British film production companies

Aardman Animations is a British stop motion animation studio founded by Peter Lord and David Sproxton in 1972. Nick Park joined Aardman in 1986, bringing his creations Wallace and Gromit with him. The company is based in Bristol and is the centre of a sizeable animation and film special effects industry in the City. Because of the company's base characters with faint west country accents are also a feature. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aardman Animations"

Actaeon Films is a British film production company based in London, England. ...more on Wikipedia about "Actaeon Films"

Amicus Productions was a British film production company, based at Shepperton Studios, England. It was founded by American producer and screenwriter Milton Subotsky and Max J. Rosenberg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amicus Productions"

AP Films (APF) was a British independent film production company of the 1950s and 1960s. It was formed in 1957 (as Pentagon Productions) by editor-director Gerry Anderson and cinematographer Arthur Provis, in partnership with producer Reg Hill and cinematographer John Read. Provis left the partnership after a few years and Anderson's wife, Sylvia, subsequently became a partner. ...more on Wikipedia about "AP Films"

Century 21 Productions was a British film and television production company of the 1960s and 1970s, best known for the hit TV series Thunderbirds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Century 21 Productions"

DNA Films is a British film production company founded by Duncan Kenworthy and Andrew Macdonald. ...more on Wikipedia about "DNA Films"

EMI Films is a British film and television production company and distributor. The company was formed after the take over of Associated British Pictures in 1968 by EMI. ...more on Wikipedia about "EMI Films"

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EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. The company operates from Pinewood Studios and is a subsidiary of Danjaq, LLC, the holding company responsible for the copyright and trademarks to the Bond characters and elements on screen. ...more on Wikipedia about "EON Productions"

The Film Academy team are the founders of the East End Film Society (E.E.F.S), a network for filmmakers in the East End of London. The E.E.F.S now has over 400 members and has become a prestigious filmmakers club in the local community. ...more on Wikipedia about "Film Academy"

Film Four is a British film production company owned by Channel 4. The company has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the United Kingdom. The company's first release in 1982 was Stephen Frear's directorial debut Walter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Film Four"

Gainsborough Pictures was a film studio based in Islington, London, active between 1924 and 1951. The former studios were demolished in 2002 and replaced by three blocks of upmarket apartments in 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gainsborough Pictures"

Goldcrest Films is a British film production company founded by David Puttnam. It enjoyed great success in the 1980s with films such as Local Hero ( 1983), The Killing Fields ( 1984), The Mission ( 1986) and Hope and Glory ( 1987). The company won two Academy Awards for Best Picture, for Chariots of Fire in 1981 and Gandhi in 1982. ...more on Wikipedia about "Goldcrest Films"

Hammer & Tongs is the pseudonym of promo and film director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith, as well as the name of their production company. Best known for their work on music videos for Blur (" Coffee & TV") and Supergrass (" Pumping on Your Stereo"), Hammer & Tongs have moved on to directing movies, their debut being the 2005 film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hammer & Tongs"

Hammer Film Productions is a film production company in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic "Hammer Horror" films produced from the late 1950s until the 1970s. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers and comedies — and in later years, television series. Hammer films were cheap to produce but nonetheless appeared lavish, making use of quality British actors and cleverly designed, or second-hand, sets. During its most successful years, Hammer dominated the horror film market, enjoying worldwide distribution and considerable financial success. This success was due, in part, to distribution partnerships with major United States studios, such as Warner Brothers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hammer Film Productions"

Handmade Films was a British film production company set up by the Beatle George Harrison and his business partner Denis O'Brian in 1979, originally to finance the Monty Python film Life of Brian after the original financers pulled out. ...more on Wikipedia about "Handmade Films"

Heyday Films is a British film production company, founded by producer David Heyman in London in 1997. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heyday Films"

Horizon Pictures (GB) Ltd was a film production company founded in Britain by the Austrian-born film producer Sam Spiegel. The company's first production was the Academy Award-winning The African Queen, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn, in 1951. ...more on Wikipedia about "Horizon Pictures"

London Films was a British film studio founded in 1932 by Alexander Korda, and based at Denham in Buckinghamshire, England. The studio's productions included The Private Life of Henry VIII ( 1933), Things to Come ( 1936), Rembrandt ( 1936), The Four Feathers ( 1939), The Thief of Bagdad ( 1940) and The Third Man ( 1949). ...more on Wikipedia about "London Films"

Mancunian Films was a motion picture production company based in Manchester, England that gave birth to the Mancunian Film Studios in 1947. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mancunian Films"

Natural Nylon is a British film production company. Officially formed in 1997, it's members comprised of Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan McGregor, Sean Pertwee, Damon Bryant and Bradley Adams. It was officially formed in 1997, although the history behind the group goes back a few years beforehand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Natural Nylon"

Opiate Films (or 'Opiate of the People Films') was created in 2000 in reaction to the British film industry's output of nothing but period and gangster films. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opiate Films"

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (PFE) was a London-based film studio, founded in 1991 as a European competitor to Hollywood, but eventually sold and merged with Universal Pictures in 1999. Among its most successful films were Four Weddings and a Funeral ( 1994) and Fargo ( 1996). ...more on Wikipedia about "PolyGram Filmed Entertainment"

Powell and Pressburger were a British film-making partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, also known as The Archers. They made a series of influential films in the 1940s and 1950s. They are now regarded as two of the most significant figures in British cinema. ...more on Wikipedia about "Powell and Pressburger"

The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment company formed in 1937 and absorbed in 1996 by The Rank Group Plc. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rank Organisation"

Rushes is a Post-production and visual effects company based in London. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rushes (Company)"

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