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Number 9 Films

{{Short description|British film production company}}

{{EngvarB|date=March 2018}}

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| name = Number 9 Films

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| foundation = 2002

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| location_city = London, England

| location_country = United Kingdom

| industry = Film

| products = Motion Pictures

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| homepage = [http://number9films.co.uk number9films.co.uk]

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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.{{cite web|last=Gritten|first=David|title=Made in Dagenham: interview with producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/8007335/Made-in-Dagenham-interview-with-producers-Stephen-Woolley-and-Elizabeth-Karlsen.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 September 2010|access-date=25 April 2016}}{{cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Wendy|title=Karlsen named new chair of WFTV|url=http://www.screendaily.com/territories/uk-ireland/karlsen-named-new-chair-of-wftv/5064275.article|work=Screen Daily|date=5 December 2013|access-date=18 October 2017}}{{cite web|last=Dams|first=Tim|title=The UKs top 40 film production companies|url=http://www.televisual.com/blog-detail/The-UKs-top-40-film-production-companies_bid-356.html|website=Televisual|publisher=Televisual Media UK Ltd|date=16 May 2012|access-date=25 April 2016}}

Between them the principles' movies have garnered 57 BAFTA nominations and wins, and 23 Academy Award® nominations and wins.{{Cite web |title=Number 9 Films Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen to receive the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema |url=https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/number-9-films-stephen-woolley-and-elizabeth-karlsen-to-receive-the-bafta-for-outstanding-british-contribution-to-cinema |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Bafta |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-30 |title=Oscars {{!}} Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.oscars.org |language=en}}

Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen were jointly honoured with the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2019.{{Cite web|last1=Parfitt|first1=Orlando|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/stephen-woolley-liz-karlsen-to-receive-bafta-for-outstanding-contribution-to-cinema/5135335.article|title=Stephen Woolley, Liz Karlsen to receive Bafta for outstanding contribution to cinema|website=Screen Daily|date=17 December 2018|access-date=11 July 2019}}{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Neil|title=Elizabeth Karlsen & Stephen Woolley – Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema|url=http://www.bafta.org/film/features/outstanding-british-contribution-to-cinema-2019|website=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|date=8 February 2019|access-date=19 May 2020}}

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.{{cite web|last1=Grater|first1=Tom|title='Carol' producer Number 9 Films signs first-look deal with Japan's Shochiku (exclusive)|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/carol-producer-number-9-films-signs-first-look-deal-with-japans-shochiku-exclusive/5142134.article|website=Screen Daily|date=21 August 2019|access-date=19 May 2020}}{{cite magazine|last1=Mitchell|first1=Robert|title=Shochiku Backs U.K.'s Number 9 Films With First-Look Deal|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/shochiku-backs-uk-number-9-films-first-look-deal-1203309027/|magazine=Variety|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=19 May 2020}}

In 2024, Beta Film took a stake in Number 9 TV, a new small screen subsidiary of the production company.{{Cite web |last=Whittock |first=Max Goldbart,Jesse |date=2024-06-13 |title=Beta Backs 'Living' Producer Number 9 Films' New TV Division; Kate Laffey To Lead Small Screen Subsidiary |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/beta-invest-number-9-tv-kate-laffey-1235972337/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Projects

