It is especially known for its gritty, kitchen sink-style films and period drama.īlueprint Pictures is an independent production company founded in 2005 by producers Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin.įive major distributors dominate the UK film industry: United International Pictures (Universal is part of this company), Warner Brothers, Buena Vista, Twentieth Century Fox and Sony. The company’s first production was Walter, directed by Stephen Frears, which was released in 1982. The company has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the United Kingdom. Fox Searchlight specializes in North American distribution of independent and British films alongside dramedy and horror films as well as art-house and foreign films and is sometimes also involved in the financing of these films.įilm4 Productions is a British film production company owned by Channel Four Television Corporation.