BBC Film

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BBC Film
IndustryFilm
Founded18 June 1990
FoundersDavid M. Thompson
Headquarters
Broadcasting House, London
,
United Kingdom
Area served
UK
Key people
Rose Garnett
ProductsMotion pictures
ServicesFilm
OwnerBBC
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilm

BBC Film (formerly BBC Films) is the feature film-making arm of the BBC. It was founded on 18 June 1990,[5] and has produced or co-produced some of the most successful British films of recent years, including Truly, Madly, Deeply, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Quartet, Chef, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Saving Mr. Banks, My Week with Marilyn, Jane Eyre, In the Loop, An Education, StreetDance 3D, Fish Tank, Nativity!, Iris, Notes on a Scandal, Stan & Ollie, Man Up, Billy Elliot and Brooklyn.

BBC Film co-produces around eight films a year, working in partnership with major international and UK distributors. Rose Garnett is Head of BBC Film, responsible for the development and production slate, strategy and business operations.[6]

The company was founded in 1990 by David M. Thompson as a wholly owned but independent film-making company, based in offices in Mortimer Street, London. A restructuring in 2007 integrated it into the main BBC Fiction department of BBC Vision. As a result, it moved out of its independent offices into BBC Television Centre, and Thompson left to start his own film production company.[7] BBC Film has been based at Broadcasting House in London since 2013.[8] The company changed its name to BBC Film in 2020, and it has been announced that the Storyville documentary strand has come under its remit.[1]

Productions[]

pre-1999[]

2000[]

  • Wonder Boys
  • Wild About Harry
  • Saltwater
  • Maybe Baby
  • Billy Elliot (with Working Title Films)
  • Shadow of the Vampire (with Saturn Films)

2001[]

  • Iris (with Miramax Films and Intermedia Films)
  • Born Romantic

2003[]

2004[]

  • Undone (short)
  • The Accidental Perfectionist
  • Bullet Boy
  • Millions
  • Red Dust
  • My Summer of Love
  • The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (with Company Pictures)
  • Stage Beauty (with Qwerty Films and Tribeca)
  • Trauma

2005[]

2006[]

  • Notes on a Scandal
  • Starter for Ten
  • Scoop
  • Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
  • Fast Food Nation (US 2006/UK 2007)
  • Confetti
  • Shoot the Messenger
  • Miss Potter
  • As You Like It (in association with HBO Films)

2007[]

  • Joe's Palace
  • The Restraint of Beasts
  • Four Last Songs
  • Capturing Mary
  • Eastern Promises (distributed and co-presented by Focus Features)
  • Becoming Jane

2008[]

  • Churchill at War
  • Revolutionary Road (co-production with DreamWorks Pictures)
  • Death Defying Acts
  • The Duchess
  • Brideshead Revisited
  • The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
  • The Other Boleyn Girl[9]
  • The Edge of Love
  • The Meerkats

2009[]

  • Nativity!
  • The Men Who Stare at Goats
  • Tormented
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
  • The Damned United (co-production with Columbia Pictures)
  • In the Loop
  • Bright Star (co-production with Film Finance Corporation Australia, Pathé, Warner Bros., UK Film Council, and Screen Australia)
  • The Boys Are Back (co-production with Film Finance Corporation Australia, Tiger Aspect Pictures, Miramax Films, and Screen Australia)
  • An Education

2010[]

  • The First Grader
  • Made in Dagenham
  • Tamara Drewe
  • Edge of Darkness (co-production with Warner Bros. and Icon Productions)
  • StreetDance 3D (co-production with Vertigo Films)
  • Freestyle

2011[]

2012[]

2013[]

2014[]

2015[]

2016[]

2017[]

2018[]

2019[]

2020[]

2021[]

Upcoming[]

See also[]

  • BBC

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "BBC Documentary Arm Storyville moves under BBC Film remit". Screen Daily. 26 October 2020.
  2. ^ https://www.creativeengland.co.uk/ifeatures/
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/a-bold-new-vision-for-bbc-films/5139303.article
  4. ^ https://womenandhollywood.com/film-london-bfi-and-bbcs-microwave-commissions-films-from-female-non-binary-directors-6fb724948be4/
  5. ^ "BBC Films: Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema in 2015". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Rose Garnett appointed director of BBC Films". Screen Daily. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  7. ^ "David Thompson to leave Head of BBC Films role to launch new company". BBC. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  8. ^ "BBC News' television output moves to new studios at Broadcasting House". BBC. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  9. ^ "BBC – The Other Boleyn Girl – BBC Films".
  10. ^ "BBC Films unveils upcoming slate at Cannes". BBC. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  11. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/my_scientology_movie
  12. ^ "BBC – A United Kingdom – BBC Films".
  13. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/upcoming
  14. ^ Lodderhose, Diana (17 February 2016). "eOne Boards Steve Coogan-John C. Reilly's Laurel and Hardy Biopic 'Stan & Ollie'".
  15. ^ Grater, Tom (1 June 2021). "First Look At Letitia Wright In Drama 'Aisha' Co-Starring Josh O'Connor; Cornerstone Boards Sales". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

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