Their latest feature LIVING,{{Cite web |last=Gant2022-12-19T15:21:00+00:00 |first=Charles |title='Living' team talk Bill Nighy, positivity and how they nabbed 'Ikiru' rights |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/living-team-talk-bill-nighy-positivity-and-how-they-nabbed-ikiru-rights/5177581.article |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Screen |language=en}} scripted by Kazuo Ishiguro and starring Bill Nighy - a reworking of Kurosawa’s classic IKIRU - received numerous accolades including 3 BAFTA Award nominations{{Cite web |title=Film |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/film?award-year=2023&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiApY-7BhBjEiwAQMrrEdK_2MxKdx8fKZ8mDoZcJdpuRp04J-UJawhcOQ_WRfkbAJfz8I43lRoCtVkQAvD_BwE |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Bafta |language=en}} and 2 Academy Award® nominations.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-19 |title=The 95th Academy Awards {{!}} 2023 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.oscars.org |language=en}} The company also served as co-executive producers on ANOTHER END,{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=2024-02-15 |title=Watch Gael Garcia Bernal & Renate Reinsve In First Trailer Of Berlin Film Festival Movie 'Another End' |url=https://deadline.com/video/gael-garcia-bernal-and-renate-reinsve-trailer-of-berlin-another-end/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} starring Gael García Bernal and Renate Reinsve, which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival.{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=2024-02-15 |title=Watch Gael Garcia Bernal & Renate Reinsve In First Trailer Of Berlin Film Festival Movie 'Another End' |url=https://deadline.com/video/gael-garcia-bernal-and-renate-reinsve-trailer-of-berlin-another-end/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} Upcoming projects include Fleur Fortuné's THE ASSESSMENT, starring Alicia Vikander,  Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel;{{Cite web |last=Blaney2023-06-21T15:17:00+01:00 |first=Martin |title=Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen to star in 'The Assessment' for Number 9 Films, augenschein (exclusive) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/alicia-vikander-elizabeth-olsen-to-star-in-the-assessment-for-number-9-films-augenschein-exclusive/5183382.article |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Screen |language=en}} award-winning theatre director Marianne Elliott's feature debut THE SALT PATH, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs;{{Cite web |last=Bamigboye |first=Baz |date=2023-05-16 |title=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 |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/gillian-anderson-jason-isaacs-the-salt-path-marianne-elliott-cannes-breaking-baz-1235367761/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} and Kei Ishikawa's A PALE VIEW OF HILLS, adapted from Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro's novel of the same name.{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=2024-08-23 |title='A Pale View of Hills,' Debut Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Now Filming for Japan's Bunbuku and U.K.'s Number 9 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/kazuo-ishiguro-a-pale-view-of-hills-debut-novel-filming-1236116100/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Karlsen and Woolley have produced some of the most celebrated independent films in the US and Europe including:{{Cite web |last=Grater2018-10-30T08:00:00+00:00 |first=Tom |title=The Brit 50: Number 9 Films |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/the-brit-50-number-9-films/5133941.article |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Screen |language=en}} Todd Haynes’s CAROL,{{Cite web |date=2015-05-24 |title=CAROL |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/carol/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=en-US}} starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara (nominated for 6 Academy Awards®,{{Cite web |date=2017-02-16 |title=The 88th Academy Awards {{!}} 2016 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.oscars.org |language=en}} 6 Golden Globe Awards,{{Cite web |title=Carol |url=https://goldenglobes.com/film/carol/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}} and 9 BAFTA Awards{{Cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=2016-01-08 |title=BAFTA Nominations: 'Bridge of Spies,' 'Carol' Lead Film Awards Race |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/awards/bafta-film-award-nominations-1201674936/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}); Mark Herman’s LITTLE VOICE, starring Jane Horrocks and Michael Caine (winner of a Golden Globe Award,{{Cite web |title=Little Voice |url=https://goldenglobes.com/film/little-voice/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}} nominated for 1 Academy Award®,{{Cite web |date=2016-11-18 |title=The 71st Academy Awards {{!}} 1999 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1999 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.oscars.org |language=en}} 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®,{{Cite web |date=2014-10-04 |title=The 65th Academy Awards {{!}} 1993 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.oscars.org |language=en}} 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,{{Cite web |title=Mrs. Harris |url=https://goldenglobes.com/tv-show/mrs-harris/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}} 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®{{Cite web |date=2017-02-16 |title=The 88th Academy Awards {{!}} 2016 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.oscars.org |language=en}} 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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scope="col"| Year

