One of the UK's leading independent production companies

Number 9 Films was co-founded in 2002 by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley and has established itself as one of the UK's leading independent production companies. In 2019 they jointly received BAFTA's Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema award.

Karlsen and Woolley have produced some of the most celebrated independent films in the US and Europe, including Carol, Youth, The End of the Affair, Interview with the Vampire, Little Voice, Mona Lisa, The Crying Game, Made in Dagenham and Mrs Harris.

In 2005, Woolley made his directorial debut with the sixties biopic Stoned. Recent releases include Their Finest, The Limehouse Golem, On Chesil Beach and Colette, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.