# Focus Films

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{{Short description|British film production company}}
{{distinguish|Focus Features}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Focus Films Ltd.
| logo = 
| type = [Limited Company](/source/Limited_Company)
| foundation =  1982
| location = [London](/source/London), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
| key_people = [David Pupkewitz](/source/David_Pupkewitz) (founder & CEO)<br />[Marsha Levin](/source/Marsha_Levin) (founder) <br />Peter Dale (Head of Finance) <br />[Malcolm Kohll](/source/Malcolm_Kohll) (Head of Development)
| industry = [Entertainment](/source/Entertainment)
| products = [Motion Picture](/source/Motion_Picture)s
| homepage = [https://focusfilms.co.uk https://focusfilms.co.uk]
}}
'''Focus Films Ltd.''' is an independent feature film development and production company in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom).<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/company/co0137973/ Focus Films [gb&#93;<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It was founded in 1982 by [David Pupkewitz](/source/David_Pupkewitz) and Marsha Levin and is based in Finchley Road, London.

==Background==
Focus's early successes with television documentaries (''[Via Namibia](/source/Via_Namibia)'') and dramas such as ''[Kolmanskop](/source/Kolmanskop)'' and ''[Othello](/source/Othello)'', all of which were broadcast by [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4), led to its transition to feature film production for the international market starting with Crimetime directed by [George Sluizer](/source/George_Sluizer) in 1995. Further films produced by Focus are ''Secret Society'', ''Book of Eve'', and their biggest budget film to date, ''[The 51st State](/source/The_51st_State)'' directed by [Ronny Yu](/source/Ronny_Yu). The film stars [Robert Carlyle](/source/Robert_Carlyle), [Samuel L. Jackson](/source/Samuel_L._Jackson).

During the hiatus encountered by the independent British film industry between 2004 and early 2007, Focus re-organised its team and strategy and in 2007 co-produced the [Bruce Dickinson](/source/Bruce_Dickinson)–scripted film'' [Chemical Wedding](/source/Chemical_Wedding_(film))'',<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974536/ Chemical Wedding (2008)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> directed by Monty Python veteran [Julian Doyle](/source/Julian_Doyle_(filmmaker)). The film stars [Simon Callow](/source/Simon_Callow) and [John Shrapnel](/source/John_Shrapnel). It was released theatrically by Warner Music in the UK and Ireland<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.launchingfilms.com/releaseschedule/schedule.php?date=today&sort=date |title=Launching Films – Film Distributors' Association<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-04-02 |archive-date=2008-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221072226/http://www.launchingfilms.com/releaseschedule/schedule.php?date=today&sort=date |url-status=dead }}</ref> at the end of May 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.moviecentre.net/upcomingmovies/preview/movie_id_2655.htm |title=Moviecentre |access-date=2008-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207194239/http://www.moviecentre.net/upcomingmovies/preview/movie_id_2655.htm |archive-date=2008-02-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Films==
*[Hyde Park on Hudson](/source/Hyde_Park_on_Hudson) (directed by [Roger Michell](/source/Roger_Michell))
*''[Miss Romance](/source/Miss_Romance)'' 2009 (directed by [Ryan Little](/source/Ryan_Little))
*''[Heaven and Earth](/source/Heaven_and_Earth_(2010_film))'' 2010 (directed by [Marleen Gorris](/source/Marleen_Gorris) featuring [Natascha McElhone](/source/Natascha_McElhone) and [Pierce Brosnan](/source/Pierce_Brosnan))
*''[Master Harold...and the Boys](/source/Master_Harold...and_the_Boys_(2010_film))'' 2008 (directed by [Lonny Price](/source/Lonny_Price) and featuring [Ving Rhames](/source/Ving_Rhames) and [Freddie Highmore](/source/Freddie_Highmore))
*''[Surviving Evil](/source/Surviving_Evil)'' 2008 (directed by Terence Daw and features [Billy Zane](/source/Billy_Zane), [Christina Cole](/source/Christina_Cole) and [Natalie Mendoza](/source/Natalie_Mendoza))
*''[The 4th Kind](/source/The_4th_Kind)'' 2008 (directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and features [Milla Jovovich](/source/Milla_Jovovich) and [Elias Koteas](/source/Elias_Koteas)
* ''[Chemical Wedding](/source/Chemical_Wedding_(film))'' 2007 (directed by [Julian Doyle](/source/Julian_Doyle_(filmmaker)) and starring [Simon Callow](/source/Simon_Callow), [Kal Webber](/source/Kal_Webber), [Jud Charlton](/source/Jud_Charlton) and [Lucy Cudden](/source/Lucy_Cudden))
* ''[The Bone Snatcher](/source/The_Bone_Snatcher)'' 2003 (directed by Jason Wulfsohn and starring Scott Bairstow, [Rachel Shelley](/source/Rachel_Shelley) and Warwick Grier)
* ''[The Book of Eve](/source/The_Book_of_Eve)'' 2002 (directed by [Claude Fournier](/source/Claude_Fournier_(filmmaker)) and starring [Claire Bloom](/source/Claire_Bloom), Daniel Lavoie and Susannah York)
* ''[The 51st State](/source/The_51st_State)'' 2001 (directed by [Ronny Yu](/source/Ronny_Yu) and starring [Samuel L. Jackson](/source/Samuel_L._Jackson), [Robert Carlyle](/source/Robert_Carlyle), [Rhys Ifans](/source/Rhys_Ifans), [Emily Mortimer](/source/Emily_Mortimer), [Sean Pertwee](/source/Sean_Pertwee) and [Meat Loaf](/source/Meat_Loaf))
* ''Julies Geist'' (Julie's Spirit) 2001 (directed by [Bettina Wilhelm](/source/Bettina_Wilhelm) and starring [Sylvie Testud](/source/Sylvie_Testud) and Julia Richter)
* ''Secret Society'' 1999 (directed by [Imogen Kimmel](/source/Imogen_Kimmel) and starring Lee Ross and Charlotte Brittain)
* ''[Crimetime](/source/Crimetime)'' 1996 (directed by [George Sluizer](/source/George_Sluizer) and starring [Pete Postlethwaite](/source/Pete_Postlethwaite), [Stephen Baldwin](/source/Stephen_Baldwin) and [Sadie Frost](/source/Sadie_Frost))
* ''[Diary of a Sane Man](/source/Diary_of_a_Sane_Man)'' 1989 (Independent Film and Video, Channel 4)
* ''Othello 1987'' (TV drama, directed by [Janet Suzman](/source/Janet_Suzman) and starring [John Kani](/source/John_Kani), Channel 4)
*  ''[Via Namibia](/source/Via_Namibia)'' 1985 (documentary with original music by [Hugh Masekela](/source/Hugh_Masekela))
* ''[Kolmanskop](/source/Kolmanskop)'' 1982 (feature)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.focusfilms.co.uk Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410163622/http://www.focusfilms.co.uk/ |date=2008-04-10 }}

Category:Film production companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Mass media companies established in 1982
Category:1982 establishments in England

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