British Film Industry since 2000
October 3, 2011The new century has brought a big fortune to British filmmaking with its further international fame and audience; in accordance with the dissertation writing, the most successful was Mamma Mia! 
of Phyllida Lloyd with its $601 million earned. Besides producing own pictures, British studios are popular among American and European directors; all seven series of Harry Potter films were filmed in England. During the decade two James Bond films were
made with English actor Daniel Craig playing the main part.
After fortunate introduction of Hugh Grant to the world audience, at the beginning of XXI century British cinema produced three comedies starring him and Colin Firth – Bridget Jones’s Diary, Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason and Love Actually that earned about $250 million each. Within ten years British film industry won several prestigious awards; at 2003 Berlin Film Festival the Golden Bear was given to Michael Winterbottom for his In This World; at the Venice Film Festival Vera Drake got the Golden Lion and The Queen won the Best Actress prize; The Wind That Shakes the Barley won Palm d’Or at 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Joe Wright was nominated for seven Academy Awards for his Atonement and won the Golden Globe. Among the latest British achievements the essay writing mentions Indian Slumdog Millionaire which British director Danny Boyle, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy and producer Christian Colson were involved in and Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech made in London that won 4 Academy Awards.
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