Vertigo Films
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Vertigo Films is a British film production and film distribution company.
[edit] History
Vertigo Films was formed in 2002 by Producers Allan Niblo (producer of "Human Traffic" and "South West 9"), James Richardson (producer of "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"), Director Nick Love (writer and director of "Goodbye Charlie Bright", "The Football Factory" and more recently The Toronto City Award at The Toronto International Film Festival and has just won Best Film at the HBO US Comedy and Arts festival in Aspen.)
In 2005 Vertigo Films released "A Good Woman" starring Scarlett Johansson and Helen Hunt, "Clean" starring Nick Nolte and Maggie Cheung (for which she won Best Actress in Cannes 2004) "Stoned" - by Director Stephen Woolley, and "Pusher 3" which premiered at British Film Institute London Film Festival.
In 2005 Vertigo produced Nick Love's gangster flick "The Business" which was released nationwide by Pathe Distribution. The film went straight in at number 5 in the box office and was released on DVD on the 30th January 2006.
[edit] 2006 to Present
In 2006, Vertigo has completed productions for: Dirty Sanchez the Movie (co-produced with Pathe Pictures and MTV Films Europe). The film follows Dainton, Pancho, Pritchard and Dan around the world as they complete a number of dangerous and disgusting challenges. Vertigo has also completed production for Nick Love's vigilante drama, Outlaw in 2006. Outlaw, written and directed by Nick Love, is to be released in 2007 by Pathe Distribution, starring Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Rupert Friend, Lennie James, Sean Harris and Bob Hoskins. The movie is about five interwoven stories, exploring what happens when victims of crime take the law into their own hands, seeking revenge through violence. Lastly, in 2006, Vertigo has produced WΔZ starring Stellan Skarsgard, Melissa George, Ashley Walters and Selma Blair. The film, a New York-set thriller centres on a the character of a well-worn polic officer who finds that while hunting a serial killer, he becomes the hunted. Vertigo Films will release WΔZ in 2007. The latter part of 2006 saw the debut feature from Simon Ellis go into production, under the aegis of Vertigo Films.
Through its distribution arm, Vertigo films released Paul Andrew William's debut feature film London to Brighton in 2006. The film premiered at the 60th Edinburgh International Film Festival and won the New Directors Award as well as honorable mentions in the Audience Award and the Michael Powell Award catagories.
Vertigo's upcoming releases will also include Sparkle, a romantic comedy starring Bob Hoskins, Stockard Channing and Shaun Evans. The film is written and directed by the award-winning duo Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger, whose first film Lawless Heart was a cult hit in the UK. Other forthcoming projects include an adaptation of Terry Southern's controversial novel "Blue Movie" to be directed by Michael Dowse (It's All Gone Pete Tong).
