Working Titles Films

1. In 1983,the company 'Working Titles Films' was co-founded by producer Tim Bevan and Sarah Radcliffe.

2.The compnay was founded in 1983.

3.The company is based in Marylebone, London, but can branches can be found in Ireland and Los Angeles.

4. Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner no co-own the compnay.

5.The company hostan array of awards,but most namely 26 bafta awards, 6 oscars and 4 academy awards. Tim and Eric also won a Bafta for an outstanding contribution to the British film industry.

6. Working Title have 43 full time employees.

7. Their Philosophy has to always been to create and make films for an audience, and for European films to appeal to audiences worldwide.

8. The company have many a box office smash, including films such as Mr.Bean's Holiday, Bridget Jone's Diary, Hot fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Love Actually and State of Play just to name a few.

9. But with success comes failure, films that Working Titles have made and become flops inlcude The Boat That Rocked, The Guru, The Shape Of Things, Thunderbirds and Fargo.

10. Richard Curtis is a british screenwriter, music producer, actor and film producer who has a history for wokring with Working titles on films such as Bridget jones and Bean.

11. The company have worked with directors sucgh as Kirk Jones (Nanny Mcphee) and Beeban Kidron (Bridget Jones: Edge Of Reason.

12. Hugh Grant has worked with and stared in several WT films, noteable the Bridget Jones films.

13. Joel David Coen and Ethan jesse Coen (The Coen Brothers) are two critically acclaimed American film makers. They write, film and produce their films together, working with Working Titles on films such as Fargo, The Big Lewbowski, O Brother and Where Art Thou?

14. Polygram, once the companies corporate backer, was merged with another company to form the Universal Music Group in 1999, then the company merged and was sold to Universal Studios in the same year, leading them to own 67% of Working Titles.

15. Shaun of the Dead - Budget $5,000,000.
Hot Fuzz - Budget Budget £8,000,000 (estimated).

16. Working Title seem to produce more british comedies than any other genre of film e.g Hot Fuzz, Johnny English, Mr.Bean, Shaun of the Dead and many more.

17. They also make a lot of RomCom films, for example the Bridget Jones series, Love Actually, and Four Weddings and a Funeral.

18. In 1999, Bevan and Fellner launched a subsidiary company named Working Title 2 Productions, commonly known as WT2. The company is an independent film production company run by Natascha Wharton, and has produced films that include Bill Elliot, Shaun of the Dead and The Calcium Kid

19. Recent Film and DVD releases, recent film news , a back catalogue of their TV and film releases.

20. Although their philosophy was to produce European films to appeal to a worldwide audience, they now produce American films too.