!scope="col"| Title

!scope="col"| Worldwide box office

!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes

2004

!scope=row| Return to Sender

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2005

!scope=row| Mrs. Harris

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| Nominated for twelve Emmy Awards{{cite web|title=Mrs. Harris|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/mrs-harris|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences}}

2005

!scope=row| Stoned

| $174,758{{mojo title|stoned|Stoned}}

|

2005

!scope=row| Breakfast on Pluto

| $3.9 million{{mojo title|breakfastonpluto|Breakfast on Pluto}}

| Nominated for 11 Irish Film & Television Academy awards.{{cite web |date=2007 |title=Winners of the 4th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards |url=http://www.ifta.ie/winners/iftawinners2007.html |access-date=29 September 2018 |website=Irish Film & Television Academy}}

2006

!scope=row| Sixty Six

| $1.9 million{{mojo title|sixtysix|Sixty Six}}

|

2007

!scope=row| And When Did You Last See Your Father?

| $2.7 million{{mojo title|whendidyoulastseeyourfather|When Did You Last See Your Father}}

| Nominated for seven British Independent Film Awards{{cite web|last1=Mitchell|first1=Wendy|title=Control takes top honours at British Independent Film Awards|url=https://www.screendaily.com/control-takes-top-honours-at-british-independent-film-awards/4036069.article|website=Screen Daily|date=28 November 2007}}

2008

!scope=row| Sounds Like Teen Spirit

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2008

!scope=row| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

| $19.2 million{{mojo title|howtolosefriends|How to Lose Friends & Alienate People}}

|Production budget: $28 million.

2009

!scope=row| Perrier's Bounty

| $167,938{{mojo title|perriersbounty|Perrier's Bounty}}

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2010

!scope=row| Made in Dagenham

| $15.6 million{{cite web|title=Made in Dagenham (2010)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Made-in-Dagenham#tab=summary|website=The Numbers}}

| Production budget: £5 million.
Nominated for four British Academy Film Awards
Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards{{cite web|title=The Moët British Independent Film Awards Announce Nominations and Jury for 13th Edition|url=http://bifa.org.uk/news/moët-british-independent-film-awards-announce-nominations-and-jury-13th-edition|website=British Independent Film Awards|date=2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104073807/http://bifa.org.uk/news/mo%C3%ABt-british-independent-film-awards-announce-nominations-and-jury-13th-edition |archive-date=November 4, 2010}}

2012

!scope=row| Midnight's Children

| $1.6 million{{cite web|title=Midnight's Children (2012)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Midnights-Children#tab=summary|website=The Numbers}}

|

2012

!scope=row| Byzantium

| $92,544{{cite web|title=Byzantium (2013)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Byzantium#tab=summary|website=The Numbers}}

|Production budget: €8 million.

2012

!scope=row| Great Expectations

| $920,099{{cite web|title=Great Expectations (2013)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Great-Expectations-(2012)#tab=summary|website=The Numbers}}

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2014

!scope=row| Hyena

| $89,526{{cite web|title=Hyena (2015)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Hyena#tab=summary|website=The Numbers}}

|

2015

!scope=row| Carol

| $42.7 million{{cite web|title=Carol (2015)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Carol#tab=summary|website=The Numbers}}

| 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{{cite web|title=Youth (2015)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Youth-(2015)#tab=summary|website=The Numbers}}

| Nominated for two Golden Globe Awards
Nominated for one Academy Award

2016

!scope=row| The Limehouse Golem

| $2.3 million{{Mojo title|id=4733640|title=The Limehouse Golem}}

| Released in 2017.

