drama programming for many broadcasters.[1] It was set up in 1998 by Charles Pattinson and George Faber, colleagues at BBC Films. Their first film was Morvern Callar, which was credited as a co-production with BBC Films as they had begun developing it while still employed there.[2] In 2003 Company Pictures became part of All3Media.[3]

In 2012, founders Pattinson and Faber left Company Pictures to set up another independent production company,[4] and John Yorke became managing director until 2015.[5] He was succeeded by Michele Buck, former joint managing director of Mammoth Screen.[6]

For both artistic and fiscal reasons, when producing the TV series The White Queen, Company Pictures entered into collaboration with a Flemish production house. This enabled them to film in the medieval cities of Ghent and Bruges, while receiving tax-breaks as a European co-production and for investment in Flanders.[7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.companypictures.co.uk/about/ About Us – Company Pictures
  2. Christopher Meir, Scottish Cinema: Texts and Contexts (Manchester University Press, 2015), p. 77.
  3. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/all3media-buys-company-pictures/1100005.article All3Media buys Company Pictures
  4. Jake Kanter, Company founders quit - to set up new All3 indie, Broadcast, 22 June 2012. Accessed 25 October 2016.
  5. Jake Kanter, John Yorke leaves Company Pictures, Broadcast, 27 March 2015. Accessed 25 October 2016.
  6. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/michele-buck-to-head-company-pictures/5089513.article Michele Buck to head Company Pictures
  7. J. Verheul, "British Flanders", in Screening European Heritage: Creating and Consuming History on Film, edited by Paul Cooke and Rob Stone (Springer, 2016), pp. 37-39.