Name Stephen Woolley Role Film producer | Spouse Elizabeth Karlsen | |
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Awards BAFTA Award for Best British Film Nominations Academy Award for Best Picture Movies Stoned, The Crying Game, Carol, Byzantium, The Company of Wolves Similar People Elizabeth Karlsen, Neil Jordan, Nik Powell, Phyllis Nagy, Christine Vachon | ||
Stephen woolley media interview
Stephen Woolley (born 3 September 1956 in London) is an English film producer and director. He is best known for his work with director Neil Jordan, which has resulted in a number of critically acclaimed films, including the Oscar-winning The Crying Game.
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- Stephen woolley media interview
- Stephen woolley and elizabeth karlson talk dagenham empire magazine
- Personal life
- As producer
- As executive producer
- References
After programming The Screen On The Green cinema in Islington, North London, and managing The Scala Cinema near King's Cross railway station, Woolley established Palace Video in the early 1980s to distribute the types of cult cinema and international art films that had been the core of his cinema programmes. The company then moved into cinema distribution, becoming Palace Pictures; and then film production in 1984, with many projects being supported by Channel 4. His successes as a producer include The Company of Wolves, Mona Lisa, and The Crying Game (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture), and Interview with the Vampire, all directed by Neil Jordan. He also helped established director Michael Caton-Jones as a major directing talent. Woolley established an association with Miramax, which distributed a number of Palace films in the United States.
Woolley had established his reputation with a series of low budget but high production value releases, but began developing more ambitious projects. In 1992, Palace Pictures became bankrupt. A year later, The Scala Cinema closed down after it entered into receivership following its defeat in a court case caused by an illegal screening of A Clockwork Orange, whose screening rights had been withdrawn in the UK by Stanley Kubrick in 1971. Since then, Woolley has concentrated on producing Jordan's films in association with Hollywood studios. By securing a three-picture deal with Warner Brothers after the worldwide box office hit of Interview with the Vampire, Woolley was able to fund the controversial historical drama Michael Collins. His directorial debut, the 2005 film Stoned, was a biopic of Brian Jones.
Stephen woolley and elizabeth karlson talk dagenham empire magazine
Personal life
Woolley is married to fellow film producer, Elizabeth Karlsen.
As producer
