Working Title Films

British film and television production company

"Working Title" redirects here. For the concept of a temporary title, see Working title. For the band, see The Working Title.

Working Title Films Limited

Logo used since 2008

Formerly|

* Visionensure Limited (October 1992 – December 1992)
* Working Title Limited (December 1992 – February 1995)

Company type| Subsidiary
Industry| Film production
Founded| 1983; 42 years ago (1983)
Founders|

* Tim Bevan
* Sarah Radclyffe

Headquarters|

London

United Kingdom

Number of locations

* London
* Los Angeles

Key people

* Tim Bevan
* Eric Fellner
* Liza Chasin
* Debra Hayward
* Natascha Wharton

Parent| PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (1992–1999)
Universal Pictures (1999–present)
Divisions|

* WT2 Productions
* Working Title Television

Website| workingtitlefilms.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Working Title Films Limited, formerly Visionensure Limited and Working Title Limited, is a British film and television production company that is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, which is itself a division of Comcast. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. Bevan and Eric Fellner are now the co-chairmen of the company.

## Company history

[edit]

Bevan and Radclyffe were partners in pop music promotional company, Aldabra, and set up Working Title Films in London in 1983 where they were commissioned by newly created UK broadcaster, Channel 4, to make a television film, My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), directed by Stephen Frears. My Beautiful Laundrette was a success at the Edinburgh Film Festival and received a theatrical release, where it was successful internationally. Accountant Graham Bradstreet joined as a third partner in 1986.[2]

A World Apart was entered in competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and won the Special Grand Prize of the Jury. The Tall Guy (1988) saw the feature film debut of screenwriter Richard Curtis and director Mel Smith.[2]

In 1988, Michael Kuhn of PolyGram started to work with the company and in 1989 PolyGram acquired 49% of the company and they jointly launched Manifesto Film Sales.[3] Manifesto's first third-party pick up for distribution was the Coen brothers' Barton Fink (1991).[4] Bradstreet left the company in 1990 and Radclyffe a year later, with Eric Fellner, a fellow independent film producer, joining the company in 1991.[5][3][2] The same year, Kuhn set up PolyGram Filmed Entertainment which acquired 100% of Working Title in 1992.[3][2]

Paul Webster set up an office in Los Angeles in 1991 and producer Liza Chasin was appointed as president of production.[6] Webster produced the company's first American films, Rubin & Ed and Drop Dead Fred. Working Title also made Tim Robbins' directorial debut, Bob Roberts (1992).[2]

The company was incorporated and registered as a private limited company in the UK on 14 October 1992, as Visionensure Limited. On 18 December 1992 its name was changed to Working Title Limited, before rebranding as Working Title Films Limited on 20 February 1995.[1]

Gramercy Pictures began distributing the company's films in the United States, starting with Posse (1993). In 1994, the company's Four Weddings and a Funeral, written by Curtis, became the highest-grossing British film of all time with a gross of $245 million.[3][2] They also made the Coen brothers' The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). In 1996, Robbins' Dead Man Walking was the company's first film to win an Academy Award, with Susan Sarandon winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. The Coen brothers' Fargo (1996) won two Academy Awards the following year. The company had another major success with Bean (1997) directed by Smith and co-written by Curtis, grossing $251 million.[2]

In 1998, PolyGram was sold to the Seagram company and merged with MCA Music Entertainment, to form Universal Music Group. PolyGram Films was folded into Universal Pictures. In 1999, Seagram sold the bulk of its library of PolyGram films released up until 31 March 1996 to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).[7] 1999 also saw the company's highest-grossing film to date with Notting Hill, again written by Curtis, with a gross of $364 million.[citation needed]

Around 2003, New Zealand-born producer Tim White was appointed head of the Australian branch of Working Title Films, and during this time executive produced Gregor Jordan's Ned Kelly.[8][9]

Although contractually allowed to produce any film with a budget of up to $35 million, on a practical basis, Bevan and Fellner consult with studio executives at Working Title's parent company NBCUniversal.[10] Working Title company renewed its first look deal with Universal Pictures in 2020.[11]

### WT2 Productions

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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 arm run by Natascha Wharton, and has produced films that include Billy Elliot, Shaun of the Dead and The Calcium Kid.[5]

