Number 9 Films

Number 9 Films

Industry	Film
Founded	2002
Founder	Elizabeth Karlsen Stephen Woolley
Headquarters	London, England , United Kingdom
Products	Motion Pictures
Website	number9films.co.uk

Number 9 Films is a British independent film production company co-founded in 2002 by producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, after a long collaboration at both Palace Pictures and Scala Productions. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Between them the principles' movies have garnered 57 BAFTA nominations and wins, and 23 Academy Award® nominations and wins. ^{[4] [5]}

Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen were jointly honoured with the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2019. ^{[6] [7]}

In 2019, Number 9 Films entered into a multi-year agreement with film studio and cinema chain Shochiku for distribution of its theatrical films in Japan. The studio would also contribute funding for film development. ^{[8] [9]}

In 2024, Beta Film took a stake in Number 9 TV, a new small screen subsidiary of the production company. ^[10]

Filmography

Year	Title	Worldwide box office	Notes
2004	Return to Sender
2005	Mrs. Harris		Nominated for twelve Emmy Awards [11]
2005	Stoned	$174,758 [12]
2005	Breakfast on Pluto	$3.9 million [13]	Nominated for 11 Irish Film & Television Academy awards. [14]
2006	Sixty Six	$1.9 million [15]
2007	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	$2.7 million [16]	Nominated for seven British Independent Film Awards [17]
2008	Sounds Like Teen Spirit
2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	$19.2 million [18]	Production budget: $28 million.
2009	Perrier's Bounty	$167,938 [19]
2010	Made in Dagenham	$15.6 million [20]	Production budget: £5 million. Nominated for four British Academy Film Awards Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards [21]
2012	Midnight's Children	$1.6 million [22]
2012	Byzantium	$92,544 [23]	Production budget: €8 million.
2012	Great Expectations	$920,099 [24]
2014	Hyena	$89,526 [25]
2015	Carol [26]	$42.7 million [27]	Production budget: $11.8 million. Nominated for nine British Academy Film Awards [28] Nominated for six Academy Awards [29] Nominated for five Golden Globe Awards [30]
2015	Youth	$24 million [31]	Nominated for two Golden Globe Awards Nominated for one Academy Award
2016	The Limehouse Golem	$2.3 million [32]	Released in 2017.
2016	Their Finest	$13.8 million [33]
2017	On Chesil Beach	$3.4 million [34]
2018	Colette	$16 million [35]	Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards Nominated for two Satellite Awards
2021	Mothering Sunday	$2.1 million
2022	Living	$12.1 million	Nominated for nine British Independent Film Awards Nominated for one Golden Globe Award Nominated for three British Academy Film Awards Nominated for four Satellite Awards Nominated for two Academy Awards
2024	The Assessment [36]
2024	Another End		Co-executive producers [37] Nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival. [38]
2024	The Salt Path [39]
2025	A Pale View of Hills [40]

Further reading

• Barraclough, Leo (29 December 2015). Number 9 Films Offices Reflect Producers’ Personality, Filmography. Variety
• Deadline Hollywood (18 May 2015). Carol & Youth Producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen Cannes Interview. YouTube
• DShed (26 November 2015). Carol: Producer's Intro and Q&A. Watershed
• Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (14 May 2015). Passion project: meet the indie super-producer behind Cannes hot ticket Carol. The Guardian
• Fitzherbert, Henry (19 May 2013). Box office success in Stephen Woolley's undead end jobs. Daily Express
• HeyUGuys (7 December 2015). 'Carol' Producer Elizabeth Karlsen – BIFAs 2015. YouTube
• Jaafar, Ali (9 October 2009). Married to the movies. Variety (Note: contains founding year error.)
• Jaafar, Ali (2 March 2016). ‘Carol’ Producers Elizabeth Karlsen And Stephen Woolley On Turning Good Taste Into A Business. Deadline Hollywood
• Macnab, Geoffrey (7 July 2011). Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, Number 9 Films. Screen International (Note: contains founding year error.)
• Mitchell, Wendy (11 December 2015). 'Carol': producer Elizabeth Karlsen on her 14-year passion project. Screen International
• O'Donoghue, Caroline (10 February 2016). Was Carol snubbed by the Oscars?. The Pool
• Q&A (10 February 2016). “Strong” women: Why it’s time to redefine the way women are represented on screen – Elizabeth Karlsen, Film Producer and Co-director at Number 9 Films. Womanthology
• Tangcay, Jazz (18 November 2015). Interview – Carol Producer : Elizabeth Karlsen. AwardsDaily
• Utichi, Joe (18 May 2015). ‘Carol’ & ‘Youth’ Producers On “The Expectation Of Showing In Cannes” – Video. Deadline Hollywood

