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| Formerly |
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|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Motion picture |
| Founded | 19 December 2008 |
| Founder | Christian Colson |
| Headquarters | 71 Queen Victoria Street, , United Kingdom |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Subsidiaries | Selma Films [1] |
Cloud Eight Films (originally known as Cloud Eight) is a British production company founded on 19 December 2008 by Christian Colson, based in London, England. It is known for film such as 127 Hours , Selma and Steve Jobs and currently owns a sister production company named Selma Films.
The company was founded on 19 December 2008 in London, England by Christian Colson, who originally was managing director at Celador. [2] It was founded as Colson Films, but renamed on 28 March 2009 to Cloud Nine Films, [3] alongside setting up a first-look deal with Pathé within the same month [4] and then to Cloud Eight Films on 19 November. [5] In February 2011, however, producer Ivana MacKinnon left the company to produce Cheerleaders 3D, to be directed by Tom Harper. [6] In May, author Monica Ali was reported to have sold the film rights of Untold Story to the company. [7]
On 7 October 2013 English filmmaker Danny Boyle was announced to be making a film based on documentary Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers with Cloud Eight Films to produce. [8] On 11 October, FX ordered a 10-part miniseries titled Telemark, through Boyle's Decibel Films and Cloud Eight Films. [9] In October 2014, FX granted both Colson and Boyle a first look deal, in which films would still be produced through Decibel Films and Cloud Eight Films, following their collaboration on Telemark. [10] In July 2015, Cloud Eight's Steve Jobs was announced as the Centerpiece for the New York Film Festival at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. [11]
| Year | Film | Director | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 127 Hours | Danny Boyle | Fox Searchlight Pictures Pathé Warner Bros. |
| 2013 | Trance | Fox Searchlight Pictures | |
| 2014 | Selma | Ava DuVernay | Paramount Pictures |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs | Danny Boyle | Universal Studios |
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting | TriStar Pictures | |
| 2017 | Battle of the Sexes | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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