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| Formerly | BBC Films (1990–2020) |
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| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 18 June 1990 |
| Founders | David M. Thompson |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Rose Garnett Eva Yates |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Services | Film |
| Owner | BBC |
| Parent | BBC |
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| Website | bbc |
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 , Salmon Fishing in the Yemen , Saving Mr. Banks , My Week with Marilyn , Eastern Promises , Match Point , Jane Eyre , In the Loop , An Education , StreetDance 3D , Fish Tank , The History Boys , Nativity! , Iris , Notes on a Scandal , Philomena , Stan & Ollie , Man Up , Billy Elliot and Brooklyn .
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BBC Film co-produces around eight films a year, working in partnership with major international and UK distributors. Eva Yates is head of BBC Film, responsible for the development and production slate, strategy and business operations. [6]
The company was founded in 1990 by Mark Shivas as part of the Drama Department, with David M. Thompson becoming its head in 1997 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. [9] [10]
