Vertigo Films
Encyclopedia
Vertigo Films is a British
film production and film distribution
company.
Allan Niblo
(producer of Human Traffic
and South West 9), James Richardson (producer of Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
), director
Nick Love
(screenwriter
and, prior to company formation, director of Goodbye Charlie Bright
and The Football Factory), distributor
Rupert Preston (distributor of Chopper
, Chasing Amy
and Bride of Chucky
, among others), and entrepreneur
Rob Morgan. The company was formed for the express purpose of distributing and producing two films, The Football Factory and It's All Gone Pete Tong
; its current stated goal is to produce and distribute four films per year.
Clean:
London to Brighton
:
Shotgun Stories
:
, Melissa George
, Ashley Walters and Selma Blair
. The film, a New York-set thriller, centers on a the character of a well-worn police officer who finds that while hunting a serial killer
, he becomes the hunted. Vertigo Films will release WΔZ in 2007.
The latter part of 2006 saw the debut feature from Simon Ellis
, Dogging: A Love Story, go into production, under the aegis of Vertigo Films. The romantic comedy stars Luke Treadaway
.
Director Rupert Wyatt's
The Escapist
, a prison escape film, stars Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes
and Liam Cunningham.
Stockard Channing
, Shaun Evans
, Anthony Head
and Bob Hoskins
headline the romantic comedy Sparkle
, by directors Tom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter. The film is slated for release on August 17, 2007.
Founder Nick Love's fourth feature for Vertigo Films is to be based on the UK TV show The Sweeney
.
Vertigo recently announced its plans to produce an as yet untitled Cage Rage
film in collaboration with Cage Rage Championships. Vertigo released the British low-budget science-fiction film Monsters
on the Edinburgh International Film Festival
2010.
Other forthcoming projects include an adaptation of Terry Southern
's controversial novel Blue Movie
to be directed by Michael Dowse
(It's All Gone Pete Tong).
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
film production and film distribution
Film distribution
The distribution of a film is the process through which a movie is made available to watch for an audience by a film distributor...
company.
History
In 2002, Vertigo Films was created by producersFilm producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
Allan Niblo
Allan Niblo
Allan Niblo is a British film producer and director. He co-founded Vertigo Films.- Producer :* Monsters * Outlaw * WΔZ * The Business * It's All Gone Pete Tong * The Football Factory...
(producer of Human Traffic
Human Traffic
Human Traffic is a British independent film written and directed by Welsh filmmaker Justin Kerrigan. The film explores themes of coming of age, drug and club cultures, as well as relationships. It includes scenes provoking social commentary and the use of archive footage to provide political...
and South West 9), James Richardson (producer of Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
Kiss Kiss is a 2000 English comedy film written and directed by Stewart Sugg. It features Stellan Skarsgård, Chris Penn, and Paul Bettany.- Plot :Felix is a hit-man who wants out of the business...
), director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
Nick Love
Nick Love
Nick Love is a British film director and writer. Love came to public attention in the UK after making the films The Football Factory, The Business and The Firm. He has two 'Millwall' tattoos, including one on the inside of his bottom lip.Love is well known for collaborating with actor Danny Dyer...
(screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and, prior to company formation, director of Goodbye Charlie Bright
Goodbye Charlie Bright
Goodbye Charlie Bright is a 2001 film directed by Nick Love and starring Paul Nicholls, Roland Manookian and Danny Dyer. The film is also known by the U.S. title Strong Boys.-Plot:...
and The Football Factory), distributor
Film distributor
A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing...
Rupert Preston (distributor of Chopper
Chopper (film)
Chopper is a 2000 Australian film, written and directed by New Zealand film-maker Andrew Dominik and based on the semi-autobiographical books by Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read. The film stars Eric Bana as the title character, and co-stars Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon, Bill Young and David Field...
, Chasing Amy
Chasing Amy
Chasing Amy is a 1997 romantic comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith. The central tension revolves around sexuality, sexual history, and evolving friendships. It is the third film in Smith's View Askewniverse series....
and Bride of Chucky
Bride of Chucky
Bride of Chucky is a 1998 American comedy horror film directed by Chinese director Ronny Yu. It is the fourth entry in the Child's Play series. The film stars Jennifer Tilly and Brad Dourif...
, among others), and entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
Rob Morgan. The company was formed for the express purpose of distributing and producing two films, The Football Factory and It's All Gone Pete Tong
It's All Gone Pete Tong
-CD 1:#"Pacific State" - 808 State #"Cloud Watch" - Lol Hammond#"Dry Pool Suicide" - Graham Massey#"Moonlight Sonata" - Graham Massey#"Baby Piano" - Lol Hammond#"Ku Da Ta" - Pete Tong...
; its current stated goal is to produce and distribute four films per year.