## Television division

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Working Title has been active in television production since the beginning of the 1990s.[12] In February 2010, Working Title officially launched its television division as a joint venture with parent company NBCUniversal, itself owned by Comcast.[13] Since then, they have produced content for both British and American television.[14][15] Notable productions and co productions developed by Working Title Television (WTTV)[16] include NBC's About a Boy, and Showtime's The Tudors.[12]

WTTV has offices in London and Los Angeles.[17][18]

### TV productions

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Title  | Years  | Co-production(s)  | Network  | Notes

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The Borrowers | 1992 |  | BBC Two |
Tales of the City | 1993 | Propaganda Films | Channel Four |
The Baldy Man | 1994–1999 | Central Independent Television | ITV |
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | 2000–2002 |  | BBC One |
The Tudors | 2007–2011 | Reveville Erie
Octagon Entertainment
Peace Arch Entertainment
Showtime Networks | BBC Two
CBC Television
Showtime
TV3 |
Love Bites | 2011 | Loud Blouse Productions
Universal Television | NBC |
Yonderland | 2013–2016 |  | Sky 1 |
About a Boy | 2014–2015 | True Jack Productions
TriBeCa Productions
Universal Television | NBC |
You, Me and the Apocalypse | 2015 | BigBalls Films
British Sky Broadcasting
NBCUniversal International Studios | Sky 1
NBC |
London Spy | NBCUniversal International Studios
BBC America | BBC Two |
Gypsy | 2017 | Rhythm Arts Entertainment
Pen and Paper Industries
Universal Television | Netflix |
Hanna | 2019–2021 | Amazon Studios
Tomorrow Studios
Focus Features
NBCUniversal International Studios | Amazon Prime Video |
The Case Against Adnan Syed | 2019 | Instinct Productions
Disarming Films
HBO Documentary Films
NBCUniversal International Studios | HBO |
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City | 2019 | Sweatpants Productions
Universal Television
NBCUniversal International Studios | Netflix |
The Luminaries | 2020 | Southern Light Films
TVNZ
Fremantle
Silver Reel | TVNZ
BBC One |
We Are Lady Parts | 2021–present |  | Channel 4 |
Everything I Know About Love | 2022 | Universal International Studios | BBC One |
Too Much[19] | 2025 | Universal International Studios
Good Thing Going | Netflix |

## 1991 ITV franchise bid

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In 1991, Working Title was involved in a bid for the London Weekend ITV licence. Working Title, Mentorn, Palace and PolyGram wanted to take over from London Weekend Television and broadcast to London under the name London Independent Broadcasting. In the event LWT retained its licence; London Independent Broadcasting's proposals were deemed by the Independent Television Commission, which was overseeing the bid process, to fail the quality threshold.[20]

## Films

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### 1980s

[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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15 November 1985 | My Beautiful Laundrette | with Channel Four Films
24 July 1987 | Wish You Were Here | with Channel Four Films
30 October 1987 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | with Channel Four Films
17 June 1988 | A World Apart |
10 September 1988 | Paperhouse | with Vestron Pictures
13 April 1989 | The Tall Guy | with London Weekend Television
19 May 1989 | For Queen and Country |
14 November 1989 | Diamond Skulls |

### 1990s

[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

|
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22 June 1990 | Fools of Fortune | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Channel Four Films
27 July 1990 | Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and New Line Cinema
13 May 1991 | Robin Hood |
24 May 1991 | Drop Dead Fred | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and New Line Cinema
21 August 1991 | Barton Fink | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and 20th Century Fox
18 October 1991 | Edward II |
13 December 1991 | London Kills Me | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Fine Line Features
15 May 1992 | Rubin & Ed | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
17 July 1992 | Dakota Road | with Channel Four Films, British Screen Productions and Mayfair Entertainment
4 September 1992 | Bob Roberts | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Miramax Films and LIVE Entertainment
23 April 1993 | Map of the Human Heart | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Miramax Films
14 May 1993 | Posse | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
8 October 1993 | The Young Americans | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Live Entertainment
4 February 1994 | Romeo Is Bleeding | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
9 March 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Channel Four Films and Gramercy Pictures
11 March 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures
3 May 1995 | Panther | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
5 May 1995 | French Kiss | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and 20th Century Fox
29 September 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
29 December 1995 | Dead Man Walking | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
8 March 1996 | Fargo | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
22 March 1996 | Land and Freedom | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
20 September 1996 | Loch Ness | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
7 March 1997 | The Eighth Day | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
2 August 1997 | Bean | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Tiger Aspect Films and Gramercy Pictures
3 October 1997 | The Matchmaker | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
5 December 1997 | The Borrowers | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
6 March 1998 | The Big Lebowski | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
22 November 1998 | Elizabeth | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, StudioCanal, Channel Four Films and Gramercy Pictures
29 January 1999 | The Hi-Lo Country | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures
28 May 1999 | Notting Hill | with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, StudioCanal and Universal Pictures
1 October 1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | with StudioCanal, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures

