Warp Films

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Warp Films


Warp films are an independent film and TV production company who are based in Sheffield and London and have a division in Australia. Warp films were founded by Warp records founding partners (Rob Mitchell and Steve Beckett). Rob Mitchell died in 2001 so Beckett decided to continue with Warp Films and enlisted the help of Mark Herbert to run the company.

Warp Films debut feature, Dead man’s shoes, was shot in 22 days on a tight budget with the production taking place in Herbert’s shed. It was nominated for 8 British independent film awards and won the Hitchcock D’or at the Dinard Festival.

Their most well-known film is Submarine, this is partly due to Alex Turner (the lead singer of the Arctic Monkey) singing most of the songs featured in the movie in his first solo venture. Submarine won a multitude of awards including the best screenplay award at the 2011 British independent film awards.

Warp X was founded in 2005 and is the sister company to Warp Films, they have produced multiple award-winning films including All Tomorrow’s Parties. Warp X is a low-budget digital ‘studio’ which develops and produce films with a focus on new talent and commercial potential.
Warp Films Australia are currently in pre-production on ‘Shopping’. It is being produced by Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw.

Warp Films produced three 30-minute television dramas for the Sky Arts Playhouse Presents season. These were ‘The minor character’ (starring David Tennant), ‘The Snipist’ and ‘The District Nurse’ (starring Gina Mckee).

Warp Films are currently developing several television projects with Channel 4, the BBC and Sky. These include the directors; Shane Meadows, Chris Morris, Tony Grisoni, Paul Fraser, Gregory Burke, Paul Wright, Yann Demange, Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe, Peter Strickland, Olly Blackburn, Paddy Considine and Mikey Please.

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