HanWay Films
HanWay Films is an independent British international sales, distribution and marketing company specializing in theatrical feature films.
History
In 1999, Jeremy Thomas founded international sales company HanWay Films with his colleagues Peter Watson (Deputy Chairman) and Stephan Mallmann, and continues to Chair the board. Two new members joined the board in 2011, Thorsten Schumacher, previously Head of Sales, was appointed Managing Director, and former Head of Business Affairs Jan Spielhoff took up the reins as Chief Operating Officer.
HanWay has established itself as leading international sales, distribution and marketing company specialising in high-profile quality films from worldwide talent. HanWay arranges financing, sales and distribution for all films from Recorded Picture Company, along with projects from third party producers.
HanWay also represents an extensive film catalogue of over 500 features including films from Thomas’s Recorded Picture Company, and the British Film Institute. Representing the very best in film-making talent, these include productions by Woody Allen, Takeshi Kitano, Bernardo Bertolucci, Wim Wenders, Terry Gilliam, David Cronenberg, Peter Greenaway, Jean Luc Godard, David Mamet, Milos Forman, Stephen Frears, Phillip Noyce and Nagisa Oshima.
Productions
HanWay’s current slate includes Thomas' production of David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method starring Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Vincent Cassel, in the true-life story of the young Dr. Jung, his mentor Freud and the beautiful patient that came between them; Lone Scherfig’s coming-of-age drama An Education, which won Carey Mulligan a BAFTA award for Best Actress;[1] James Gunn’s pop-culture actioner Super starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler, from producer Ted Hope; Nigel Cole’s Made in Dagenham starring Golden Globe nominee Sally Hawkins from producer Stephen Woolley, and Andrea Arnold’s adaptation of the romantic classic Wuthering Heights.[2] Films recently handled include Nowhere Boy, a film by artist Sam Taylor-Wood based on John Lennon’s teenage years starring Aaron Johnson; Gurinder Chadha’s culinary black comedy It's a Wonderful Afterlife which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival,[3]Harry Brown starring Academy Award winner Michael Caine; Scott Hicks’ Australian-set drama The Boys Are Back starring Clive Owen; Irish comedy Perrier’s Bounty, starring Cillian Murphy and Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent; and Danis Tanovic’s Triage, with Colin Farrell in the lead. Theatrical documentary releases include Julien Temple’s Oil City Confidential, and Mugabe and the White African.[4]
Recent releases include Jon Amiel's Creation starring Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly (produced by Thomas), which opened the 2009 Toronto Film Festival,[5]Sunshine Cleaning starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt; Gerald McMorrow’s Franklyn starring Eva Green, Ryan Phillippe and Sam Riley (produced by Thomas), Christopher Smith’s period thriller Black Death starring Sean Bean, and Michael Winterbottom’s Genova starring Colin Firth.
The company is also handling Takashi Miike’s samurai epic Thirteen Assassins, and Jerzy Skolimowski's political thriller Essential Killing, both executive-produced by Thomas. Both films premiered at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, and Essential Killing went on to win the Special Jury Prize, Best Actor for Vincent Gallo (the Volpi Cup), and the Cinemavenniere Award for Best Film in Competition (voted by a youth jury). Upcoming productions include films by David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and Phillip Noyce.
The company has previously handled such titles as Woody Allen’s Match Point, starring Scarlett Johansson, Julian Jarrold’s Becoming Jane starring Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy, and Sarah Polley’s multi-Academy Award nominated Away from Her starring Julie Christie.[6][7]
In its capacity as international sales agent, HanWay works closely with Ecosse Films.
HanWay Films represents collections from the British Film Institute,[8] Merchant Ivory,[9] Peter Weir, Wim Wenders, Phillip Noyce, Jean Doumanian, Alex Cox, Manoel De Oliveira and Recorded Picture Company, comprising some 500 feature films, documentaries and animations. This collection includes films from noted world cinema figures, including Woody Allen, Bernardo Bertolucci, David Cronenberg, Clint Eastwood, Miloš Forman, Stephen Frears, Terry Gilliam, Alfred Hitchcock, James Ivory, Takeshi Kitano, Bob Rafelson, Terence Davies, David Mamet, Martin Scorsese, Miloš Forman and Ridley Scott.
