"Film Awards, and the 2011 Goya Award for Best European Film from the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España (Spanish Academy of Cinematic Art and Science). The King's Speech The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The men become friends as they work together, and after his brother abdicates the throne, the new king relies on Logue"
"centre Arnolfini Iain Canning Iain Canning (born 23 July 1979) is an English film producer best known for producing ""The King's Speech"" (2010), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture, and the BAFTA awards for Best Film and Best British Film. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for ""Lion"" (2016). Iain co-founded See-Saw Films with producing partner Emile Sherman in 2008. Their offices are split between Great Britain, Australia and the USA. Canning co-founded See-Saw Films with Emile Sherman in 2008 and has produced several major films including ""Lion"", winner of two BAFTA Awards, starring"
"Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara. Canning won his Academy Award in 2011 for ""The King's Speech"" directed by Tom Hooper. The film stars Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. Among See-Saw's 2017/2018 film projects are ""Mary Magdalene"" starring Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix, John Cameron Mitchell's ""How to Talk to Girls at Parties"" starring Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman, and Steve McQueen's ""Widows"", starring Viola Davis, Liam Neeson and Michelle Rodriguez. He is openly gay, when he received an Academy Award for best picture for ""The King's Speech"", Canning thanked his boyfriend. Canning also produced Jane Campion's Emmy Award-winning TV series"
"Iain Canning Iain Canning (born 23 July 1979) is an English film producer best known for producing ""The King's Speech"" (2010), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture, and the BAFTA awards for Best Film and Best British Film. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for ""Lion"" (2016). Iain co-founded See-Saw Films with producing partner Emile Sherman in 2008. Their offices are split between Great Britain, Australia and the USA. Canning co-founded See-Saw Films with Emile Sherman in 2008 and has produced several major films including ""Lion"", winner of two BAFTA Awards, starring Dev Patel,"
"Gareth Unwin Gareth Ellis-Unwin (born Gareth Unwin, 20 February 1972) is a British film producer best known for producing the 2010 film ""The King's Speech"", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Bedlam Productions. Growing up in Slough, Berkshire, Unwin attended Herschel Grammar School. He worked part-time at Pinewood Studios. After graduating from Ravensbourne College, Gareth rose quickly through the ranks to be assistant director and production manager for a number of drama and documentary projects. His first feature film as producer, ""Exam"" (2009), earned a nomination at the"
"Firth at the 83rd Academy Awards and seven BAFTA Awards (including both Best Film and Best British Film). Unwin's work on The King's Speech made him a co-recipient of the Producers Guild of America award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture. In total, The King's Speech won more than 70 awards worldwide in 2010 and 2011. The King's Speech was followed by the documentary The King's Speech Revealed, which first aired on Five (in the UK) in May 2011. Bedlam had earlier co-produced the BAFTA-nominated Exam (2009 film) (2009), a feature-length thriller written and directed by Stuart Hazeldine. Bedlam has announced"
"tale of female heroism in the early 19th century. Gareth Unwin Gareth Ellis-Unwin (born Gareth Unwin, 20 February 1972) is a British film producer best known for producing the 2010 film ""The King's Speech"", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Bedlam Productions. Growing up in Slough, Berkshire, Unwin attended Herschel Grammar School. He worked part-time at Pinewood Studios. After graduating from Ravensbourne College, Gareth rose quickly through the ranks to be assistant director and production manager for a number of drama and documentary projects. His first feature film"
"in Motion Pictures. In February 2011, he was presented with the Academy Award for Best Director, though lost the BAFTA Award for Best Direction to David Fincher. In comparing the two films, ""Variety""s Adam Dawtrey wrote, ""Hooper's 2009 film ""The Damned United"" didn't register among awards selectors, but ""King's Speech"" is a much more personal project. His Anglo-Australian parentage reflects the culture clash at the heart of the movie, and it pays off with beautifully crafted, crowd-pleasing drama."" Following the success of ""The King's Speech"" during the awards season, Hooper joined the 15-person board of governors at the British Film"
