http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2005/apr/16/business.hayfilmfestival2005
Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London, UK. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. It produces feature films and several television productions. Eric Fellner and Bevan are now the co-owners of the company.
Working Title Films was co-founded by producers Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. In 1992, PolyGram became the company's corporate backer. Radclyffe left Working Title, and Eric Fellner, a fellow independent film producer, joined the company. The company produced a variety of films for PolyGram's London-based production company Poly gram Filmed Entertainment. An Anglo-Dutch film comp, PolyGram Films became a major Hollywood competitor. In 1999, PolyGram was sold to Seagram and merged with MCA Music Entertainment, to form Universal Music Group. PolyGram Films was merged and sold to Universal Studios in 1999.
Although contractually allowed to produce any film with a budget of up to $25 million, on a practical basis, Bevan and Fellner consult with studio executive at Working Title's parent company NBC Universal. Working Title is located in Oxford Street, London, and is known for having a limited number of employees. The company also has other offices located in Los Angeles, and Ireland.
In 1999, Bevan and Fellner launched a subsidiary company named Working Title 2 Productions, commonly known as WT2. The company is an independent film production arm run by Natascha Wharton, and has produced films that include Billy Elliot, Shaun of the Dead and The Calcium Kid.
- Six academy awards, 26 Bafta awards , 4 Oscars.
- Working titles films span a large genre to get a larger audience.
- working title have a formidable record of launching fresh talent, such as directors skehar Kapur and stephen frears.
- Working title also works closely with prestige austerest productions such as the coen Brothers, who did such films as 'O brother where art thou?' and 'Fargo'
- Commercially the most successful films they produce are romantic comedies, 'The Treasure' not only does it have the british actor Hugh Grant , but also the screen writer is star Richard Curtis.
Being bought by Polygram which in in itself has been taken over by Universal in 1999 has been liberating, now much less tome is spent trying to find money to fund a project now more time is spent developing decent scripts.
Working titles 2 films are currently distributed by Universal pictures, which also owns a 67% structure in the company. Studio Canal Co-produced.
The remaining shares are owned by the company's founder, BBC films and private investors.
Universal's involvement will vary widely from project to project, Tim Bevan gives two contrasting examples- 'Pride and Prejudice ' starring Keira Knightly $ 20 million budget and the 'Interpreter' $ 80 million pound budget. The Interpreter was a big movie so investors were more involved.
They were more clever and tactical about film projects in 2004
Working title has to make 1 big blockbuster a year to get there money back and then they could still do three or four smaller more discreet films as well. That leaves working title to still do the independent films.
Working title also have there own website, it has many features like video blogs (pictured above 'Paul').
Working title also have there own website, it has many features like video blogs (pictured above 'Paul').Here is a list of all the films Working tile have produced.
About a Boy (film)
Ali G Indahouse
Atonement (film)
Bean (film)
The Big Lebowski
Billy Elliot
Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy
The Boat That Rocked
Bob Roberts
The Borrowers (1997 film)
Bridget Jones's Diary (film)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film)
Burn After Reading
The Calcium Kid
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (film)
Catch a Fire (film)
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
The Comic Strip
Dead Man Walking (film)
Definitely, Maybe
Drop Dead Fred
Edward II (film)
Elizabeth (film)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Fargo (film)
For Queen and Country
40 Days and 40 Nights
Four Weddings and a Funeral
French Kiss (film)
Frost/Nixon (film)
Gone (film)
Green Zone (film)
The Guru (2002 film)
The Hi-Lo Country
Hippie Hippie Shake
Hot Fuzz
The Hudsucker Proxy
Inside I'm Dancing
The Interpreter
Johnny English
Johnny English Reborn
Loch Ness (film)
London Kills Me
Long Time Dead
Love Actually
The Man Who Cried
The Man Who Wasn't There
Map of the Human Heart
Mickybo and Me
Moonlight and Valentino
Mr. Bean's Holiday
My Beautiful Laundrette
My Little Eye
Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Ned Kelly (2003 film)
Notting Hill (film)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Panther (film)
Paperhouse (film)
Paul (film)
Plunkett & Macleane
Posse (1993 film)
Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)
The Return of the Borrowers
Robin Hood (1991 film)
Romeo Is Bleeding
Rubin and Ed
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
A Serious Man
The Shape of Things
Shaun of the Dead
Sixty Six (film)
Smokin' Aces
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
The Soloist
State of Play (film)
The Tall Guy
Thirteen (film)
Thunderbirds (film)
United 93 (film)
Wild Child (2008 film)
Wimbledon (film)
Wish You Were Here (1987 film)
A World Apart (film)
The Young Americans (film)
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