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. The company is one of the United Kingdom's leading independent production companies forging relationships with a wide range of talent in the UK, across Europe and in the United States. In 2018, Claudia Yusef joined the company as head of development. 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

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for distribution of its theatrical films in Japan. The studio would also contribute funding for film development.

Projects

Films produced under the Number 9 Films banner include '' Breakfast on Pluto'', directed by

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and recipient of four

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awards, including Best Director, Best Script, and Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film; ''

Made in Dagenham ''Made in Dagenham'' is a 2010 British comedy-drama film directed by Nigel Cole and starring Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone, Daniel Mays and Richard Schiff. ...

'', directed by

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and made into a West End musical in 2014; '' Carol'', directed by

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, starring Cate Blanchett and

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, which received nine BAFTA awards nominations and six

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nominations, including Best Actress and Supporting Actress respectively; and ''

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'', directed by

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moreland and starring

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as the French novelist, released in 2018. ''Middle of Somewhere'', a biopic written by

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about British singer

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is in development. The

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of futuristic drama ''The Assessor'' was picked up in 2017. The same year, ''Mothering Sunday'', an adaptation by Alice Birch of the Graham Swift 2016 novel, ''Mothering Sunday: A Romance'', was acquired for development in collaboration with

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. The first television project produced by Number 9 Films, in collaboration with

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, is an adaptation of

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' '' The Portrait of a Lady''.

Filmography

Notes

'' * 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
''

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'' * 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
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'' (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 ''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, wit ...

'' * 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
''

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'' * Utichi, Joe (18 May 2015).
‘Carol’ & ‘Youth’ Producers On “The Expectation Of Showing In Cannes” – Video
''

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External links

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* Stephen Woolley (3 December 2015)
'Carol' Producer Stephen Woolley: Todd Haynes Film A Cautionary Tale For Threatening Times – Guest Column
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