Film4 Productions is a British film production company owned
by Channel Four Television Corporation. The company has been responsible for
backing a large number of films made in the United Kingdom. The company's first
production was Walter, directed by Stephen Frears, which was released in 1982.- Prior to 1998, the company was identified as Channel Four Films or FilmFour International. Later, the outfit was re-branded as FilmFour, to coincide with the launch of a new Digital TV channel of the same name. The company cut its budget and staff significantly in 2002, due to mounting losses, and was re-integrated into the drama department of Channel 4.
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In 2004, Tessa Ross
became head of both Film4 and Channel 4 drama. The name "Film4
Productions" was introduced in 2006 to tie in with the relaunch of the
FilmFour broadcast channel as Film4.
Selected list of productions:
-
12 Years A Slave (UK and
co-production distribution only with eOne UK and Channel 4, co-production
with Fox Searchlight Pictures, Regency Enterprises, River Road
Entertainment and Plan B Entertainment)
- 127 Hours (co-production
with Pathé, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Everest Entertainment, Cloud Eight
Films, Darlow Smithson Productions and Warner Bros. Pictures)
- 24 Hour Party People
(co-production with United Artists, UK Film Council, Revolution Films and
Baby Cow Productions)
-
Attack the Block
(co-production with Big Talk Pictures, StudioCanal and UK Film Council)
- Fever Pitch
- Four Lions (co-production
with Warp Films, Wild Bunch and Optimum Releasing)
- Four Weddings and a
Funeral (co-production with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working
Title Films)
- How to Lose Friends &
Alienate People
- Kill List (co-production
with UK Film Council, Warp X, Screen Yorkshire and Rook Films)
- Never Let Me Go
(co-production with DNA Films and Fox Searchlight Pictures)
- Nowhere Boy (co-production with UK Film Council, Ecosse Films and The Weinstein Company)
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