"Ghost Writer"" Conor McCarron - ""Neds"" London Film Critics Circle Awards 2010 The 31st London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2010, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 11 February 2011. The Social Network The King's Speech ""Of Gods and Men"" • France David Fincher - ""The Social Network"" Tom Hooper - ""The King's Speech"" Aaron Sorkin - ""The Social Network"" Gareth Edwards - ""Monsters"" Colin Firth - ""The King's Speech"" Annette Bening - ""The Kids Are All Right"" Christian Bale - ""The Fighter"" Lesley Manville - ""Another Year"" Andrew Garfield - ""The"
"was filmed entirely in Mumbai with a mostly Indian cast, though with a British director (Danny Boyle), producer (Christian Colson), screenwriter (Simon Beaufoy) and star (Dev Patel)—the film was all-British financed via Film4 and Celador. It has received worldwide critical acclaim. It has won four Golden Globes, seven BAFTA Awards and eight Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Film. ""The King's Speech"", which tells the story of King George VI's attempts to overcome his speech impediment, was directed by Tom Hooper and filmed almost entirely in London. It received four Academy Awards (including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor"
"London Film Critics Circle Awards 2010 The 31st London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2010, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 11 February 2011. The Social Network The King's Speech ""Of Gods and Men"" • France David Fincher - ""The Social Network"" Tom Hooper - ""The King's Speech"" Aaron Sorkin - ""The Social Network"" Gareth Edwards - ""Monsters"" Colin Firth - ""The King's Speech"" Annette Bening - ""The Kids Are All Right"" Christian Bale - ""The Fighter"" Lesley Manville - ""Another Year"" Andrew Garfield - ""The Social Network"" Olivia Williams - ""The"
"The King's Speech (play) The King's Speech is a 2012 play written by David Seidler and based on the 2010 Academy Award-winning film of the same name. The play was staged at the Wyndham's Theatre on London's West End and opened on March 27th, 2012 and closed on May 12th, 2012. The story of how King George VI overcame his fear of public speaking through the help of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue was first researched by David Seidler in the 1970s. He had originally conceived the piece as a stage play, and contacted Valentine Logue, Lionel's son, and was"
"producers and the equity investors. The UK Film Council invested £1 million of public funds from the United Kingdom lottery into the film. In March 2011 ""Variety"" estimated that the return could be between fifteen and twenty times that. The Council's merger into the British Film Institute means that the profits were to be returned to that body. ""The King's Speech"" has received widespread critical acclaim, with Firth's performance receiving universal praise. Bonham Carter and Rush were also widely praised with both going on to win BAFTA's and receiving Academy Award nominations Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a"
"16th Critics' Choice Awards The 16th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 14, 2011 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2010 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1. The nominees were announced on December 13, 2010. The Social Network David Fincher – ""The Social Network"" Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech"" Natalie Portman – ""Black Swan"" Christian Bale – ""The Fighter"" Melissa Leo – ""The Fighter"" Hailee Steinfeld – ""True Grit"" The Fighter ""The King's Speech"" – David Seidler ""The Social Network"" – Aaron Sorkin ""Inception"" – Guy Hendrix Dyas ""Inception"" – Wally Pfister ""Alice in"
"drama ""The King's Speech"" (2010), featuring Colin Firth as George VI, received several awards. Acclaimed for his motion capture work, in 2011 actor Andy Serkis opened his own motion capture workshop, The Imaginarium Studios in London. In 2012, the twenty-third ""James Bond"" film ""Skyfall"" was the highest-grossing film in the UK at that point. In 2013, British visual effects company Framestore, under chief supervisor Tim Webber and film producer David Heyman, produced the critically acclaimed space epic ""Gravity"". In 2014, the film biopics on two British scientists (Hawking and Turing), ""The Theory of Everything"" and ""The Imitation Game"", both achieved"
"""The King's Speech"" fell on Colin's 50th birthday and was called the ""best 50th birthday gift"". On 16 January 2011, he won a Golden Globe for his performance in ""The King's Speech"" in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. The Screen Actors Guild recognised Firth with the award for Best Male Actor for ""The King's Speech"" on 30 January 2011. In February 2011, he won the best actor award at the 2011 BAFTA awards. He received an Academy Award for Best Actor in a motion picture for ""The King's Speech"" on 27"