### 2000s

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Release date  | Title  | Notes

|
|

31 March 2000 | High Fidelity | with Touchstone Pictures
13 October 2000 | Billy Elliot | with BBC Films, Tiger Aspect Productions, StudioCanal and Universal Pictures
2 December 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | with Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
8 December 2000 | The Man Who Cried | with StudioCanal, Universal Pictures and Adventure Pictures
13 April 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Miramax Films
17 August 2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Miramax Films
2 November 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | with USA Films, Gramercy Pictures and Good Machine
18 January 2002 | Long Time Dead | with Universal Pictures and Focus Features
1 March 2002 | 40 Days and 40 Nights | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Miramax Films
22 March 2002 | Ali G Indahouse | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
17 May 2002 | About a Boy | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and TriBeCa Productions
31 January 2003 | The Guru | co-production with StudioCanal and Universal Pictures
27 March 2003 | Ned Kelly | with Focus Features and StudioCanal
16 May 2003 | The Shape of Things | with Focus Features and StudioCanal
18 July 2003 | Johnny English | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
14 November 2003 | Love Actually | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and DNA Films
5 December 2003 | Thirteen | with Fox Searchlight Pictures, Universal Pictures and Antidote Films
30 July 2004 | Thunderbirds | with StudioCanal and Universal Pictures
17 September 2004 | Wimbledon | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
24 September 2004 | Shaun of the Dead | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Rogue Pictures
15 October 2004 | Inside I'm Dancing | with Focus Features and StudioCanal
19 November 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Miramax Films
25 March 2005 | Mickybo and Me | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Irish Film Board, Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission, WT2 Productions and Moving Picture Company
22 April 2005 | The Interpreter | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
23 November 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | with Focus Features and StudioCanal
27 January 2006 | Nanny McPhee | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
28 April 2006 | United 93 | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
27 October 2006 | Catch a Fire | with Focus Features and StudioCanal
26 January 2007 | Smokin' Aces | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
20 April 2007 | Hot Fuzz | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Rogue Pictures
24 August 2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal and Tiger Aspect Films
12 October 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
7 December 2007 | Atonement | with Focus Features and StudioCanal
14 February 2008 | Definitely, Maybe | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
12 September 2008 | Burn After Reading | with Focus Features, Relativity Media and StudioCanal
5 December 2008 | Frost/Nixon | with Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and StudioCanal
17 April 2009 | State of Play | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
24 April 2009 | The Soloist[21] | with DreamWorks Pictures, Universal Pictures, Participant Media, StudioCanal and Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment[22]
2 October 2009 | A Serious Man | with Focus Features, Relativity Media and StudioCanal
13 November 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal

