Research: Working Title Films

Something a little different to TV research. As I actually watch a lot more films than just TV. One of my favourite companies has to be Working Title because every film I've seen that Working Title has been part of have been great films. They just seem to have the best consistency with their films. Working Title have been part of films such as Hot Fuzz, Johnny English and Senna. 

Working Title is a British company founded in 1983 and belonged to PolyGram Films and produced many films  for PolyGrams London-based company. Due to the company's success PolyGram was merged and sold to Universal. Working Titles parent company was now NBCUniversal. Working title isn't a huge company and is known for its limited employees. In 1999 Working Title launched a subsidiary company called WT2 which has been involved with making films such as Shaun of the Dead and The Calcium Kid.

Just to give an idea of Working Titles success; their films have grossed more than £1.12 billion in the past 12 years, and that's a rough estimate. Their success is mostly thanks to their 2 main founders Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The two have been described as the "Brit flick's twin towers of power". These two have been listed as the most powerful figures in the British film industry. They have been described as "energetic, not naive, not arty-farty or up their own arses" by actor Hugh Grant who has with worked with Working Title who has worked with the pair on 4 films.

Working Title's breakthrough hit was the film Four Weddings and a Funeral and since then, after a dry period with a few international hits managed to prove that the British could once again fashion films with global appeal.