Award-winning films
It's All Gone Pete Tong:- Best Canadian Feature — Toronto International Film FestivalToronto International Film FestivalThe Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
— 2004 - Best Feature — US Comedy Arts Festival — 2005
- Best Actor (Paul KayePaul KayePaul Kaye is an English comedian and actor. He achieved notoriety in 1995 portraying the character of Dennis Pennis, a shock interviewer on The Sunday Show...
) — US Comedy Arts Festival — 2005 - Grand Jury Award — Gen Art Film FestivalGen Art Film FestivalGen Art is an arts and entertainment organization that showcases emerging fashion designers, filmmakers, musicians and visual artists. It has produced over 100 events annually, which included fashion shows, film screenings, live music and art receptions and tours...
— 2005 - Audience Award — Gen Art Film Festival — 2005
- Best British Columbian Film — Vancouver Film Critics CircleVancouver Film Critics CircleThe Vancouver Film Critics Circle was founded to represent Vancouver's print, on-line and broadcast media and honours the best in Canadian and international filmmaking.-Award categories:International*Best Film*Best Director*Best Actor...
— 2005 - Best Male Performer' (Mike WilmotMike WilmotMike Wilmot is a Canadian stand-up comedian. In 2005 he won two Canadian Comedy Awards for best male stand-up and best actor for his work in It's All Gone Pete Tong....
) — Canadian Comedy AwardsCanadian Comedy AwardsThe Canadian Comedy Awards, founded by , are an annual awards ceremony celebrating notable English speaking Canadian comedians for achievements in Live, Radio, Film, Television and Internet media over the previous year...
— 2005 - Best Overall Sound — Leo AwardsLeo AwardsThe Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry, celebrating excellence in artistic achievement. Held each May in Vancouver, Canada, the Leo Awards honour nominees and winners in 13 program categories and up to 19 craft categories...
— 2005 - Best Sound Editing — Leo Awards — 2005
- Best Feature-Length Drama — Leo Awards — 2005
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- Best Actress (Maggie CheungMaggie CheungMaggie Cheung Man yuk is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England and Hong Kong, she has over 70 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983...
) — Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
— 2004
London to Brighton
London to Brighton
London to Brighton is a 2006 award-winning British film. The film was written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams.-Plot:The film opens with a woman and child, Kelly and Joanne, bursting into a London toilet. Joanne is crying and Kelly has a black eye...
:
- Best Achievement in Production — British Independent Film AwardsBritish Independent Film AwardsThe Moët British Independent Film Awards is an annual award ceremony celebrating achievement in independently funded British film and cinema. Nominations and jury are announced at the beginning of November with the award ceremony taking place in late November or early December.-History:The British...
— 2006 - Golden Hitchcock (Paul Andrew WilliamsPaul Andrew WilliamsPaul Andrew Williams is a British film writer and director, born in Portsmouth, England in 1973. He won the New Director's Award for his film London to Brighton in the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival.-Career:...
) — Dinard Festival of British Cinema — 2006 - New Director's Award (Paul Andrew Williams) — Edinburgh International Film FestivalEdinburgh International Film FestivalThe Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...
— 2006 - Most Promising Newcomer (Paul Andrew Williams) — Evening Standard British Film AwardsEvening Standard British Film AwardsThe Evening Standard British Film Awards were established in 1973 by the British London area evening newspaper Evening Standard. The Standard Awards is the only ceremony "dedicated to British and Irish talent," judged by a panel of "top UK critics." Each ceremony honours films from the previous...
— 2007 - Best Feature Film — Foyle Film FestivalFoyle Film FestivalFoyle Film Festival is an annual film festival based in Derry, Northern Ireland. The 21st festival took place from 21 to 29 November 2008 and included the Northern Ireland premiere of Brideshead Revisited and the Irish, United Kingdom, and European premiere of Deborah Kampmeier's film Hounddog...
— 2006 - Jury Prize (UK Feature) — Raindance Film FestivalRaindance Film FestivalRaindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates from various cities including: London, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin and Brussels...
— 2006
Shotgun Stories
Shotgun Stories
Shotgun Stories is a 2007 drama film about a feud between two sets of half-brothers following the death of their father in rural Arkansas. The film was written and directed by Jeff Nichols, and stars Michael Shannon, Barlow Jacobs, and Glenda Pannell....
:
- New American Cinema Award — Seattle International Film FestivalSeattle International Film FestivalThe Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees...
— 2007
Current productions
Vertigo has produced WΔZ starring Stellan SkarsgårdStellan Skarsgård
Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist,...
, Melissa George
Melissa George
Melissa Suzanne George is an Australian film and television actress who has worked in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Melissa is perhaps best known for her role as Angel Parrish on the Australian soap opera Home and Away...