### 2010s

[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

|
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12 March 2010 | Green Zone | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
20 August 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
18 March 2011 | Paul | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
12 August 2011 | Senna | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
21 October 2011 | Johnny English Reborn | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
9 December 2011 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | with Focus Features and StudioCanal
13 January 2012 | Contraband | with Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Blueeyes Productions, Leverage Entertainment and Closest to the Hole Productions
3 February 2012 | Big Miracle | with Universal Pictures and Anonymous Content
16 November 2012 | Anna Karenina | with Focus Features and StudioCanal
25 December 2012 | Les Misérables | with Universal Pictures, Relativity Media and Cameron Mackintosh, Ltd.
23 August 2013 | The World's End | with Universal Pictures, Focus Features, and Relativity Media
28 August 2013 | Closed Circuit | with Focus Features
20 September 2013 | Rush | with Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Exclusive Media, Cross Creek Pictures and Revolution Films
1 November 2013 | About Time | with Universal Pictures and StudioCanal
28 August 2014 | The Two Faces of January | with StudioCanal and Magnolia Pictures
9 October 2014 | Trash | with StudioCanal, O2 Filmes and PeaPie Films
7 November 2014 | The Theory of Everything | with Focus Features
28 August 2015 | We Are Your Friends | with Warner Bros. Pictures, StudioCanal and RatPac Entertainment
18 September 2015 | Everest | with Universal Pictures, Walden Media and Cross Creek Pictures
14 October 2015 | The Program | with StudioCanal
20 November 2015 | Legend | with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Cross Creek Pictures and Anton Capital Entertainment
27 November 2015 | The Danish Girl | with Pretty Pictures, Revision Pictures, Senator Global Productions, Universal Pictures International and Focus Features
5 February 2016 | Hail, Caesar! | with Universal Pictures and Mike Zoss Productions
11 March 2016 | The Brothers Grimsby | with Columbia Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures Big Talk Productions and Four by Two Productions
16 September 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby[23] | with StudioCanal, Miramax and Universal Pictures
30 June 2017 | Baby Driver | with Big Talk Productions, TriStar Pictures and Media Rights Capital
15 September 2017 | Victoria and Abdul | with BBC Films, Focus Features and Universal Pictures
13 October 2017 | The Snowman | with Universal Pictures, Perfect World Pictures and Another Park Film
12 January 2018 | Darkest Hour | with Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Perfect World Pictures
16 March 2018 | 7 Days in Entebbe | with Participant Media and Focus Features
26 October 2018 | Johnny English Strikes Again | with StudioCanal, Perfect World Pictures and Universal Pictures
7 December 2018 | Mary Queen of Scots | with Perfect World Pictures and Focus Features
25 January 2019 | The Kid Who Would Be King | with Big Talk Productions, TSG Entertainment and 20th Century Fox
28 June 2019 | Yesterday | with Universal Pictures, Perfect World Pictures and Decibel Films
20 December 2019 | Cats | with Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Monumental Pictures and Really Useful Group

### 2020s

[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

|
|

21 February 2020 | Emma | with Focus Features, Blueprint Pictures and Perfect World Pictures
29 May 2020 | The High Note | with Focus Features and Perfect World Pictures
15 June 2020 | Radioactive | with StudioCanal and Amazon Studios
16 October 2020 | Rebecca | with Netflix and Big Talk Productions
29 October 2021 | Last Night in Soho | with Focus Features, Film4 Productions and Complete Fiction
25 February 2022 | Cyrano | with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Bron Creative
23 September 2022 | Catherine Called Birdy | with Amazon Studios and Good Thing Going[24]
21 October 2022  | Ticket to Paradise | with Universal Pictures, Red Om Films, and Smokehouse Pictures[25]
11 November 2022 | The Swimmers | with Netflix[26]
9 December 2022 | Matilda the Musical | with Netflix, TriStar Pictures and the Roald Dahl Story Company[27]
24 February 2023 | What's Love Got to Do with It? | with StudioCanal and Instinct Productions[28]
28 April 2023 | Polite Society | with Focus Features and Parkville Pictures[29]
22 November 2023  | Genie | with Peacock, Universal Pictures, and Linden Productions[30][31]
23 February 2024  | Drive-Away Dolls | with Focus Features[32]
20 September 2024 | The Substance[33][34] | with Blacksmith and Mubi
1 November 2024 | Blitz | with Apple TV+, Regency Enterprises, New Regency and Lammas Park[35]
13 February 2025 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy[36][37] | with Miramax, StudioCanal and Universal Pictures

### Upcoming

[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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22 August 2025 | Honey Don't! † | with Focus Features[38]
13 February 2026 | Crime 101 † | with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Raw, The Story Company and Wild State[39][40]
13 November 2026 | Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie † | with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lord Miller Productions and Three Strange Angels[41]
25 December 2026 | Werwulf † | with Focus Features and Maiden Voyage Pictures[42][43]
TBA | CC: Emily † | with Focus Features and Parkville Pictures[44]
Falling † | with Universal Pictures[45]
Goodbye June † | with Netflix[46]
In Five Years † | with New Line Cinema[47]
Johnny English 4 † | with StudioCanal[48]
Pressure † | with StudioCanal[49]
Relax † | with Independent Entertainment[50]
Sense and Sensibility † | with Focus Features and November Pictures[51]
Unreasonable Behaviour † | with Hardy Son & Baker[52]
Untitled Anna May Wong biopic † | with Significant Productions[53]
Untitled Baby Driver sequel † | with TriStar Pictures, MRC, and Big Talk Productions[54][55][56]
Key  †  | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

|

## References

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27. ^ Wood, Alex (17 January 2020). "New Matilda film confirmed – expected to start shooting later this year". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
28. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (2 November 2020). "Lily James, Shazad Latif & Emma Thompson To Star In Working Title Rom-Com 'What's Love Got To Do With It?' From Jemima Khan & Shekhar Kapur; Studiocanal Launches Sales — AFM Hot Pic". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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51. ^ Grobar, Matt (25 June 2025). "Daisy Edgar-Jones To Topline Adaptation Of Jane Austen's 'Sense And Sensibility' For Focus Features & Working Title". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
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56. ^ Travis, Ben; Nugent, John (21 January 2019). "Edgar Wright's Next Film Is A Psychological Horror, Plus Baby Driver 2 Update – Exclusive". Empire. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