References

1. Gritten, David (16 September 2010). "Made in Dagenham: interview with producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 25 April 2016.
2. Mitchell, Wendy (5 December 2013). "Karlsen named new chair of WFTV". Screen Daily . Retrieved 18 October 2017.
3. Dams, Tim (16 May 2012). "The UKs top 40 film production companies". Televisual. Televisual Media UK Ltd. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
4. "Number 9 Films Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen to receive the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema". Bafta. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
5. "Oscars | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". www.oscars.org. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
6. Parfitt, Orlando (17 December 2018). "Stephen Woolley, Liz Karlsen to receive Bafta for outstanding contribution to cinema". Screen Daily . Retrieved 11 July 2019.
7. Smith, Neil (8 February 2019). "Elizabeth Karlsen & Stephen Woolley – Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 19 May 2020.
8. Grater, Tom (21 August 2019). "'Carol' producer Number 9 Films signs first-look deal with Japan's Shochiku (exclusive)". Screen Daily . Retrieved 19 May 2020.
9. Mitchell, Robert (21 August 2019). "Shochiku Backs U.K.'s Number 9 Films With First-Look Deal". Variety . Retrieved 19 May 2020.
10. Whittock, Max Goldbart,Jesse (13 June 2024). "Beta Backs 'Living' Producer Number 9 Films' New TV Division; Kate Laffey To Lead Small Screen Subsidiary". Deadline. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
11. "Mrs. Harris". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
12. Stoned at Box Office Mojo
13. Breakfast on Pluto at Box Office Mojo
14. "Winners of the 4th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards". Irish Film & Television Academy . 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
15. Sixty Six at Box Office Mojo
16. When Did You Last See Your Father at Box Office Mojo
17. Mitchell, Wendy (28 November 2007). "Control takes top honours at British Independent Film Awards". Screen Daily .
18. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People at Box Office Mojo
19. Perrier's Bounty at Box Office Mojo
20. "Made in Dagenham (2010)". The Numbers .
21. "The Moët British Independent Film Awards Announce Nominations and Jury for 13th Edition". British Independent Film Awards . 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010.
22. "Midnight's Children (2012)". The Numbers .
23. "Byzantium (2013)". The Numbers .
24. "Great Expectations (2013)". The Numbers .
25. "Hyena (2015)". The Numbers .
26. "CAROL". Festival de Cannes. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
27. "Carol (2015)". The Numbers .
28. Barraclough, Leo (8 January 2016). "BAFTA Nominations: 'Bridge of Spies,' 'Carol' Lead Film Awards Race". Variety. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
29. "The 88th Academy Awards | 2016". www.oscars.org. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
30. "Carol". Golden Globes. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
31. "Youth (2015)". The Numbers .
32. The Limehouse Golem at Box Office Mojo
33. "Their Finest (2017)". The Numbers .
34. "On Chesil Beach (2018)". The Numbers .
35. "Colette (2018)". The Numbers .
36. Blaney, Martin (21 June 2023). "Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Olsen to star in 'The Assessment' for Number 9 Films, augenschein (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
37. Goodfellow, Melanie (15 February 2024). "Watch Gael Garcia Bernal & Renate Reinsve In First Trailer Of Berlin Film Festival Movie 'Another End'". Deadline. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
38. Goodfellow, Melanie (15 February 2024). "Watch Gael Garcia Bernal & Renate Reinsve In First Trailer Of Berlin Film Festival Movie 'Another End'". Deadline. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
39. Bamigboye, Baz (16 May 2023). "Breaking Baz: Gillian Anderson & Jason Isaacs Set For Film Adaptation Of Bestseller 'The Salt Path' As Director Marianne Elliott Makes Switch From Stage To Screen — Cannes Market". Deadline. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
40. Frater, Patrick (23 August 2024). "'A Pale View of Hills,' Debut Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Now Filming for Japan's Bunbuku and U.K.'s Number 9". Variety. Retrieved 19 December 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Number 9 Films at BFI
• Number 9 Films at Metacritic
• Stephen Woolley (3 December 2015). 'Carol' Producer Stephen Woolley: Todd Haynes Film A Cautionary Tale For Threatening Times – Guest Column. Deadline Hollywood