"See-Saw Films See-Saw Films is an independent film production company founded in 2008 by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman. See-Saw operates out of Great Britain, Australia and the USA. Academy Award-winning producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman co-founded See-Saw Films in 2008. See-Saw Films has released a number of prestige projects, including six-time Academy Award nominated ""Lion"", winner of two BAFTA Awards, starring Dev Patel, Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman and Academy Award-nominee Rooney Mara. In 2010, See-Saw released the Academy Award-Winner for Best Picture ""The King's Speech"" directed by Tom Hooper. The multi-Academy Award-nominated film stars Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush"
"Men"" • France Runners-Up: ""The King's Speech"" – David Seidler and ""True Grit"" – Joel and Ethan Coen Runners-Up: Christian Bale – ""The Fighter"" and Geoffrey Rush – ""The King's Speech"" Runners-Up: Amy Adams – ""The Fighter"" and Melissa Leo – ""The Fighter"" Runners-Up: ""Splice"" and ""Trigger"" Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2010 The 14th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2010, were given on December 14, 2010. Runners-Up: Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech"" and James Franco – ""127 Hours"" Runners-Up: Natalie Portman – ""Black Swan"" and Michelle Williams – ""Blue Valentine"" Runners-Up: ""Despicable"
"Bedlam Productions Bedlam Productions is an independent film and television production company based in Soho, London and has been in operation since 2009. Bedlam was founded by Simon Egan and Gareth Unwin; the two met while studying film at Ravensbourne College. Creative Director Simon Breen joined the production company at the beginning of 2011. Bedlam's first major feature production was the award winning The King's Speech (2010), starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. The critically acclaimed film grossed over $400m at the global box office and won four Oscars including Best Film and Best Actor for Colin"
"Emile Sherman Emile Sherman is an Australian film producer. Sherman won an Academy Award for Best Picture for ""The King's Speech"" (2010) and has produced other critically acclaimed films including ""Lion"" (2016), which earned him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Emile also produced the Emmy Award-Winning television series ""Top Of The Lake"" (2013). Emile co-founded See-Saw Films with producing partner Iain Canning in 2008. Their offices are split between Great Britain, Australia and the USA. Academy Award-winning producer Emile Sherman co-founded See-Saw Films with UK producer Iain Canning in 2008 and has produced a number of prestige"
"funeral. With Peter Conradi, Logue's grandson Mark wrote a book, """", about his grandfather's relationship with the king. The short title was used for the 2010 British film ""The King's Speech"", a historical drama written by David Seidler, in which Logue was played by Geoffrey Rush and his patient by Colin Firth. In February 2011, ""The King's Speech"" won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Firth. Rush was nominated for an Academy Award and won a 2010 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Logue in the film. In the"
"63rd British Academy Film Awards. Following that, Gareth produced ""The King's Speech"" alongside Iain Canning and Emile Sherman, picking up the Audience Award at Toronto International Film Festival, a Producers Guild of America award, seven BAFTAs, including both Outstanding British Film and Best Film, and four Academy Awards, including Best Film. Gareth also produced ""Zaytoun"" with Far Films, directed by Eran Riklis, which was a runner-up for the Audience Award at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, and will next be producing ""The Lady Who Went Too Far"", which sees him re-unite with ""King's Speech"" writer David Seidler for a"
"independent British film ever. In the United States ""The King's Speech"" opened with $355,450 (£220,000) in four cinemas. It holds the record for the highest per-cinema gross of 2010. It was widened to 700 screens on Christmas Day and 1,543 screens on 14 January 2011. It eventually made $138 million in North America overall. In Australia ""The King's Speech"" made more than A$6,281,686 (£4 million) in the first two weeks, according to figures collected by the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia. The executive director of Palace Cinemas, Benjamin Zeccola, said customer feedback on the film was spectacular. ""It's our"
"2017. Firth added, ""I will always be extremely British (you only have to look at or listen to me)."" Interviews Further reading Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor, who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Firth's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's ""The King's Speech"" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Identified in the late 1980s with the ""Brit Pack"" of"
"Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor, who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Firth's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's ""The King's Speech"" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Identified in the late 1980s with the ""Brit Pack"" of rising, young British actors, it was not until his portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's ""Pride"
