Vertigo Films
Vertigo Films is a British television and film production company based in London, England. It now focuses solely on the production of television series, with subsidiary company Vertigo Releasing taking over film distribution.
History
Vertigo Films was created in July 2002, by producers Allan Niblo and James Richardson.Director Nick Love and distributor Rupert Preston joined a year later, while entrepreneur Rob Morgan began investment in November 2004.
The company was formed for the express purpose of distributing and producing two films, The Football Factory and It's All Gone Pete Tong. Vertigo Films's film releases were distributed on home video by Entertainment One. Vertigo Films teamed up with Film4 and Ingenious Media in January 2008, to form a sales company called Protagonist Pictures. They also owned a post production company in Berlin called The Post Republic.
Its first two shows, Britannia and Bulletproof, were commissioned by Sky, with both programmes renewed for a second series.In May 2021 Bulletproof was cancelled by Sky following extensive allegations of on-set bullying and sexual misconduct against actor and executive producer Noel Clarke.
Filmography
Television shows
Released films
Awards
It's All Gone Pete Tong:- Best Canadian Feature – Toronto International Film Festival – 2004
- Best Feature – US Comedy Arts Festival – 2005
- Best Actor – US Comedy Arts Festival – 2005
- Grand Jury Award – Gen Art Film Festival – 2005
- Audience Award – Gen Art Film Festival – 2005
- Best British Columbian Film – Vancouver Film Critics Circle – 2005
- Best Male Performer' – Canadian Comedy Awards – 2005
- Best Overall Sound – Leo Awards – 2005
- Best Sound Editing – Leo Awards – 2005
- Best Feature-Length Drama – Leo Awards – 2005
- Best Actress – Cannes Film Festival – 2004
- Best Achievement in Production – British Independent Film Awards – 2006
- Golden Hitchcock – Dinard Festival of British Cinema – 2006
- New Director's Award – Edinburgh International Film Festival – 2006
- Most Promising Newcomer – Evening Standard British Film Awards – 2007
- Best Feature Film – Foyle Film Festival – 2006
- Jury Prize – Raindance Film Festival – 2006
- New American Cinema Award – Seattle International Film Festival – 2007
- Best Actor Tom Hardy – British Independent Film Awards – 2009
- Best Film – Sydney Film Festival – 2009
- Best International Film – Saturn Award —2011
- Best First Film – Austin Film Critics Association – 2010
- Best Achievement in Production – British Independent Film Awards – 2010
- Best Director – British Independent Film Awards – 2010
- Best Technical Achievement Gareth Edwards For visual effects – British Independent Film Awards – 2010
- Best Technical/Artistic Achievement Gareth Edwards For the Cinematography, Production Design and Visual Effects – Evening Standard British Film Awards – 2010
- Breakthrough British Filmmaker for Gareth Edwards – London Film Critics' Circle – 2011
- Top Independent Films – National Board of Review of Motion Pictures – 2010