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Elizabeth Karlsen

  • Producer
  • Production Manager
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Elizabeth Karlsen
Elizabeth is an internationally renowned, award-winning producer, who co-founded the leading independent UK based production company Number 9 Films in 2002 with partner Stephen Woolley, garnering 52 BAFTA nominations and wins and 20 Academy Award® nominations and wins.

In February 2019, Elizabeth and Stephen jointly received the highly prestigious and coveted BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. She has produced some of the most celebrated independent films in the US and Europe including: Todd Haynes's Carol (nominated for 6 Academy Awards®, 6 Golden Globe Awards and 9 BAFTA Awards) Mark Herman's Little Voice (winner of a Golden Globe Award, nominated for 1 Academy Award®, 6 Golden Globe Awards and 6 BAFTA Awards) Neil Jordan's The Crying Game (winner of an Academy Award®, a BAFTA Award and nominated for 6 Academy Awards®), Made In Dagenham (nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards) and Phyllis Nagy's Mrs Harris (nominated for 12 Emmy® Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards and a PGA Award) and Wash Westmoreland's Colette (Nominated for 4 BIFA's and an Independent Spirit Award), On Chesil Beach, written by Ian McEwan and directed by Dominic Cooke and Paolo Sorrentino's Youth (nominated for 1 Academy Award® and winner of 3 European Film Awards).

Elizabeth's latest features are Mothering Sunday, written by Alice Birch and directed by Eva Husson which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and Oliver Hermanus's Living, scripted by Kazuo Ishiguro and on release later this year.
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Known for

    Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in Carol (2015)
    Carol
    7.3
    • Producer(produced by)
    • 2015
    Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    Living
    7.2
    • Producer
    • 2022
    Miranda Richardson in The Crying Game (1992)
    The Crying Game
    7.2
    • Producer
    • 1992
    Michael Caine in Youth (2015)
    Youth
    7.3
    • Producer
    • 2015

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    Producer



    • Fumi Nikaidô, Yoh Yoshida, and Suzu Hirose in A Pale View of Hills (2025)
      A Pale View of Hills
      7.6
      • producer
      • 2025
    • Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, and Himesh Patel in The Assessment (2024)
      The Assessment
      6.6
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs in The Salt Path (2024)
      The Salt Path
      6.8
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Another End (2024)
      Another End
      6.4
      • co-executive producer
      • 2024
    • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
      Living
      7.2
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Colin Firth, Olivia Colman, Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, and Sope Dirisu in Mothering Sunday (2021)
      Mothering Sunday
      6.1
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2021
    • Keira Knightley in Colette (2018)
      Colette
      6.7
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2018
    • Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle in On Chesil Beach (2017)
      On Chesil Beach
      6.3
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Bill Nighy, Gemma Arterton, and Sam Claflin in Their Finest (2016)
      Their Finest
      6.8
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth, and Olivia Cooke in The Limehouse Golem (2016)
      The Limehouse Golem
      6.3
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Michael Caine in Youth (2015)
      Youth
      7.3
      • co-producer
      • 2015
    • Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in Carol (2015)
      Carol
      7.3
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2015
    • Hyena (2014)
      Hyena
      6.2
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Great Expectations US Poster (2013)
      Great Expectations
      6.3
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton in Byzantium (2012)
      Byzantium
      6.5
      • producer
      • 2012

    Production Manager



    • Crossing the Line (1990)
      Crossing the Line
      5.7
      • production supervisor
      • 1990
    • Sons (1989)
      Sons
      6.2
      • production manager
      • 1989

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • The Laser Man (1988)
      The Laser Man
      4.7
      • second assistant director
      • 1988

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      • Stephen Woolley? - present
    • Relatives
      • Synnove Karlsen(Niece or Nephew)

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      Founded "Number 9 Films" in 2002 with husband and business partner Stephen Woolley. The inspiration for the company name came from The Beatles's 'Revolution Number 9' from the "White Album" (1968).

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