Magic Light Pictures

Magic Light Pictures
Production Company
Founded 2003
Founder Martin Pope
Michael Rose
Headquarters London

Magic Light Pictures is a London based company which produces independent films and television, and manages the children’s brand, The Gruffalo.[1] It was created in 2003 by producers Martin Pope and Michael Rose.

Their recent productions include two half hour animation specials based on Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s best selling books: The Gruffalo (2009) has won over 15 awards including the Prix Jeunesse 2010, and been nominated for an Academy Award,[2] a BAFTA[3] and the Cartoon D’Or.[4]The Gruffalo's Child (2011) premiered on BBC1 at Christmas 2011.

Their feature films include the Oscar nominated Chico & Rita,[5] an animated feature directed by Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba and Tono Errando, winner of the European Film Award for Animated Feature Film 2011;[6] Sparkle starring Bob Hoskins, Lesley Manville and Stockard Channing and Wild Target, a comedy thriller starring Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint and Rupert Everett. Magic Light Pictures also recently completed production on natural history feature documentary One Life which topped the Japanese box office on its opening weekend.[7]

Producer Placement Programme


Magic Light Pictures in conjunction with Skillset also ran 6 month producer placement programmes from 2008 to 2010.The programme took up and coming feature film producers and put them into a series of work placements in leading companies in the British Film Industry.[8]

Productions

List of films produced by Magic Light Pictures since its foundation in 2003.[9]

Title Year
Room On The Broom 2012
One Life 2011
The Gruffalo's Child 2011
Chico and Rita 2010
Wild Target 2010
The Gruffalo 2009
Glorious 39 2009
Sparkle 2007

Merchandise


Magic Light has developed a high quality Gruffalo licensing programme.[10] The merchandising collection includes quality clothing and nightwear in natural fabrics, traditional stationery, activity products, giftware, greetings cards and plush characters.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Magic Light Pictures". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  2. ↑ "Gruffalo Academy Award". Academy Award. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  3. ↑ "Gruffalo Bafta". Bafta. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  4. ↑ "Cartoon d’Or nominations". The Cartoon d’Or. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  5. ↑ "Chico and Rita Academy Award". Academy Award. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  6. ↑ "European Film Awards". European Film Award. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  7. ↑ "ONE LIFE opened at #1 in Japanese Box Office". Twickenham Film Studios. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  8. ↑ "Producer Placement Programme". UK Film Council. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  9. ↑ "Productions". IMDB. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  10. ↑ "The Gruffalo Merchandise". TLC. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  11. ↑ "The Gruffalo Merchandise". The Drum. Retrieved 2012-02-03.

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