Company Pictures is one of the UK's largest independent film and television drama production companies

 

Established in 1998 television production highlights include Elizabeth I (winner of 3 Golden Globes), all six series' of Shameless (Channel 4: BAFTA and RTS Awards), four series' of Wild at Heart, three series' of Skins for E4/Channel 4, three George Gently films for BBC1, Einstein & Eddington starring David Tennant (BBC1/HBO), Generation Kill written by the creators of The Wire for HBO, and The Devil's Whore for Channel 4. Recent productions include an adaptation of Martina Cole's bestselling novel; The Take, currently being screened on Sky One.  

In the past Company Pictures has produced The Lakes by Jimmy McGovern, A Young Person's Guide to Being a Rockstar (RTS award Best Serial) for Channel 4 and Warner Bros, North Square (Channel 4: winner Best Series Press Guild),  Not Only But Always... (Channel 4: BAFTA winner: Rhys Ifans Best Actor), The Rotters' Club (BBC), and Life and Death of Peter Sellers (HBO: winner of two Golden Globe Awards for Best TV Movie and Best Actor for Geoffrey Rush and 15 Emmies).

Company has made five feature films with some of the UK's leading directing talent including films by Roger Michell, Stephen Hopkins, Penny Woolcock, Shane Meadows and Lynne Ramsey.

Amongst its numerous awards Company Pictures won Best Independent Production Company at the 2005 and 2008 Broadcast Awards and the European Producers of the Year Award at the 2004 Monte Carlo Awards.

Since October 2004 Company Pictures has been a part of the All3 Media group.

This site was last updated June 2009.