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Vertigo Films

Company type	Private
Industry	Film, television
Founded	July 2002; 22 years ago (July 2002)
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Key people	James Richardson (co founder) Allan Niblo (co founder) Jane Moore (CEO)
Parent	Federation Studios
Divisions	Protagonist Pictures (joint venture withFilm4 Productions andIngenious Media)[1]
Website	vertigofilms.com

Vertigo Films is a British independent TV and Film production company founded in 2002 by Allan Niblo and James Richardson and joined a few years later by current CEO and partner, Jane Moore.

The company has produced and distributed over 50 feature films, from critical hits Monsters and Bronson to Oscar Nominated Ajami, to No.1 UK box office hits StreetDance 3D and The Sweeney. It has also made over 100 hours of high end TV such as Britannia and Bulletproof for Sky, Mammals for Amazon, A Town Called Malice for Sky and Curfew for Paramount +.

Vertigo has a long history of discovering and supporting new talent, giving new stars their first leading role and offering directors their first feature, TV show or English language break. These include Tom Hardy (Bronson, Mad Max), Gareth Edwards (Monsters, Star Wars: Rogue One), Vanessa Kirby (Kill Command, Mission Impossible), Sofia Boutella (StreetDance 2, Rebel Moon), Tom Shankland (The Killing Gene, SAS Rogue Heroes), Max and Dania (Streetdance 3D, Walking on Sunshine), Rob Savage (Strings, Britannia, Boogeyman), Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Drive) and Issa Lopez (Britannia, True Detective 4).

As well as being one of the most prolific and experienced producers in the UK, Vertigo was co-founders in building the film distribution business (now Vertigo Releasing), the international sales company Protagonist Pictures as well as post and VFX companies Post Republic and Automatik (now manager owned) which has given the company huge expertise in film and TV marketing, international sales, post-production and VFX.

In September 2022, Federation Studios acquired a majority stake in Vertigo Films to expand their offering of premium film and TV to the global market.

Vertigo Films was created in July 2002, by producersAllan Niblo (producer ofHuman Traffic andSouth West 9) and James Richardson (producer ofKiss Kiss (Bang Bang)).^[2]

DirectorNick Love (screenwriter and, prior to company formation, director ofGoodbye Charlie Bright andThe Football Factory) and distributor Rupert Preston (distributor ofChopper,Chasing Amy andBride of Chucky, among others) joined a year later,^[3] while entrepreneur Rob Morgan began investment in November 2004.^[4]

The company was formed for the express purpose of distributing and producing two films,The Football Factory andIt's All Gone Pete Tong. Vertigo Films's film releases were distributed on home video byEntertainment One.^[5] Vertigo Films teamed up withFilm4 andIngenious Media in January 2008, to form a sales company called Protagonist Pictures.^[6] They also owned a post production company in Berlin called The Post Republic.^[7]

Its first two shows,Britannia andBulletproof, were commissioned by Sky, with both programmes renewed for a second series.^[8][9]In May 2021Bulletproof was cancelled by Sky following extensive allegations^[10][11] of on-set bullying and sexual misconduct against actor and executive producerNoel Clarke.^[12]

It's All Gone Pete Tong:

• Best Canadian Feature –Toronto International Film Festival – 2004
• Best Feature –US Comedy Arts Festival – 2005
• Best Actor (Paul Kaye) – US Comedy Arts Festival – 2005
• Grand Jury Award –Gen Art Film Festival – 2005
• Audience Award – Gen Art Film Festival – 2005
• Best British Columbian Film –Vancouver Film Critics Circle – 2005
• Best Male Performer' (Mike Wilmot) –Canadian Comedy Awards – 2005
• Best Overall Sound –Leo Awards – 2005
• Best Sound Editing – Leo Awards – 2005
• Best Feature-Length Drama – Leo Awards – 2005

Clean:

• Best Actress (Maggie Cheung) –Cannes Film Festival – 2004

London to Brighton:

• Best Achievement in Production –British Independent Film Awards – 2006
• Golden Hitchcock (Paul Andrew Williams) – Dinard Festival of British Cinema – 2006
• New Director's Award (Paul Andrew Williams) –Edinburgh International Film Festival – 2006
• Most Promising Newcomer (Paul Andrew Williams) –Evening Standard British Film Awards – 2007
• Best Feature Film –Foyle Film Festival – 2006
• Jury Prize (UK Feature) –Raindance Film Festival – 2006

Shotgun Stories:

• New American Cinema Award –Seattle International Film Festival – 2007

Bronson:

• Best ActorTom Hardy –British Independent Film Awards – 2009
• Best Film –Sydney Film Festival – 2009

Monsters:

• Best International Film –Saturn Award —2011
• Best First Film –Austin Film Critics Association – 2010
• Best Achievement in Production –British Independent Film Awards – 2010
• Best Director –British Independent Film Awards – 2010
• Best Technical AchievementGareth Edwards For visual effects –British Independent Film Awards – 2010
• Best Technical/Artistic AchievementGareth Edwards For the Cinematography, Production Design and Visual Effects –Evening Standard British Film Awards – 2010
• Breakthrough British Filmmaker forGareth Edwards –London Film Critics' Circle – 2011
• Top Independent Films –National Board of Review of Motion Pictures – 2010

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