Number 9 Films


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

YearTitleWorldwide box officeNotes
2004Return to Sender
2005Mrs. HarrisNominated for twelve Emmy Awards
2005Stoned$174,758
2005Breakfast on Pluto$3.9 millionNominated for 11 Irish Film & Television Academy awards.
2006Sixty Six$1.9 million
2007And When Did You Last See Your Father?$2.7 millionNominated for seven British Independent Film Awards
2008Sounds Like Teen Spirit
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate People$19.2 millionProduction budget: $28 million.
2009Perrier's Bounty$167,938
2010Made in Dagenham$15.6 millionProduction budget: £5 million.
Nominated for four British Academy Film Awards
Nominated for four British Independent Film Awards
2012Midnight's Children$1.6 million
2012Byzantium$92,544Production budget: €8 million.
2012Great Expectations$920,099
2014Hyena$89,526
2015Carol$42.7 millionProduction budget: $11.8 million.
Nominated for nine British Academy Film Awards
Nominated for six Academy Awards
Nominated for five 73rd [Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]
2015Youth$24 millionNominated for two Golden Globe Awards
Nominated for one Academy Award
2016The Limehouse Golem$2.3 millionReleased in 2017.
2016Their Finest$13.8 million
2017On Chesil Beach$3.4 million
2018Colette$16 millionNominated for four British Independent Film Awards
Nominated for two Satellite Awards
2021Mothering Sunday$2.1 million
2022Living$12.1 millionNominated 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 EndCo-executive producers
Nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival.
2024The Salt Path
2025A Pale View of Hills