## Further reading

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* Townsend, Nathan (2021). Working Title Films: A Creative and Commercial History. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-5193-2.
* Nathan Townsend, Working Title Films: A Creative and Commercial History, an overview by Justin Smith on Edinburgh University Press website
* "Producers give backbone to industry" BBC News, 16 February 2004.
* Plunkett, John "Shaun of the Dead production company Working Title to launch TV division", The Guardian, 17 February 2010.

## External links

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* Official website

* v
* t
* e

NBCUniversal

A division of Comcast

Predecessors|

* MCA Inc.
* PolyGram
* RCA
* Seagram Company Ltd.
* Vivendi Universal

Executives|

* Dick Ebersol
* Bonnie Hammer
* Donna Langley
* Steve Burke
* Pearlena Igbokwe
* Noah Oppenheim
* Cesar Conde

Studio Group|

| Universal Filmed
Entertainment Group|

* Universal Pictures
* Back Lot Music
* DreamWorks Animation
* Focus Features
* Illumination
* Illumination Studios Paris
* NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
* United International Pictures*
* Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
* Universal Animation Studios
* Working Title Films
* Amblin Partners
* Amblin Entertainment
* DreamWorks Pictures

|

Universal
Studio Group|

* Universal Television
* Universal Content Productions
* Universal International Studios
* Carnival Films
* Matchbox Pictures
* DreamWorks Animation Television
* DreamWorks Classics
* Big Idea Entertainment
* Bullwinkle Studios*
* Harvey Entertainment

Destinations
& Experiences Group|

| United States|

* Universal Studios Hollywood
* CityWalk
* Universal Orlando
* Universal Studios Florida
* Islands of Adventure
* CityWalk
* Epic Universe
* Universal Kids Resort
* Universal Horror Unleashed

|

International|

* Universal Studios Japan
* Universal Studios Singapore
* Universal Beijing Resort
* Universal Studios Beijing
* Universal Studios Delhi (planned)
* Universal Studios Great Britain (planned)

Media Group|

| Television networks|

* NBC
* Bravo
* E!
* Syfy
* USA Network
* Oxygen

|

Streaming|

* Hayu
* Peacock
* PictureBox Films
* Fandango Media (70%)
* Fandango at Home

NBC
Sports Group|

* NBC Olympics
* NBC Sports Ventures
* Alli
* Golf Channel
* NBC Sports Digital
* GolfNow
* NBC Sports
* part owner
* MLB Network
* NHL Network
* Regional Networks
* Bay Area (45%)
* Boston
* California
* Philadelphia
* SNY (8%)

International
Networks|

* v
* t
* e

NBCUniversal International Networks

A division of NBCUniversal

Asia|

* DreamWorks Channel
* Golf Channel (Indonesia)
* Studio Universal (Philippines)

Australia & New Zealand|

* Bravo
* New Zealand
* Australia
* Universal TV
* Australia
* New Zealand

Europe, Middle East
and Africa|

* 13th Street
* France
* Germany
* Spain
* Poland
* DreamWorks
* Diva
* E!
* Golf Channel
* Movies 24
* Syfy
* France
* Germany
* Poland
* Balkans
* Portugal
* Spain
* Studio Universal
* Telemundo Africa
* Universal TV Germany

Latin America & Brazil|

* Universal TV
* E!
* Golf Channel
* Studio Universal
* USA Network
* Telemundo Internacional
* DreamWorks Channel
* Universal+ (outside of Brazil)

