Gayle Griffiths
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Gayle Griffiths is Managing Director of Wild Horses Films. She
graduated from the National Film and Television School, producing
'Second Hand', which was written and directed by Emily Young.
Gayle was the recipient of the Alfred Dunhill UK New Talent Award,
2005, at the London Film Festival.
'Second Hand' won the Cinéfondation Prize at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Lion at the Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan, and the Special Jury Prize at the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival, 2000.
Gayle collaborated again with director Emily Young, developing Kiss of Life (2003) with the assistance of British Screen Finance, which was produced through the Wild Horses Film Company.
'Kiss of Life' was an Anglo-French co-production funded by the UKFC New Cinema Fund, BBC Films, Baker Street Media Finance and Haut et Court, Paris.
The film received its world premiere in Un Certain Regard as part of the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival 2003 and was sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams. 'Kiss of Life' was released by Artificial Eye in January 2004 and Emily Young subsequently won the Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement in a First Feature at the 2004 BAFTAs.
Gayle's second feature, Song of Songs (2005), co-written by Jay Basu and Josh Appignanesi's directorial debut. 'Song of Songs' had its world premiere at the 2005 Edinburgh International Film Festival (UK Premiere British Gala section) and Josh Appignanesi was awarded a special commendation by the Michael Powell Jury.
The film was selected for the London Film Festival and had its international premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Tiger section. 'Song of Songs' was released in the UK by Soda Pictures in 2006, and was subsequently released in France by Pierre Grise.
Gayle has completed both Skillset's Inside Pictures, the London/LA based business programme for producers and executives run by Michael Kuhn's Qwerty Films, and Atéliers du Cinema Européen (ACE), the pan-European Paris based producers programme, founded by Colin Young.
Through Wild Horses Films, Gayle produced Joanna Hogg's critically acclaimed second feature, Archipelago (2010). The film was recipient of a special commendation, Best Film, London Film Festival 2010 and was released by Artificial Eye in 2011.
Gayle's most recent film, My Brother the Devil (2012) was produced in collaboration with Rooks Nest Entertainment. The film appeared in the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival 'Panorama' section, where it received the Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European film, and at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Best Cinematography Award: World Dramatic Competition, and the Worldview Sundance Impact Award at Sundance London. The film is to be released in the UK by Verve Pictures.
Gayle is now in production on Joanna Hogg's 'London Project', and has three projects in development, including an investigative journalistic piece by Jessica Mitford to be adapted for television.
'Second Hand' won the Cinéfondation Prize at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Lion at the Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan, and the Special Jury Prize at the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival, 2000.
Gayle collaborated again with director Emily Young, developing Kiss of Life (2003) with the assistance of British Screen Finance, which was produced through the Wild Horses Film Company.
'Kiss of Life' was an Anglo-French co-production funded by the UKFC New Cinema Fund, BBC Films, Baker Street Media Finance and Haut et Court, Paris.
The film received its world premiere in Un Certain Regard as part of the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival 2003 and was sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams. 'Kiss of Life' was released by Artificial Eye in January 2004 and Emily Young subsequently won the Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement in a First Feature at the 2004 BAFTAs.
Gayle's second feature, Song of Songs (2005), co-written by Jay Basu and Josh Appignanesi's directorial debut. 'Song of Songs' had its world premiere at the 2005 Edinburgh International Film Festival (UK Premiere British Gala section) and Josh Appignanesi was awarded a special commendation by the Michael Powell Jury.
The film was selected for the London Film Festival and had its international premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Tiger section. 'Song of Songs' was released in the UK by Soda Pictures in 2006, and was subsequently released in France by Pierre Grise.
Gayle has completed both Skillset's Inside Pictures, the London/LA based business programme for producers and executives run by Michael Kuhn's Qwerty Films, and Atéliers du Cinema Européen (ACE), the pan-European Paris based producers programme, founded by Colin Young.
Through Wild Horses Films, Gayle produced Joanna Hogg's critically acclaimed second feature, Archipelago (2010). The film was recipient of a special commendation, Best Film, London Film Festival 2010 and was released by Artificial Eye in 2011.
Gayle's most recent film, My Brother the Devil (2012) was produced in collaboration with Rooks Nest Entertainment. The film appeared in the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival 'Panorama' section, where it received the Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European film, and at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Best Cinematography Award: World Dramatic Competition, and the Worldview Sundance Impact Award at Sundance London. The film is to be released in the UK by Verve Pictures.
Gayle is now in production on Joanna Hogg's 'London Project', and has three projects in development, including an investigative journalistic piece by Jessica Mitford to be adapted for television.
