See-Saw Films Production Company

The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. The film won the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award and was nominated for fourteen BAFTAs, of which it won seven; twelve Academy Awards; and seven Golden Globes, with Colin Firth winning for Best Actor. The production company who created this film was "See-Saw Films".

See-Saw Films is an independent film production company founded in 2008 by Emile Sherman and Iain Canning. See-Saw operates out of both London and Sydney.

See-Saw has produced a number of feature films, including: The King's Speech by Tom Hooper, Oranges and Sunshine, starring Emily Watson, The Kings of Mykonos and Anton Corbijn's Linear.

See-Saw has established a first-look deal with Momentum Pictures in the UK and a film finance/equity deal with Paramount Pictures. In addition, See-Saw has worked closely with sister company Transmission Films, an Australian/New Zealand distributor and has a co-development deal in which Buckland Films works with See-Saw to co-finance the development of See-Saw's production slate.

Working Title Films

Working Title Films


Who set it up and When?
Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London, UK. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983.


What were they first successful for? How much money did they make?
'Four Weddings and a Funeral were the first successful film by Working Title, a romantic comedy making them £3,500,000 (estimated).


Filmography, Critical and Financial Success

 Here are all the films that Working Title have made:

  About a Boy 

  Ali G Indahouse

  Atonement 

  Bean 

  The Big Lebowski

  Billy Elliot

  Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy

  The Boat That Rocked

  Bob Roberts

  The Borrowers 

  Bridget Jones's Diary 

  Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 

  Burn After Reading

  The Calcium Kid

  Captain Corelli's Mandolin 

  Catch a Fire 

  Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

  The Comic Strip

  Dead Man Walking 

  Definitely, Maybe

  Drop Dead Fred

  Edward II 

  Elizabeth 

  Elizabeth: The Golden Age

  Fargo 

  For Queen and Country

  40 Days and 40 Nights

  Four Weddings and a Funeral

  French Kiss 

  Frost/Nixon 

  Gone 

  Green Zone 

  The Guru 

  The Hi-Lo Country

  Hippie Hippie Shake

  Hot Fuzz

  How to Talk to Girls 

  The Hudsucker Proxy

  Inside I'm Dancing

  The Interpreter

  Johnny English

  Johnny English Reborn

  Loch Ness 

  London Kills Me

  Long Time Dead

  Love Actually

  The Man Who Cried

  The Man Who Wasn't There

  Map of the Human Heart

  Mickybo and Me

  Moonlight and Valentino

  Mr. Bean's Holiday

  My Beautiful Laundrette

  My Little Eye

  Nanny McPhee

  Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

  Ned Kelly 

  Notting Hill 

  O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  Panther 

  Paperhouse

  Paul 

  Plunkett & Macleane

  Posse 

  Pride & Prejudice 

  The Return of the Borrowers

  Robin Hood 

  Romeo Is Bleeding

  Rubin and Ed

  Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

  A Serious Man

  The Shape of Things

  Shaun of the Dead

  Sixty Six 

  Smokin' Aces

  Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

  The Soloist

  State of Play 

  The Tall Guy

  Thirteen 

  Thunderbirds 

  United 93 

  Wild Child 

  Wimbledon 

  Wish You Were Here 

  A World Apart 

  The Young Americans 

Financial Success:
The success of Working Title’s formula ('Notting Hill' grossed $374,089,678 worldwide) of using slightly romanticised depictions of Britain and British life coupled with the use of international stars such as Julia Roberts and Renee Zellweger to appeal to an international audience has, in some ways both being of great benefit and great detriment to the British film industry.


How did they effect the representation of the UK Film Industry?