, Ashley Walters and Selma Blair
Selma Blair
Selma Blair is an American actress who has worked in film, theatre and television. She has performed in feature films including Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing, Hellboy, The Fog, Purple Violets and Hellboy II: The Golden Army...
. The film, a New York-set thriller, centers on a the character of a well-worn police officer who finds that while hunting a serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
, he becomes the hunted. Vertigo Films will release WΔZ in 2007.
The latter part of 2006 saw the debut feature from Simon Ellis
Simon Ellis
Simon Ellis is a musical director who has worked with Britney Spears, S Club 7 and East 17.-External links:**...
, Dogging: A Love Story, go into production, under the aegis of Vertigo Films. The romantic comedy stars Luke Treadaway
Luke Treadaway
Luke Antony N. Treadaway is an English actor, whose career includes roles in the films Brothers of the Head and Attack the Block.- Personal life :...
.
Director Rupert Wyatt's
Rupert Wyatt
Rupert Wyatt is a British writer and film director. His debut film was The Escapist, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008...
The Escapist
The Escapist (2008 film)
The Escapist is a 2008 drama thriller starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham, Seu Jorge, Dominic Cooper, Steven Mackintosh, Stephen Farrelly and Damian Lewis. It is directed and co-written by Rupert Wyatt, and premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to considerable acclaim...
, a prison escape film, stars Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes is an English film and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love, Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth, Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates, Martin Luther in Luther, Merlin in Camelot, and his portrayal of Mark Benford in the...
and Liam Cunningham.
Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing is an American stage, film and television actress. She is known for her portrayal of First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing; for playing Betty Rizzo in the film Grease; and for her role as Ouisa Kittredge in the play Six Degrees of Separation and its...
, Shaun Evans
Shaun Evans
Shaun Evans is an English actor.Evans completed a course with the National Youth Theatre before relocating to London at the age of eighteen to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first major role was that of gay French teacher John Paul Keating in the Channel 4 comedy-drama...
, Anthony Head
Anthony Head
Anthony Stewart Head , usually credited as Anthony Head, is an English actor and musician. He rose to fame in the UK following his role in television advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend , and is known for his roles as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Uther Pendragon in...
and Bob Hoskins
Bob Hoskins
Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. is an English actor known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as The Long Good Friday , and Mona Lisa , and lighter roles in family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Hook .- Early life :Hoskins was born in Bury St...
headline the romantic comedy Sparkle
Sparkle (2007 film)
Sparkle is a 2007 movie written and directed by Tom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter and was shot on location in London, Liverpool and the Isle of Man.- Cast :...
, by directors Tom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter. The film is slated for release on August 17, 2007.
Founder Nick Love's fourth feature for Vertigo Films is to be based on the UK TV show The Sweeney
The Sweeney
The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London...
.
Vertigo recently announced its plans to produce an as yet untitled Cage Rage
Cage Rage
Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went bankrupt and is now no longer trading...
film in collaboration with Cage Rage Championships. Vertigo released the British low-budget science-fiction film Monsters
Monsters (2010 film)
Monsters is a 2010 British science fiction film, written, shot and directed by Gareth Edwards. Whitney Able and Scoot McNairy star in the lead roles.-Plot:...
on the Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...
2010.
Other forthcoming projects include an adaptation of Terry Southern
Terry Southern
Terry Southern was an American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style...
's controversial novel Blue Movie
Blue Movie
Blue Movie , a.k.a. Fuck, is a film by Andy Warhol starring Viva and Louis Waldon.Warhol describes the film, "in October '68 I shot a movie of Viva having sex with Louis Waldon...
to be directed by Michael Dowse
Michael Dowse
Michael Dowse is a Canadian film director.Born and raised in London, Ontario, he was trained as a film editor. His first full-length movie, FUBAR was shot on a digital camera with a tiny budget, but was selected by the Sundance Film Festival and screened on the prestigious midnight slot, which had...
(It's All Gone Pete Tong).
Released films
- The Football Factory (2004) Distributor
- It's All Gone Pete TongIt's All Gone Pete Tong-CD 1:#"Pacific State" - 808 State #"Cloud Watch" - Lol Hammond#"Dry Pool Suicide" - Graham Massey#"Moonlight Sonata" - Graham Massey#"Baby Piano" - Lol Hammond#"Ku Da Ta" - Pete Tong...
(2004) Production Company - A Good WomanA Good Woman (film)A Good Woman is a 2004 drama film directed by Mike Barker. The screenplay by Howard Himelstein is based on the 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde...
(2004) Distributor - Pusher IIPusher IIPusher II is a 2004 Danish crime film written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The film is the second film in the Pusher trilogy, portraying the lives of criminals in Copenhagen.-Plot:...
