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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Focus Films Ltd.<br />
| logo = <br />
| type = [[Limited Company]]<br />
| foundation = 1982<br />
| location = [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]<br />
| key_people = [[David Pupkewitz]] (founder & CEO)<br />[[Marsha Levin]] (founder) <br />Peter Dale (Head of Finance) <br />[[Malcolm Kohll]] (Head of Development)<br />
| industry = [[Entertainment]]<br />
| products = [[Motion Picture]]s<br />
| homepage = [https://focusfilms.co.uk https://focusfilms.co.uk]<br />
}}<br />
'''Focus Films Ltd.''' is an independent feature film development and production company in the [[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]] and Marsha Levin and is based in Finchley Road, London.<br />
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==Background==<br />
Focus's early successes with television documentaries (''[[Via Namibia]]'') and dramas such as ''[[Kolmanskop]]'' and ''[[Othello]]'', all of which were broadcast by [[Channel 4]], led to its transition to feature film production for the international market starting with Crimetime directed by [[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]]'' directed by [[Ronny Yu]]. The film stars [[Robert Carlyle]], [[Samuel L. Jackson]].<br />
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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]]–scripted film'' [[Chemical Wedding (film)|Chemical Wedding]]'',<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974536/ Chemical Wedding (2008)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> directed by Monty Python veteran [[Julian Doyle (filmmaker)|Julian Doyle]]. The film stars [[Simon Callow]] and [[John Shrapnel]]. It was released theatrically by Warner Music in the UK and Ireland<ref>[http://www.launchingfilms.com/releaseschedule/schedule.php?date=today&sort=date Launching Films – Film Distributors' Association<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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><br />
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==Films==<br />
*[[Hyde Park on Hudson]] (directed by [[Roger Michell]])<br />
*''[[Miss Romance]]'' 2009 (directed by [[Ryan Little]])<br />
*''[[Heaven and Earth (2010 film)|Heaven and Earth]]'' 2010 (directed by [[Marleen Gorris]] featuring [[Natascha McElhone]] and [[Pierce Brosnan]])<br />
*''[[Master Harold...and the Boys (2010 film)|Master Harold...and the Boys]]'' 2008 (directed by [[Lonny Price]] and featuring [[Ving Rhames]] and [[Freddie Highmore]])<br />
*''[[Surviving Evil]]'' 2008 (directed by Terence Daw and features [[Billy Zane]], [[Christina Cole]] and [[Natalie Mendoza]])<br />
*''[[The 4th Kind]]'' 2008 (directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and features [[Milla Jovovich]] and [[Elias Koteas]]<br />
* ''[[Chemical Wedding (film)|Chemical Wedding]]'' 2007 (directed by [[Julian Doyle (filmmaker)|Julian Doyle]] and starring [[Simon Callow]], [[Kal Webber]], [[Jud Charlton]] and [[Lucy Cudden]])<br />
* ''[[The Bone Snatcher]]'' 2003 (directed by Jason Wulfsohn and starring Scott Bairstow, [[Rachel Shelley]] and Warwick Grier)<br />
* ''[[The Book of Eve]]'' 2002 (directed by [[Claude Fournier (filmmaker)|Claude Fournier]] and starring [[Claire Bloom]], Daniel Lavoie and Susannah York)<br />
* ''[[The 51st State]]'' 2001 (directed by [[Ronny Yu]] and starring [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[Robert Carlyle]], [[Rhys Ifans]], [[Emily Mortimer]], [[Sean Pertwee]] and [[Meat Loaf]])<br />
* ''[[Julie’s Spirit]]'' 2000 (directed by [[Bettina Wilhelm]] and starring [[Sylvie Testud]] and Julia Richter)<br />
* ''Secret Society'' 1999 (directed by [[Imogen Kimmel]] and starring Lee Ross and Charlotte Brittain)<br />
* ''[[Crimetime]]'' 1996 (directed by [[George Sluizer]] and starring [[Pete Postlethwaite]], [[Stephen Baldwin]] and [[Sadie Frost]])<br />
* ''[[Diary of a Sane Man]]'' 1989 (Independent Film and Video, Channel 4)<br />
* ''Othello 1987'' (TV drama, directed by [[Janet Suzman]] and starring [[John Kani]], Channel 4)<br />
* ''[[Via Namibia]]'' 1985 (documentary with original music by [[Hugh Masekela]])<br />
* ''[[Kolmanskop]]'' 1982 (feature)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.focusfilms.co.uk Official website]<br />
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[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1982]]<br />
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