Elizabeth Karlsen
Elizabeth Karlsen | |
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Born | 1960 (age 60–61) |
Occupation | Film producer |
Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse(s) | Stephen Woolley |
Elizabeth Karlsen (born 1960)[citation needed] is a British film producer. She co-founded Number 9 Films in 2002 with production partner and husband Stephen Woolley.[1][2]
Karlsen's producing credits include Terence Davies’ The Neon Bible, starring Gena Rowlands and selected for Cannes competition; Mark Herman’s Little Voice, nominated for six Golden Globe Awards, six BAFTA Awards and an Academy Award; the HBO single drama Mrs. Harris, starring Annette Bening and Ben Kingsley, nominated for 12 Primetime Emmys, three Golden Globes, and a Producers Guild of America Award and for which Karlsen received the Women's Image Network Award; the BAFTA-nominated Great Expectations, directed by Mike Newell, starring Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham Carter; Byzantium, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Saoirse Ronan; and Made in Dagenham, nominated for three BAFTAs. She also produced the international box office success Ladies in Lavender, starring Maggie Smith and Judi Dench, and co-produced Neil Jordan's The Crying Game, nominated for six Academy Awards.
Her latest films − Carol, written by Phyllis Nagy, directed by Todd Haynes and starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, and Youth, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, starring Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel − premiered in main competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4] Projects in development include an original project from Caméra d'Or winner Anthony Chen and a co-production with Killer Films, written and directed by Wash West.[citation needed]
Karlsen has served on the board of EM Media,[5] the Edinburgh Festival and is currently Chair of .[6]
In 2019 she was awarded the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award, together with Stephen Woolley.[7]
Number 9 Films[]
Number 9 Films was co-founded by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley after a long collaboration at both Palace and Scala Productions.[8][9] The company is one of the UK's leading independent production companies forging relationships with a wide range of talent in the UK, across Europe and in the States.[10]
Films produced under the Number 9 Films banner include Made in Dagenham,[11] which was made into a West End musical in 2014, Byzantium,[12] Great Expectations,[13] How To Lose Friends & Alienate People, Sounds Like Teen Spirit,[14] Breakfast on Pluto, Mrs. Harris,[15] Stoned, and And When Did You Last See Your Father?.[16]
Number 9 Films’ most recent productions are Carol, written by Phyllis Nagy, directed by Todd Haynes starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.[17] Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth, starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, and Jane Fonda,[18] and Hyena, which opened the Edinburgh International Film Festival.[19]
Current productions include On Chesil Beach, screenplay by Ian McEwan and directed by Dominic Cooke,[20] The Limehouse Golem, written by Jane Goldman and directed by Juan Carlos Medina.[21] and Their Finest, written by Gaby Chiappe, directed by Lone Scherfig.[22] Colette (2018 film) starring Keira Knightley and Dominic West was filmed in 2017 and set for release in late 2018.[23]
Filmography as producer[]
Director's name in brackets after film title.
- 2021: Mothering Sunday (Eva Husson)
- 2018: Colette (Wash Westmoreland)
- 2017: On Chesil Beach (Dominic Cooke)
- 2017: The Limehouse Golem (Juan Carlos Medina)
- 2016: Their Finest (Lone Scherfig)
- 2015: Carol (Todd Haynes)
- 2015: Youth (Paolo Sorrentino) (co-producer)
- 2014: Hyena (Gerard Johnson)
- 2012: Great Expectations (Mike Newell)
- 2012: Byzantium (Neil Jordan)
- 2012: Midnight's Children (Deepa Mehta) (co-producer)
- 2010: Made in Dagenham (Nigel Cole)
- 2009: Perrier's Bounty (Ian Fitzgibbon)
- 2008: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (Robert B. Weide)
- 2008: Sounds Like Teen Spirit (Jamie Jay Johnson)
- 2007: And When Did You Last See Your Father? (Anand Tucker)
- 2006: Sixty Six (Paul Weiland)
- 2005: Mrs. Harris (Phyllis Nagy) (executive producer)
- 2004: Ladies in Lavender (Charles Dance)
- 2000: Purely Belter (Mark Herman)
- 1998: Little Voice (Mark Herman)
- 1996: Hollow Reed (Angela Pope)
- 1995: The Neon Bible (Terence Davies)
- 1992: The Crying Game (Neil Jordan) (co-producer)
- 1991: The Pope Must Diet (Peter Richardson) (co-producer)
- 1990: Hardware (Richard Stanley) (supervising producer)
References[]
- ^ Mitchell, Wendy (December 5, 2013). "Karlsen named new chair of WFTV". Screen Daily.
- ^ Picardie, Ruth (September 5, 1996). "Golden girl, producer, mother, babe". The Independent.
- ^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (May 14, 2015). "Passion project: meet the indie super-producer behind Cannes hot ticket Carol". The Guardian.
- ^ "Elizabeth Karlsen's Films Carol and Youth". WFTV. April 16, 2015. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
- ^ Cooper, Sarah (June 8, 2011). "EM Media extends board to cover East of England". WFTV.
- ^ "Elizabeth Karlsen New WFTV UK Chairperson". WFTV. December 2, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Elizabeth Karlsen & Stephen Woolley – Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. February 8, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ^ Gritten, David (September 16, 2010). "Made in Dagenham: interview with producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (July 7, 2011). "Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, Number 9 Films". Screen Daily.
- ^ Dams, Tim (May 16, 2012). "The UKs top 40 film production companies". .
- ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (July 7, 2011). "Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, Number 9 Films". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Kemp, Stuart (May 14, 2011). "Saoirse Ronan & Gemma Arterton star in Vampire Pic 'Byzantium'". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Waters, Florence (July 5, 2011). "BBC commissions two rival versions of Charles Dickens Great Expectations". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (September 17, 2008). "Sounds Like Teen spirit a popumentary". Variety.
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (September 16, 2005). "Mrs Harris". Variety.
- ^ Hunter, Allan (August 22, 2007). "And When Did You last See Your Father". Screendaily.
- ^ "Todd Haynes' Carol starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara starts production". Goldcrest Films. March 10, 2014.
- ^ "Elizabeth Karlsen's Films Carol and Youth". WFTV. April 2016, 2015. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015. Check date values in:
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(help) - ^ "Hyena". British Film Council.
- ^ Lodderhose, Diana (February 17, 2016). "Saoirse Ronan to star in 'On Chesil Beach'". . Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ Barraclough, Leo (April 17, 2015). "Alan Rickman to star in jane goldman's gothic tale Limehouse Golem". Variety.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (April 14, 2015). "Gemma Arterton and Sam Claflin to star in Lone Scherfig's Their Finest Hour and a Half first Golem". Variety.
- ^ "Dominic West Says Keira Knightley Helped Put Out an Actual Fire While Filming 'Colette'". September 28, 2018.
External links[]
- 1960 births
- Living people
- British film producers
- Businesspeople from New York City
- Film production company founders
- BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award