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Warp Films
Warp Films is an independent film and television production company based in Sheffield.
Warp Films was established by Warp Records founding partners Rob Mitchell and Steve Beckett. After the death of Rob Mitchell in 2001, Beckett decided to continue with Warp Films and enlisted the expertise of Sheffield friend Mark Herbert to run the company.
Warp's first film, Chris Morris' My Wrongs#8245-8249 & 117, was shot in 2002. It won the award for Best Short Film at the 2003 BAFTA Film Awards and became the first short film DVD single in the UK market.
Through the star of My Wrongs, Paddy Considine, Herbert met director Shane Meadows and asked them to generate an idea for a film. The result was Warp Films debut feature, Dead Man's Shoes, directed by Shane Meadows in 2004.
Shot in 22 days on a tight budget, and produced from Warp Films' Sheffield office (at that time a shed in Herbert's garden), it earned a BAFTA nomination, was nominated for a record eight British Independent Film Awards, won the Hitchcock D'or at the Dinard Festival, and won the Southbank award for Best Film. It received strong critical acclaim and has been hailed as a landmark in British cinema. It was ranked No. 27 in Empire magazines list of the best British films ever
In 2005, Warp Films produced Rubber Johnny, an experimental short and 42-page book by director Chris Cunningham, featuring music by Warp Records artist Aphex Twin.
Warp Films break-out success came with Shane Meadows' This Is England in 2006, winning Best Film at the British Independent Films Awards, the Special Jury Prize at the Rome Film Festival and Best British Film at the BAFTAs. At the same ceremony, Warp Films received its third BAFTA as Paddy Considine's directorial debut Dog Altogether won the Best Short Film award. Three months after This Is England was released in cinemas, Warp's third feature film, Grow Your Own, was released.
In 2004, Robin Gutch joined Mark Herbert and Producer Barry Ryan to set up Warp X, a low-budget digital 'studio' to develop and produce films with a focus on new talent and commercial potential. The first projects under the new label were Chris Waitt's A Complete History of My Sexual Failures and Olly Blackburn's Donkey Punch, which were both launched at the Sundance International Film Festival in 2007.
Warp Films
Warp Films is an independent film and television production company based in Sheffield.
Warp Films was established by Warp Records founding partners Rob Mitchell and Steve Beckett. After the death of Rob Mitchell in 2001, Beckett decided to continue with Warp Films and enlisted the expertise of Sheffield friend Mark Herbert to run the company.
Warp's first film, Chris Morris' My Wrongs#8245-8249 & 117, was shot in 2002. It won the award for Best Short Film at the 2003 BAFTA Film Awards and became the first short film DVD single in the UK market.
Through the star of My Wrongs, Paddy Considine, Herbert met director Shane Meadows and asked them to generate an idea for a film. The result was Warp Films debut feature, Dead Man's Shoes, directed by Shane Meadows in 2004.
Shot in 22 days on a tight budget, and produced from Warp Films' Sheffield office (at that time a shed in Herbert's garden), it earned a BAFTA nomination, was nominated for a record eight British Independent Film Awards, won the Hitchcock D'or at the Dinard Festival, and won the Southbank award for Best Film. It received strong critical acclaim and has been hailed as a landmark in British cinema. It was ranked No. 27 in Empire magazines list of the best British films ever
In 2005, Warp Films produced Rubber Johnny, an experimental short and 42-page book by director Chris Cunningham, featuring music by Warp Records artist Aphex Twin.
Warp Films break-out success came with Shane Meadows' This Is England in 2006, winning Best Film at the British Independent Films Awards, the Special Jury Prize at the Rome Film Festival and Best British Film at the BAFTAs. At the same ceremony, Warp Films received its third BAFTA as Paddy Considine's directorial debut Dog Altogether won the Best Short Film award. Three months after This Is England was released in cinemas, Warp's third feature film, Grow Your Own, was released.
In 2004, Robin Gutch joined Mark Herbert and Producer Barry Ryan to set up Warp X, a low-budget digital 'studio' to develop and produce films with a focus on new talent and commercial potential. The first projects under the new label were Chris Waitt's A Complete History of My Sexual Failures and Olly Blackburn's Donkey Punch, which were both launched at the Sundance International Film Festival in 2007.