"(2010), starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, which was met with critical acclaim. Hooper's next film was ""Les Misérables"" (2012), which featured an all-star cast led by Hugh Jackman. His 2015 film, ""The Danish Girl"", was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. Hooper's work was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for ""Prime Suspect"" and ""John Adams"", won one for ""Elizabeth I"", and was nominated for the British Academy (BAFTA) TV Craft Award for Best Director for ""Longford"". ""The King's Speech"" won multiple awards, including Best Director wins for Hooper from the Directors Guild of"
"Fulcrum has provided cashflow for over 150 film and television productions to date. See-Saw Films See-Saw Films is an independent film production company founded in 2008 by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman. See-Saw operates out of Great Britain, Australia and the USA. Academy Award-winning producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman co-founded See-Saw Films in 2008. See-Saw Films has released a number of prestige projects, including six-time Academy Award nominated ""Lion"", winner of two BAFTA Awards, starring Dev Patel, Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman and Academy Award-nominee Rooney Mara. In 2010, See-Saw released the Academy Award-Winner for Best Picture ""The King's Speech"""
"the Australian Producer Offset, Location and PDV Offsets as well as the New Zealand Screen Production Grant and the United Kingdom Film Tax Credit. Fulcrum has provided over $200 million in finance to film and television projects to date. Sherman is also a director of animal protection institute, Voiceless (www.voiceless.org.au) and a director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival one of the world's leading international writers' festivals (www.swf.org.au/about-us). Emile Sherman Emile Sherman is an Australian film producer. Sherman won an Academy Award for Best Picture for ""The King's Speech"" (2010) and has produced other critically acclaimed films including ""Lion"" (2016), which"
"solitude after the death of his longtime partner. His performance earned Firth career best reviews and Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors' Guild, BAFTA, and BFCA nominations; he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in February 2010. Firth starred in the 2010 film ""The King's Speech"" as Prince Albert, Duke of York/King George VI. The film details his working to overcome his speech impediment while becoming monarch of the United Kingdom at the end of 1936. At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the film was met with a standing ovation. The TIFF release of"
"marking the first time for each. In related events, the Academy held its second annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 13, 2010. On February 12, 2011, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Marisa Tomei. ""Inception"" and ""The King's Speech"" won four awards each with the latter film winning Best Picture. Other winners included ""The Social Network"" with three awards, ""Alice in Wonderland"", ""The Fighter"", and ""Toy Story 3"", with two awards, and ""Black Swan"","
"discovered that his own uncle, also named David and also a stutterer, had been sent to see Lionel Logue by his father (Seidler's grandfather). In late 2005 Seidler was diagnosed with bladder cancer, but he is currently (2011) in remission. David Seidler David Seidler (born 1937) is a British-American playwright and film and television writer. He is most known for writing the scripts for the stage version and screen version for the story ""The King's Speech"". For the film, he won the Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay. Seidler was born in London, where he spent his"
"64th British Academy Film Awards The 64th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 13 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2010. The nominations were announced on 18 January 2011. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades are handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2010. ""The King's Speech"" earned the most nominations with fourteen and won seven, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Actor for"
"projects, including six-time Academy Award nominated ""Lion"", winner of two BAFTA Awards, starring Dev Patel, Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman and Academy Award-nominee Rooney Mara. He is of Jewish descent. Sherman won his Academy Award in 2011 for ""The King’s Speech"" directed by Tom Hooper. The multi-Academy Award-winning film stars Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. Among See-Saw’s line up of 2017/2018 film projects are ""Mary Magdalene"", starring Academy Award-nominees Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix, John Cameron Mitchell’s ""How To Talk To Girls At Parties"", starring Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman, and Academy Award-winner Steve McQueen's ""Widows"", starring Academy Award-winner Viola Davis,"