Number 9 Films was created in 2003 by award-winning producing partners Elizabeth Karlsen (Little Voice, Ladies in Lavender) and Stephen Woolley (The Crying Game, Mona Lisa, Scandal, Interview with the Vampire) after a long collaboration at both Palace and Scala Productions. The company has established itself as one of the UK’s leading independent production companies forging relationships with a wide range of talent in the UK, across Europe and in the States.

Read Creative Europe Desk UK’s interview with Elizabeth Karlsen about the benefits of development funding, as well as our blog featuring Stephen Woolley, who talks about his experience of being a producer.

Hear Elizabeth Karlsen's account of navigating co-production set-ups below, speaking at Creative Europe Desk UK’s Producing for the International Market event.