Canada (licensed)|

* Bravo
* E!
* Oxygen
* USA Network

Defunct|

* 13th Street Netherlands and Flanders
* 13th Street Australia
* Diva TV
* Diva Universal Italy
* Diva Asia
* E! Asia
* E! Australia and New Zealand
* Hallmark Channel International
* Hallmark Channel Benelux & Scandinavia
* KidsCo
* Sci Fi Romania
* Steel
* Style Network Australia
* Syfy Netherlands and Flanders
* Syfy Russia
* Syfy Asia
* Syfy Australia
* Syfy Latin America
* Universal Channel Greece
* Universal Channel Poland
* Universal Channel Turkey
* Universal Channel Japan
* Universal Channel Asia
* Universal TV UK & Ireland

Other assets|

* Distribution
* Domestic
* International

Telemundo Enterprises|

* Telemundo
* Puerto Rico Studios
* Telemundo Studios
* Universo
* Telemundo Deportesw/NBC Sports Group
* Noticias Telemundo

Local Group
O&Os|

| NBC Owned
TV Stations|

* KNBC
* KNSD
* KNTV
* KXAS-TV
* WBTS-CD
* WCAU
* WMAQ-TV
* WNBC
* WRC-TV
* WTVJ
* WVIT
* K15CU-D
* KTEL-TV
* Other properties
* Cozi TV
* NBC LX
* NBC LX Home
* NECN

|

Telemundo
Station Group|

* KASA-TV/KTEL-CD/KUPT
* KBLR
* KCSO
* KDEN-TV
* KHRR
* KNSO
* KSTS
* KTAZ
* KTDO
* KTLM
* KTMD
* KTMW
* KUAN
* KVDA
* KVEA
* KXTX-TV
* WKAQ-TV
* WNEU
* WNJU
* WRDM-CD/WDMR-LP
* WRIW-CD
* WRMD-CD
* WRTD-CD
* WSCV
* WSNS-TV
* WTMO-CD
* WWSI
* WWDT-CD
* WYCN-LD
* WZTD-LD
* WZDC-CD
* Other properties: TeleXitos

Other units|

* Affiliate relations
* NBC
* Telemundo
* EMKA, Ltd.
* International Media Distribution

News Group|

| Main divisions|

* NBC News
* NBCNews.com
* NBC Out
* MSNBC

|

CNBC global channels|

* CNBC
* Africa (licensee)
* Asia
* Brazil (licensee)
* Europe
* World

CNBC Europe branches|

* Class CNBC (20%)
* CNBC-e
* Africa (licensee)
* Arabia

CNBC Asia branches|

* CNBC TV18
* CNBC Awaaz
* CNBC Indonesia
* JKN-CNBC
* Nikkei CNBC

Former/defunct
properties|

* 13th Street (Australia)
* A&E Networks (A&E)*
* Canal+ Group
* Castle Films
* Chapman Entertainment
* Chiller
* Chiller Films
* CIC Video
* Cloo
* Comcast Network
* Craftsy
* Diva
* Diva Universal (Italy)
* E! (Asia)
* Entertainment Rights
* Esquire Network
* Fearnet
* Filmation
* FilmDistrict
* G4
* Good Machine
* Gramercy Pictures
* Hallmark Channel (international)
* ITC Entertainment
* Interscope Communications
* Miss Universe*
* Multimedia Entertainment
* NBBC
* NBCSN
* NBC Sports (Chicago (25%)
* Northwest)
* NBC Weather Plus
* October Films
* Olympic Channel
* Pacific Data Images
* Peacock Productions
* PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
* Propaganda Films
* Savoy Pictures
* SBS CNBC
* Shift
* Seeso
* Spencer Gifts
* Style Network (Australia)
* Syfy (Asia)
* Syfy (Australia)
* Tell-Tale Productions
* The Entertainment Channel*
* Total Television
* UPA
* Universal Channel (Asia)
* Universal Channel (Greece)
* Universal Channel (Japan)
* Universal Channel (Poland)
* Universal Kids
* Universal TV (UK and Ireland)
* Universal Interactive
* Universal Music Group
* Universal Channel (Turkey)
* Vivendi Universal Games
* Walter Lantz Productions
* Western Publishing
* Gold Key Comics
* Whitman Publishing
* Golden Books Family Entertainment
* Golden Book Video
* Woodland Animations
* ZGS Communications

Related|

* History of NBC
* History of NBC Sports
* Report on Chain Broadcasting (1941)
* National Broadcasting Co. v. United States (1943)

