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.
Between them the principles' movies have garnered 57 BAFTA nominations and wins, and 23 Academy Award® nominations and wins.
Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen were jointly honoured with the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2019.
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.
In 2024, Beta Film took a stake in Number 9 TV, a new small screen subsidiary of the production company.
Filmography
Year Title Worldwide box office Notes 2004 Return to Sender 2005 Mrs. Harris Nominated for twelve Emmy Awards 2005 Stoned $174,758 2005 Breakfast on Pluto $3.9 million Nominated for 11 Irish Film & Television Academy awards. 2006 Sixty Six $1.9 million 2007 And When Did You Last See Your Father? $2.7 million Nominated for seven British Independent Film Awards 2008 Sounds Like Teen Spirit 2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People $19.2 millionProduction budget: $28 million. 2009 Perrier's Bounty $167,938 2010 Made in Dagenham $15.6 million Production budget: £5 million. Nominated for four British Academy Film Awards Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards 2012 Midnight's Children $1.6 million 2012 Byzantium $92,544Production budget: €8 million. 2012 Great Expectations $920,099 2014 Hyena $89,526 2015 Carol $42.7 million Production budget: $11.8 million. Nominated for nine British Academy Film Awards Nominated for six Academy Awards Nominated for five Golden Globe Awards 2015 Youth $24 million Nominated for two Golden Globe Awards Nominated for one Academy Award 2016 The Limehouse Golem $2.3 million Released in 2017. 2016 Their Finest$13.8 million 2017 On Chesil Beach$3.4 million 2018Colette$16 millionNominated 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 2024The Assessment 2024Another End Co-executive producers Nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival. 2024The Salt Path 2025A Pale View of Hills
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
External links
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