Heyday films is a british film production company founded in 1997 by David Heyman.
What have they made?
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Threshold (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- I Am Legend (2007)
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
- Is Anybody There? (2008)
- Yes Man (2008)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
- Page Eight (2011)
- Gravity (2013)
- We're The Millers (2013)
- The Thirteenth Tale (2013)
- Turks & Caicos (2014)
- Salting the Battlefield (2014)
- Selma (2014) (in co-production, logo not shown)
- Paddington (2015)
- Testament of Youth (2015)
What makes then distinctive?
David Heyman struck gold as the producer of the Harry Potter franchise for Warners, and his Heyday Films has a first look deal with the Hollywood studio – one of very few such deals in the UK.
What genre do they focus on?
- Action
- Fantasy
- Drama
- Sci fi
Ownership
For a film to be 'British' it needs to have a significant creative involvement. whether the film is British r not the government sometimes give tax breaks even if the money comes from else where
Gravity
It's American-funded, Mexican-directed starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. The film was mainly shot in space but the only earth scene was shot in Canada. The film was in NASA. The only reason it is British is because the director David Heyman is British and he also produced the harry potter films. it uses a lot American terminology and includes the American flags.
Harry Potter
- Identified as a British film.
- Set in Britain
- Many of the actors including Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliff and Rupert Grint are British.
- However the distribution company was American.
- 2 out of 4 directors are British
