Martin Pope (film producer)

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Martin Pope (film producer)
Born1961
NationalityBritish
Occupation Film producer

Martin Pope (born 1961) is a British film producer and co-founder of Magic Light Pictures, a London-based independent film production company. [1] [2]

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Career

Pope began his career directing Fringe theatre [3] before joining BBC TV Drama, first in production roles and subsequently as a script editor and producer. [4] He script-edited Blore MP [5] and 102 Boulevard Haussmann , [6] before deputising for Innes Lloyd on Alan Bennett’s A Question of Attribution , directed by John Schlesinger. [7]

For the BBC, Pope went on to produce The Soldier, directed by Jean Stewart, [8] Meat directed by John Madden [9] and Harwant Bains’s Two Oranges and a Mango directed by Lindsay Posner. [10]

In 1994, Pope set up an independent company to produce, among others the feature film the feature film Alive and Kicking directed by Nancy Meckler, BIFA winner Lawless Heart and Sundance hit, Touch of Pink by Ian Iqbal Rashid. [11] ,

In 2003 Pope, alongside producer Michael Rose, co-founded Magic Light Pictures , [12] a London-based independent film production company which has produced films including The Gruffalo and The Snail and the Whale,. Their work at Magic Light has been nominated for 4 Oscars and won 4 BAFTAs. [13] [14]

Filmography

Selected Productions

YearProductionRole
1993The Soldier (film)Producer
1994The Soldier (TV Series)Producer
1991-1994Screen One (TV series)Assistant Producer
1996Alive and Kicking (film)Producer
1999The Turn of the Screw (film)Producer
2001Lawless Heart (film)Producer
2002Stag (Short film)Producer
2002The Heart of Me (film)Producer
2004Touch of Pink (Film)Producer
2007 Sparkle (film)Producer [15]
2009 The Gruffalo (film)Producer [16]
2010 Wild Target (film)Producer [17]
2010 Chico and Rita (film)Producer [18]
2011 The Gruffalo's Child (film)Producer [16]
2011 One Life (wildlife documentary)Producer
2012 Room on the Broom (film)Producer [19]
2015 Stick Man (film)Producer [20]
2016 Revolting Rhymes (film)Producer [21]
2017The Highway Rat (film)Producer [22]
2018Zog (film)Producer
2019 The Snail and the Whale (film)Producer [23]
2020Zog and the Flying Doctors (film)Producer [24]
2021 Superworm (film)Executive Producer [25]
2021-2023Pip and Posy (TV series, 105 episodes)Executive Producer [26]
2023The Smeds and the Smoos (film)Executive Producer [27]
2023Tabby McTat (film)Producer [28]

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  2. ↑ Ramin, Zahed (23 June 2023). "Magic Light at 20: Co-founders Michael Rose and Martin Pope Look Back at Early Days of Their Award-Winning Prod.Co". animationmagazine.net. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
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