Team
Executive Board
- Jeremy Thomas - Chairman
- Peter Watson - Deputy Chairman
- David Stead - Financial Director
- Thorsten Schumacher - Managing Director
- Jan Spielhoff - Chief Operating Officer
- Stephan Mallmann - Non-Executive Director
Marketing and Publicity
- Jonathan Lynch-Staunton - Director of Marketing and Distribution
- Joanne Michael - Marketing and Distribution Manager
Sales
- Thorsten Schumacher - Managing Director, Head of Worldwide Sales and Distribution
- Claire Taylor - Director of Sales and Distribution
- Chiara Gelardin - Director of International Sales
- Mark Lane - Director of Sales and Distribution, HanWay Select
- Kate Hide - Business & Content Manager, HanWay Select
Acquisitions
- Matthew Baker - Director of Acquisitions
- Philippa Tsang - Acquisitions Executive
Business Affairs & Finance
- David Stead - Financial Director
- Justin Kelly - Head of Business & Legal Affairs
- Thomas Mann - Business Affairs Executive
- Aziannida Samingan - Business Affairs Executive
- Mark Thomas - Financial Controller
- Beverley Cullen - Contracts Manager
Films
1999
2000
2001
- Lotte Reiniger
- The Mystic Masseur
- The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
- The Triumph of Love
- Love the Hard Way
- The Last Minute
2002
- Junimond
- Half the Rent
- Serving Sara
- Revengers Tragedy
- Lost in La Mancha
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
2003
- House of Sand and Fog
- The Boys from County Clare
- Festival Express
- Travelers and Magicians
- The Dreamers
- Danny Deckchair
- The Soul of a Man
- Young Adam
- To Kill a King
- Fools
- All the Real Girls
2004
- The Night of Truth
- It's All Gone Pete Tong
- Human Touch
- Land of Plenty
- Promised Land
- Egoshooter
- Creep
- The Football Factory
- Derek Jarman: Life as Art
- Boo, Zino & the Snurks
2005
- Dreaming Lhasa
- Brothers of the Head
- Tideland
- Magic Mirror
- Don't Come Knocking
- Match Point
- The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006
- Goya's Ghosts
- Anger Me
- Away from Her
- Belle Toujours
- Impy's Island
- Scoop
- Severance
- Fast Food Nation
- Samoan Wedding
- A Woman in Winter
- Kidulthood
- Glastonbury
2007
- Battle for Haditha
- Never Apologize
- Mister Lonely
- Control
- Moving Midway
- Becoming Jane
- Kaluapapa Heavan
- Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2008
- A Bunch of Amateurs
- Franklyn
- Salvation
- A Summer in Genoa
- Is Anybody There?
- Brideshead Revisited
- Palermo Shooting
- Of Time and the City
- Impy's Island
- Sunshine Cleaning
- Two Fists, One Heart
2009
- Nowhere Boy
- Oil City Confidential
- Beyond the Pole
- The Boys Are Back
- Harry Brown
- Triage
- Perrier's Bounty
- Creation
- Mugabe and the White African
- Empire of Silver
- An Education
2010
- Robinson in Ruins
- Made in Dagenham
- Super
- 13 Assassins
- Essential Killing
- Chico & Rita
- Black Death
- Thunder Soul
- It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2011
- Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
- Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
- You're Next
- Wuthering Heights
- Shame
- A Dangerous Method
- Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
- The Decoy Bride
- TT3D: Closer to the Edge
- Pina
- Life in a Day
- Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2012
- Great Expectations
- Quartet
- Seven Psychopaths
- Kon-Tiki
- Woody Allen: A Documentary
- Me and You
- Anton Corbijn
2013
- Vara: A Blessing
- Finding Vivian Maier
- Dom Hemingway
- The Unknown Known
- Tracks
- Only Lovers Left Alive
- Seduced and Abandoned
- All Is Bright
- Houston
- Dirty Wars
Upcoming
- High-Rise
- You Really Got Me
- The Riot Club
- God Help the Girl
- 20,000 Days on Earth
- Brooklyn
- Carol
- Every Thing Will Be Fine
- The Big Shoe
- The Guest
- How to Talk to Girls at Parties
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