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| Formerly | BBC Films (1990–2020) |
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| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 18 June 1990 |
| Founders | David M. Thompson |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Rose Garnett Eva Yates |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Services | Film |
| Owner | BBC |
| Parent | BBC |
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| Website | bbc |
BBC Film (formerly BBC Films) is the feature film-making arm of the BBC. It was founded on 18 June 1990,[5] and has produced or co-produced some of the most successful British films of recent years, including Truly, Madly, Deeply, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Quartet, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Saving Mr. Banks, My Week with Marilyn, Eastern Promises, Match Point, Jane Eyre, In the Loop, An Education, StreetDance 3D, Fish Tank, The History Boys, Nativity!, Iris, Notes on a Scandal, Philomena, Stan & Ollie, Man Up, Billy Elliot and Brooklyn.
BBC Film co-produces around eight films a year, working in partnership with major international and UK distributors. Eva Yates is head of BBC Film, responsible for the development and production slate, strategy and business operations.[6]
The company was founded in 1990 by Mark Shivas as part of the Drama Department, with David M. Thompson becoming its head in 1997 as a wholly owned but independent film-making company, based in offices in Mortimer Street, London. A restructuring in 2007 integrated it into the main BBC Fiction department of BBC Vision. As a result, it moved out of its independent offices into BBC Television Centre, and Thompson left to start his own film production company.[7] BBC Film has been based at Broadcasting House in London since 2013.[8] The company changed its name to BBC Film in 2020.[9][10]
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- ^ "Film London, BFI, and BBC's Microwave Commissions Films from Female & Non-Binary Directors".
- ^ "BBC Films: Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema in 2015". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "Eva Yates appointed new Director of BBC Film". BBC Media Centre. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "David Thompson to leave Head of BBC Films role to launch new company". BBC. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ "BBC News' television output moves to new studios at Broadcasting House". BBC. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ "BBC Films becomes BBC Film - but the dodgy BBC logo remains". Clean Feed. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (3 December 2020). "'Harriet' Actress Cynthia Erivo To Star In & Produce Story Of Princess "Gifted" To Queen Victoria; BBC Film, Benedict Cumberbatch's SunnyMarch & So So Producing". Deadline. Retrieved 2 November 2023.