Stephen WoolleyNationality:
English Birthdate:
09/03/1956 Birthplace:
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biography
A prominent figure of the beleaguered British film industry. Woolley, a former journalist, and entrepreneur Nik Powell co-founded Palace Pictures in 1981. This successful distribution company brought to England such films as "Diva" (1982) and "Blood Simple" (1984). He then moved into production with Powell and Chris Brown and enjoyed critical and commercial success with features including Neil Jordan's "A Company of Wolves" (1985) and "Mona Lisa" (1986) and Chris Bernard's "A Letter to Brezhnev" (1985). Largely due to the steadily worsening economic environment for British filmmakers, Palace
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1962
Worked as cinema usher at age 16 (dates approximate)
Became manager, then proprietor of London's Scala Cinema (London's longest established repertory theater)
1981
Co-founded (with Nik Powell), Palace Productions, distribution company
1984
First feature as co-executive producer (with Nik Powell), "Chinese Boxes" (West Germany); film distributed by Palace
1985
Initial screen collaboration with Neil Jordan, "The Company of Wolves"
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