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Working Title Films

 
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Working Title Films Limited
76 Oxford St., Oxford House
London W1N 9FD, United Kingdom
Tel. +44-20-7307-3000
Fax +44-20-7307-3001

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.workingtitlefilms.com
Employees: 20

It may still be working on a finished version of its company's name, but Working Title Films has become an established film production company with several hit titles behind its belt, including Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, and Frost Nixon. Through its association with the Coen brothers, the London-based Working Title Films has also produced Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and Burn After Reading. The company's WT2 subsidiary makes small-budget films. Working Title Films maintains its status as an producer of independent art films (mostly British romantic comedies and literary adaptations) while having a distribution agreement with its owner, Universal Pictures.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $36.0M

Officers:
Co-Chairman: Tim Bevan
Co-Chairman: Eric Fellner
COO: Angela Morrison

Competitors:
Miramax
StudioCanal
Tiger Aspect Pictures

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Working Title Films
Founded 1983
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Key people Tim Bevan
Sarah Radclyffe
Eric Fellner
Hilary Bevan Jones
Liza Chasin
Debra Hayward
Industry Film production
Parent Universal Studios
BBC Films
Website Official website

Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London, UK. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1982. It produces feature films and some television productions. Eric Fellner and Bevan are the co-owners of the company now.

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1991 ITV franchise bid

In 1991, Working Title was involved in a bid for the London weekend ITV licence. Mentorn, Palace, Polygram and Working Title wanted to take over from London Weekend Television and broadcast to London under the name London Independent Broadcasting. In the event LWT retained its licence; London Independent Broadcasting's proposals were deemed by the Independent Television Commission, which was overseeing the bid process, to fail the quality threshold.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Davidson, Andrew, Under the Hammer: The ITV Franchise Battle, William Heinemann Ltd., p. 297

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