Martin Pope

Martin Pope has produced three Oscar nominated films - animated feature 'Chico & Rita' and animated shorts 'The Gruffalo' and most recently 'Room on the Broom'. Martin is (2015) currently producing both 'Stick Man', a short animated film based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler; and two animated shorts based on Roald Dahl's 'Revolting Rhymes', which are being directed by Academy Award nominees Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer. 'Room on the Broom' won a Bafta award as well as a Crystal at Annecy; while 'The Gruffalo' and 'The Gruffalo's Child' were both nominated for a Bafta award, and won Crystals at Annecy along with many other awards. All three films were part of Shorts International's programme touring cinemas in the United States, and each film had more than 250,000 admissions on their release in French cinemas. 'Chico & Rita', the animated musical feature directed by Fernando Trueba with star designer Xavier Mariscal and Tono Errando won the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature as well as Spain's Goya for Best Animated Feature. Martin has produced ten feature films, including documentary 'One Life', narrated by Daniel Craig; the comedy 'Wild Target' with Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, and Martin Freeman; and 'Glorious 39' with Romola Garai, Julie Christie, Christopher Lee and Eddie Redmayne. Previously Martin produced two films with writer/director team Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger - 'Lawless Heart' and 'Sparkle'; as well as feature films 'The Cottage' (with Andy Serkis); 'Touch Of Pink' (starring Kyle Maclachlan); 'The Heart of Me' (starring Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Bettany and Olivia Williams); and 'Alive & Kicking'. For tv he produced 'The Turn of the Screw' (starring Colin Firth). Prior to co-founding and running Magic Light Pictures, Martin ran his own independent company and before that was a producer at BBC Films. While there producing credits included director John Madden's 'Meat' and director John Schlesinger's Bafta award winning film of Alan Bennett's 'A Question of Attribution'.