2. Founding of the company
• Working Title Films is a British film production
company, based in London.
• The company was founded by Tim Bevan and
Sarah Radclyffe in 1983.
• Eric Fellner and Bevan are now the co-chairs
of the company.
3. Size of the company
• Working Title has made over 100 films that have grossed nearly $6
billion worldwide. Its films have won 10 Academy Awards, 35 BAFTA
Awards, and numerous prestigious prizes at the Cannes and Berlin
International Film Festivals.
• Bevan and Fellner have been honoured with the Producers Guild of
America’s David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical
Motion Pictures, the PGA’s highest honour for motion picture
producers. They have also been accorded two of the highest film
awards given to British filmmakers; the Michael Balcon Award for
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema, at the Orange British
Academy Film [BAFTA] Awards, and the Alexander Walker Film
Award at the Evening Standard British Film Awards. They have also
both been honored with CBEs (Commanders of the Order of the
British Empire).
4. Popular film production
• Most successful and popular films produced
by Working Title are;
• Drop dead fred
• Billy Elliott
• Nanny McPhee
• Paul
• Les Miserables
• The theory of eveything
5. Genre of films produced
• The most popular films produced by Working title
are films of a family based genre. For example,
Nanny McPhee, Paul and Drop Dead Fred are all
comedies that are suited to any generation.
• Other films produced are more of a romance
genre.
• However, the target audience of the films
produced are generally aimed at teenagers and
young adults.