2016

!scope=row| Their Finest

|$13.8 million{{cite web|title=Their Finest (2017)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Their-Finest#tab=summar4|website=The Numbers}}

|

2017

!scope=row| On Chesil Beach

|$3.4 million{{cite web|title=On Chesil Beach (2018)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/On-Chesil-Beach#tab=summary|website=The Numbers}}

|

2018

!scope=row|Colette

|$16 million{{cite web|title=Colette (2018)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Colette-(2018)#tab=summary|website=The Numbers}}

|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

| 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

!scope=row|The Assessment

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2025

!scope=row|A Pale View of Hills

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Further reading

  • Barraclough, Leo (29 December 2015). [https://variety.com/2015/biz/real-estate/number-9-films-producers-office-personality-1201666889/ Number 9 Films Offices Reflect Producers’ Personality, Filmography]. Variety
  • Deadline Hollywood (18 May 2015). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhOMDrwlNTE Carol & Youth Producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen Cannes Interview]. YouTube
  • DShed (26 November 2015). [http://www.watershed.co.uk/dshed/carol-producers-intro-and-qa Carol: Producer's Intro and Q&A]. Watershed
  • Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (14 May 2015). [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/14/carol-film-cannes-karlsen-cate-blanchett Passion project: meet the indie super-producer behind Cannes hot ticket Carol]. The Guardian
  • Fitzherbert, Henry (19 May 2013). [http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/400847/Box-office-success-in-Stephen-Woolley-s-undead-end-jobs Box office success in Stephen Woolley's undead end jobs]. Daily Express
  • HeyUGuys (7 December 2015). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzM12niYxos 'Carol' Producer Elizabeth Karlsen – BIFAs 2015]. YouTube
  • Jaafar, Ali (9 October 2009). [https://variety.com/2009/film/features/married-to-the-movies-1118009769/ Married to the movies]. Variety (Note: contains founding year error.)
  • Jaafar, Ali (2 March 2016). [https://deadline.com/2016/03/carol-producers-elizabeth-karlsen-stephen-woolley-keira-knightley-saoirse-ronan-colette-on-chesil-beach-cate-blanchett-rooney-mara-1201712939/ ‘Carol’ Producers Elizabeth Karlsen And Stephen Woolley On Turning Good Taste Into A Business]. Deadline Hollywood
  • Macnab, Geoffrey (7 July 2011). [http://www.screendaily.com/features/one-on-one/elizabeth-karlsen-and-stephen-woolley-number-9-films/5029544.article Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, Number 9 Films]. Screen International (Note: contains founding year error.)
  • Mitchell, Wendy (11 December 2015). [http://www.screendaily.com/awards/carol-producer-elizabeth-karlsen-on-her-14-year-passion-project/5097955.article 'Carol': producer Elizabeth Karlsen on her 14-year passion project]. Screen International
  • O'Donoghue, Caroline (10 February 2016). [https://www.the-pool.com/arts-culture/film/2016/6/was-carol-snubbed-by-oscar-nominations Was Carol snubbed by the Oscars?]. The Pool
  • Q&A (10 February 2016). [http://www.womanthology.co.uk/strong-women-why-its-time-to-redefine-the-way-women-are-represented-on-screen-elizabeth-karlsen-film-producer-and-co-director-at-number-9-films/ “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). [http://www.awardsdaily.com/2015/11/18/interview-carol-producer-elizabeth-karlsen/ Interview – Carol Producer : Elizabeth Karlsen]. AwardsDaily
  • Utichi, Joe (18 May 2015). [https://deadline.com/2015/05/carol-youth-stephen-woolley-elizabeth-karlsen-cannes-film-festival-1201428993/ ‘Carol’ & ‘Youth’ Producers On “The Expectation Of Showing In Cannes” – Video]. Deadline Hollywood

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://number9films.co.uk}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160425021915/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ad4245e Number 9 Films] at BFI
  • [https://www.metacritic.com/company/number-9-films Number 9 Films] at Metacritic
  • Stephen Woolley (3 December 2015). [https://deadline.com/2015/12/carol-movie-gender-equality-todd-haynes-stephen-woolley-commentary-1201648562/ 'Carol' Producer Stephen Woolley: Todd Haynes Film A Cautionary Tale For Threatening Times – Guest Column]. Deadline Hollywood

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