| Number 9 Films | |
| Foundation: | 2002 |
| Location City: | London, England |
| Location Country: | United Kingdom |
| Industry: | Film |
| Products: | Motion Pictures |
| Homepage: | number9films.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]
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 | scope=row | Return to Sender | |||
| 2005 | scope=row | Mrs. Harris | Nominated for twelve Emmy Awards[19] | ||
| 2005 | scope=row | Stoned | $174,758 | ||
| 2005 | scope=row | Breakfast on Pluto | $3.9 million | Nominated for 11 Irish Film & Television Academy awards. | |
| 2006 | scope=row | Sixty Six | $1.9 million | ||
| 2007 | scope=row | And When Did You Last See Your Father? | $2.7 million | Nominated for seven British Independent Film Awards[20] | |
| 2008 | scope=row | Sounds Like Teen Spirit | |||
| 2008 | scope=row | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $19.2 million | Production budget: $28 million. | |
| 2009 | scope=row | Perrier's Bounty | $167,938 | ||
| 2010 | scope=row | Made in Dagenham | $15.6 million[21] | Production budget: £5 million. Nominated for four British Academy Film Awards Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards[22] | |
| 2012 | scope=row | Midnight's Children | $1.6 million[23] | ||
| 2012 | scope=row | Byzantium | $92,544[24] | Production budget: €8 million. | |
| 2012 | scope=row | Great Expectations | $920,099[25] | ||
| 2014 | scope=row | Hyena | $89,526[26] | ||
| 2015 | scope=row | Carol | $42.7 million[27] | Production budget: $11.8 million. Nominated for nine British Academy Film Awards Nominated for six Academy Awards Nominated for five Golden Globe Awards | |
| 2015 | scope=row | Youth | $24 million[28] | Nominated for two Golden Globe Awards Nominated for one Academy Award | |
| 2016 | scope=row | The Limehouse Golem | $2.3 million | Released in 2017. | |
| 2016 | scope=row | Their Finest | $13.8 million[29] | ||
| 2017 | scope=row | On Chesil Beach | $3.4 million[30] | ||
| 2018 | scope=row | Colette | $16 million[31] | Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards Nominated for two Satellite Awards | |
| 2021 | scope=row | Mothering Sunday | $2.1 million | ||
| 2022 | scope=row | Living | $12.1 million |