* Denotes joint ventures

* v
* t
* e

Cinema of the United Kingdom

Films by year|

* Pre-1920
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Production companies
and studios|

| Active|

* Aardman Animations
* Arborfield Studios
* BBC Film
* Big Talk Studios
* British Lion Films
* DNA Films
* DNEG
* Ealing Studios
* Elstree Studios
* Eon Productions
* Film4 Productions
* Framestore
* Goldcrest Films
* Hammer Film Productions
* HandMade Films
* Heyday Films
* The Imaginarium
* London Films
* Longcross Studios
* Mister Smith Entertainment
* Number 9 Films
* Passion Pictures
* Pinewood Group
* Pinewood Studios
* Shepperton Studios
* Recorded Picture Company
* Scott Free Productions
* Shinfield Studios
* Syncopy Inc.
* S4C
* Thin Man Films
* Vertigo Films
* Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden
* Warp Films
* Wimbledon Studios
* Working Title Films

|

Former|

* Amicus Productions
* Associated British Picture Corporation
* Astra Films
* British and Dominions
* British Instructional Films
* British National Films Company
* Butcher's Film Service
* Clapham Studios
* Clarendon Film Company
* Craven Park Studios
* Bryanston Films
* The Danzigers
* Denham Film Studios
* Eagle-Lion Films
* Eros Films
* Esher Studios
* G. B. Samuelson Productions
* Gainsborough Pictures
* Gate Studios
* General Film Distributors
* Halas and Batchelor
* Hemdale Film Corporation
* Hepworth Pictures
* Holmfirth Studios
* Ideal Film Company
* Jellyfish Pictures
* Kensington Studios
* London Film Company
* Mancunian Films
* MGM-British Studios
* Merton Park Studios
* The Rank Organisation
* Rock Studios
* Southall Studios
* Stoll Pictures
* Surbiton Studios
* Tempean Films
* Tigon British Film Productions
* Warwick Films
* Woodfall Film Productions
* Woolf & Freedman Film Service

Genres and
movements|

* British New Wave
* Horror films of Britain
* Documentary Film Movement
* Ealing comedies
* Free Cinema
* Kitchen sink realism
* Gainsborough melodramas

Organisations|

* British Academy of Film and Television Arts
* British Board of Film Classification
* British Film Institute
* BFI National Archive
* BFI Southbank
* British Society of Cinematographers
* Children's Film Foundation
* Cinema Exhibitors' Association
* Moving Image Archive
* National Film and Television School
* National Science and Media Museum
* Northern Ireland Screen
* UK Film Council

People|

* Actors
* Directors

Other|

* Box office
* British Academy Film Awards
* British Independent Film Awards
* Carry On
* Censorship
* Cinematograph Films Act 1927
* Eady Levy
* Harry Potter
* History of British film certificates
* UK Video Charts
* James Bond
* BFI London Film Festival
* Look at Life
* London in film
* National Theatre Live
* Telecinema

* Category

* v
* t
* e

BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award

1979–2000|

* Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic, & Wally Veevers (1979)
* The Children’s Film Foundation (1980)
* Kevin Brownlow (1981)
* David Puttnam (1982)
* Arthur Wooster (1983)
* Colin Young (1984)
* Alan Parker & Alan Marshall (1985)
* Sydney Samuelson (1986)
* The Film Production Executives (1987)
* Monty Python (1988)
* Charles Crichton (1989)
* Lewis Gilbert (1990)
* Jeremy Thomas (1991)
* Derek Jarman (1992)
* Kenneth Branagh (1993)
* Ken Loach (1994)
* Ridley Scott & Tony Scott (1995)
* Mike Leigh (1996)
* Film4 Productions (1997)
* Michael Roberts (1998)
* Michael Kuhn (1999)
* Joyce Herlihy (2000)

2001–present|

* Mary Selway (2001)
* Vic Armstrong (2002)
* Michael Stevenson & David Tomblin (2003)
* Working Title Films (2004)
* Angela Allen (2005)
* Robert Finch & Billy Merrell (2006)
* Nick Daubney (2007)
* Barry Wilkinson (2008)
* Pinewood Studios & Shepperton Studios (2009)
* Joe Dunton (2010)
* The Harry Potter film series (2011)
* John Hurt (2012)
* Tessa Ross (2013)
* Peter Greenaway (2014)
* BBC Films (2015)
* Angels Costumes (2016)
* Curzon (2017)
* National Film and Television School (2018)
* Stephen Woolley & Elizabeth Karlsen (2019)
* Andy Serkis (2020)
* ~~Noel Clarke~~ (2021)
* June Givanni (2024)
* MediCinema (2025)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

Other|

* Yale LUX

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