Eric Fellner
Eric Fellner
Eric Fellner, CBE is an English film producer. He is the co-chairmanof the production company Working Title Films...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionProducer
genuinely regardless scripts
It is rare that you read scripts that genuinely move you and make you feel that, regardless of the commercial possibilities, you have to make the film.
good producers yes
Do we have good writers, producers and actors in the U.K.? Yes we do.
ken leigh mike movies people
Mike Leigh and Ken Loach are the people I look up to. They are quality film-makers making interesting, controversial, ground-breaking movies with very little eye on the marketplace.
It's fantastic to see 'Les Miserables' become the top-grossing film at the U.K. box office.
agents almost anyone cent cruise knowing might per record sound time tom track
It might sound a small thing, but if you want to get Tom Cruise into your movie, without a track record or without those agents knowing you, it's almost impossible. Now I can get through to pretty much anyone I want. Of course, 90 per cent of the time they still say no.
business creative good less word
I think it would be a good thing in the creative community if there was less embarrassment of this word 'commercial' because that's how you make a business.
audience cater curtain earlier family itself time
'Billy Elliot' prides itself on being a family show, and it made sense to specifically cater to a family audience with an earlier evening curtain time.
brothers certain coen minute strength trying watch
When you watch a Coen brothers movie, it is always so certain about what it is trying to portray. That is their strength. The minute they write a word, they know how it will look on-screen. They are very purposeful, with no kind of mistakes.
next success time worrying
You never get time at Working Title, sadly, to enjoy any film's success, because you're worrying about the next lot.
force stunning tour visual
With 'Anna Karenina,' I just think it's a stunning visual tour de force for a director who is at the top of his game.
cannes choosing festival home
I think Cannes is usually pretty fair in choosing what will play well to the home festival crowd.
less
I have always thought we should think less about the British film industry as an entity, and more about getting British talent working.
business national
Film is not a national business. It's international. And its centre will always be Hollywood.
swept
You can get swept away by a musical, but real tears are rare.