Elizabeth Karlsen
| Elizabeth Karlsen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) New York City |
| Occupation | Feature Film Producer |
| Years active | 1986 – present |
| Partner(s) | Stephen Woolley |
Elizabeth Karlsen (born 1960) is a British film producer. She co-founded Number 9 Films in 2002 with partner Stephen Woolley.[1][2]
Karlsen's producing credits include Terence Davies’ The Neon Bible, starring Gena Rowlands and selected for Cannes competition; Mark Herman’s Little Voice, nominated for six Golden Globe Awards, six BAFTA Awards and an Academy Award; the HBO single drama Mrs. Harris, starring Annette Bening and Ben Kingsley, nominated for 12 Primetime Emmys, three Golden Globes, and a Producers Guild of America Award and for which Karlsen received the Women's Image Network Award; the BAFTA-nominated Great Expectations, directed by Mike Newell, starring Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham Carter; Byzantium, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Saoirse Ronan; and Made in Dagenham, nominated for three BAFTAs. She also produced the international box office success Ladies in Lavender, starring Maggie Smith and Judi Dench, and co-produced Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game, nominated for six Academy Awards.
Her latest films − Carol, written by Phyllis Nagy, directed by Todd Haynes and starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, and Youth, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, starring Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel − premiered in main competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4] Projects in development include an original project from Caméra d'Or winner Anthony Chen and a co-production with Killer Films, written and directed by Wash West.[citation needed]
Karlsen has served on the board of EM Media,[5] the Edinburgh Festival and is currently Chair of Women in Film & Television (UK).[6]
Number 9 Films
Number 9 Films was co-founded by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley after a long collaboration at both Palace and Scala Productions.[7][8] The company is one of the UK’s leading independent production companies forging relationships with a wide range of talent in the UK, across Europe and in the States.[9]
Films produced under the Number 9 Films banner include Made in Dagenham,[10] which was made into a West End musical in 2014, Byzantium,[11] Great Expectations,[12] How To Lose Friends & Alienate People, Sounds Like Teen Spirit,[13] Breakfast on Pluto, Mrs. Harris,[14] Stoned, and And When Did You Last See Your Father?.[15]
Number 9 Films’ most recent productions are Carol, written by Phyllis Nagy, directed by Todd Haynes and starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara,[16] Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth, starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, and Jane Fonda,[17] and Hyena, which opened the Edinburgh International Film Festival.[18]
Autumn 2015 will see the production of The Limehouse Golem, written by Jane Goldman and directed by Juan Carlos Medina[19] and Their Finest Hour and a Half, written by Gaby Chiappe.[20]
Filmography as producer
Director's name in brackets after film title.
- 2015: Carol (Todd Haynes)
- 2015: Youth (Paolo Sorrentino) (co-producer)
- 2014: Hyena (Gerard Johnson)
- 2012: Great Expectations (Mike Newell)
- 2012: Byzantium (Neil Jordan)
- 2012: Midnight's Children (Deepa Mehta) (co-producer)
- 2010: Made in Dagenham (Nigel Cole)
- 2009: Perrier's Bounty (Ian Fitzgibbon)
- 2008: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (Robert B. Weide)
- 2008: Sounds Like Teen Spirit (Jamie Jay Johnson)
- 2007: And When Did You Last See Your Father? (Anand Tucker)
- 2006: Sixty Six (Paul Weiland)
- 2005: Mrs. Harris (Phyllis Nagy) (executive producer)
- 2004: Ladies in Lavender (Charles Dance)
- 2000: Purely Belter (Mark Herman)
- 1998: Little Voice (Mark Herman)
- 1996: Hollow Reed (Angela Pope)
- 1995: The Neon Bible (Terence Davies)
- 1992: The Crying Game (Neil Jordan) (co-producer)
- 1991: The Pope Must Diet (Peter Richardson) (co-producer)
- 1990: Hardware (Richard Stanley) (supervising producer)
References
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External links
- Number 9 Films
- Elizabeth Karlsen at BFI
- Elizabeth Karlsen at Metacritic
- Elizabeth Karlsen at the Internet Movie Database
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