(2004) Distributor - The BusinessThe Business (film)The Business is a 2005 British drama/crime/gangster film written and directed by Nick Love. The film stars Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan and Roland Manookian all of which were in Love's previous film The Football Factory. It also stars Geoff Bell and Georgina Chapman...
(2005) Production Company - Clean (2005) Distributor
- Pusher 3 (2005) Distributor
- StonedStoned (film)Stoned, also known as The Wild and Wycked World of Brian Jones in the UK, is a 2005 film about Brian Jones, one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones...
(2005) Distributor - Dirty Sanchez: The Movie (2006) Production Company
- ShroomsShrooms (film)Shrooms is a 2007 horror film about a group of American students and their Irish guide who are stalked by a serial killer while out in the woods looking for psilocybin mushrooms...
(2006) Distributor - London to BrightonLondon to BrightonLondon to Brighton is a 2006 award-winning British film. The film was written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams.-Plot:The film opens with a woman and child, Kelly and Joanne, bursting into a London toilet. Joanne is crying and Kelly has a black eye...
(2006) Distributor - Joe Strummer: The Future Is UnwrittenJoe Strummer: The Future Is UnwrittenJoe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten is a 2007 documentary film directed by Julien Temple about Joe Strummer, the lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash, that went on to win the British Independent Film Awards as Best British Documentary 2007. The film premiered 20 January 2007 at...
(2007) Distributor - WΔZ (2007) Production Company; Distributor—worldwide theatrical
- Shotgun StoriesShotgun StoriesShotgun Stories is a 2007 drama film about a feud between two sets of half-brothers following the death of their father in rural Arkansas. The film was written and directed by Jeff Nichols, and stars Michael Shannon, Barlow Jacobs, and Glenda Pannell....
(2007) Distributor - OutlawOutlaw (2007 film)Outlaw is a 2007 action-crime-drama film written and directed by British filmmaker Nick Love. Outlaw stars Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Bob Hoskins, Lennie James, Rupert Friend and Sean Harris.The film is set in the United Kingdom in 2006...
(2007) Production Company; Distributor - The EscapistThe Escapist (2008 film)The Escapist is a 2008 drama thriller starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham, Seu Jorge, Dominic Cooper, Steven Mackintosh, Stephen Farrelly and Damian Lewis. It is directed and co-written by Rupert Wyatt, and premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to considerable acclaim...
(2007) Distributor—UK all media - SparkleSparkle (2007 film)Sparkle is a 2007 movie written and directed by Tom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter and was shot on location in London, Liverpool and the Isle of Man.- Cast :...
(2007) Distributor - FaintheartFaintheartFaintheart is a 2008 film, the first to be created using input from an online site.The film was a result of a collaborative effort from Myspace, Vertigo films and Film4. The resulting group, MyMovieMashUp, sought to harness the talents of the online community and to enable them to be involved in...
(2008) - 1 Day1 Day1 Day is a 2009 British film about gun life in inner city Birmingham. The story follows Flash as he attempts to get £100,000 to his boss Angel in less than 24 hours or face certain death.-Plot:...
(2009) - BronsonBronson- Surname :* Bryan Bronson, American hurdler* Charles Bronson, actor* Charles Bronson , British convicted prisoner** Bronson , a film based on the prisoner's life* Deming Bronson, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient- Given name :...
(2009) - MonstersMonsters (2010 film)Monsters is a 2010 British science fiction film, written, shot and directed by Gareth Edwards. Whitney Able and Scoot McNairy star in the lead roles.-Plot:...
(2010) - Wake WoodWake WoodWake Wood is a 2011 horror film. A UK and Irish co-production by Hammer Films, Wake Wood is directed by Ireland's David Keating. It stars Timothy Spall, Eva Birthistle, Dan Gordon and Aidan Gillen.- Plot :...
(2011)
Films in development
- Dogging: A Love Story (2007) Production Company
- The SweeneyThe SweeneyThe Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London...
(scheduled 2008) Production Company - Untitled Cage RageCage RageCage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went bankrupt and is now no longer trading...
Project (scheduled 2009) Production Company; Distributor—UK all media - StreetDance (2010)
- Jackboots on WhitehallJackboots on WhitehallJackboots on Whitehall is a satirical film portraying an alternate history of the Second World War, in which Nazi Germany has seized London, causing the British to band together at Hadrian's Wall if they are to thwart the German invasion...
(2010) (October 8, 2010) (co-production with Dimension FilmsDimension FilmsDimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. It was formerly used as Bob Weinstein's label within Miramax Films, to produce and release genre films...
) - Guinea Pigs (2011)
- Horrid Henry the MovieHorrid Henry the MovieHorrid Henry: The Movie is a 3D family comedy film based on the fictional character Horrid Henry. The first British film for children to be shot in 3D, its UK release date was 29 July 2011...
(2011)