limited company industry film founded 1913 headquarters twickenham united kingdom key people maria walker chief operating officer website www.twickenhamstudios.com view of part of the studios twickenham studios formerly known as twickenham film studios is a film studio in st margarets london united kingdom used by various motion picture and television companies . it was established in 1913 by dr. ralph jupp on the site of a former ice rink . at the time of its original construction it was the largest film studio in the united kingdom . 1 in february 2012 it was announced that due to the studio going into administration it would close before june just a year before it centenary . 2 3 the studio was subsequently saved from closure with a new owner acquiring the studio in august 2012 . 4 contents 1 history 1.1 julius hagen 1.2 post war 1.3 later films 2 facilities 2.1 sound stages 2.2 post production 2.3 film productions 2.4 tv productions 3 references 4 bibliography 5 external links history edit julius hagen edit during the 1930s the studio was run by julius hagen . hagen built up his business making quota quickies for major american studios who were required by law to produce a certain number of british films each year in order to be allowed to release their pictures into the lucrative british market . hagen became very efficient at producing large numbers of these quickies of varying quality . he often filmed all day and then brought in different crews and actors to work through the night . 5 following the success of alexander korda s the private life of henry viii 1933 hagen became interested in producing films which could be released in america . twickenham took on more quality work such as the gracie fields vehicle this week of grace . this ultimately led hagen to stop making quickies entirely and focus entirely on quality productions . he began to make more expensive films such as seymour hicks s scrooge 1935 and spy of napoleon for which he hoped to gain an international market . hagen spent 100 000 rebuilding twickenham studios and acquired studios in other parts of london . he also broke with his established distributors and attempted to distribute his own films . this proved a mistake the major american studios blocked his entry into their market while his films failed to gain access in the british market . in 1937 hagen s company went bankrupt as part of a wider slump in british filmmaking that year bringing an end to his reign at twickenham . numerous films have been made at twickenham since the end of hagen s tenure including carol reed s the stars look down 1939 . post war edit in 1946 alfred shipman formed alliance film studios limited controlling riverside southall and twickenham film studios . after his death in 1956 his two sons gerald father of piers flint shipman and kenneth shipman took control of the studios with kenneth later going on to form alliance film distributors . 6 later films edit in the 1960s classic films such as alfie 1966 starring michael caine the italian job 1969 featuring caine and no l coward and roman polanski s first english language film repulsion 1965 . be my guest also 1965 features jerry lee lewis an early appearance by the young actor steve marriott and the nashville teens . the first two beatles feature films were made at twickenham a hard day s night 1964 and help 1965 and also their promotional film for hey jude 1968 . 7 the beatles used the studios while rehearsing music for their album let it be . a film was made of some of the sessions and both the film and the album were released in 1970 . in the 1980s the studio was used for the mirror crack d an american werewolf in london 1981 blade runner 1982 and a fish called wanda 1988 . later films include the others 2001 the crucible 1996 and sweet revenge 1998 . facilities edit sound stages edit twickenham studios has three stages that are sound proofed and operate on a four wall basis . dressing rooms star apartments make up hairdressing and wardrobe departments and camera rooms are situated adjacent to each stage with nearby prop rooms art departments and office suites . the largest stage 1 has a concrete water tank housed underneath the floor boards . a camera pit at one end allows underwater viewing through a glass screen . this stage has been used for innumerable films including the two beatles films a hard day s night and help also an american werewolf in london 1981 and a fish called wanda 1988 . kenneth branagh s sleuth 2007 was shot on this stage . films shot on stage three include roman polanski s repulsion karel reisz s the french lieutenant s woman 1981 and lewis gilbert s shirley valentine 1989 . later films include layer cake 2004 directed by matthew vaughn and love in the time of cholera 2007 directed by mike newell . the thriller before i go to sleep 2014 written and directed by rowan joff which features nicole kidman and colin firth was shot at the studios early in 2013 . 8 9 post production edit the studios post production facilities include a state of the art sound centre at the heart of which is the refurbished the richard attenborough theatre named after richard attenborough who used to have his production offices at the studios . it is one of the studios in the uk which has been dolby premier certified . 10 other facilities include a second dubbing theatre adr foley theatre numerous cutting rooms office facilities and sound transfer facilities . film productions edit films that have used the facilities production and post production include 11 spice world 1997 reign of fire 2002 nicholas nickleby 2002 in america 2002 imagining argentina 2003 calendar girls 2003 mona lisa smile 2003 wimbledon 2004 stage beauty 2004 laws of attraction 2004 mindhunters 2004 around the world in 80 days 2004 resident evil apocalypse 2004 derailed 2005 sahara 2005 renaissance 2006 the magic flute 2006 closing the ring 2007 1408 2007 elizabeth the golden age 2007 me and orson welles 2008 flashbacks of a fool 2008 inkheart 2008 the other man 2008 killshot film 2008 angels & demons 2009 my one and only 2009 burke and hare 2010 jackboots on whitehall 2010 kick ass 2010 bonded by blood 2010 the debt 2010 wild target 2010 the best exotic marigold hotel 2011 war horse 2011 horrid henry the movie 2011 albatross 2011 the iron lady 2011 my week with marilyn 2011 bel ami 2012 the wedding video 2012 outside bet 2012 all in good time 2012 before i go to sleep 2013 world war z film 2013 syrenia 2015 victor frankenstein 2016 tv productions edit tv shows that have used the facilities production and post production include 12 black mirror 2014 the buccaneers 1956 tipping point 2015 present crims 2015 josh 2015 present inside no. 9 2015 present references edit history twickenham film studios website twickenham film studios set to close bbc news 20 february 2012 http www.telegraph.co.uk culture 9091171 cherished piece of film history lost as twickenham film studios close.html http www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk news local richmondnews 9865011 . sale of twickenham studios confirmed richards p. 42 history twickenham film studios website marc sinden on john lennon we were in the presence of god . liverpool daily post . 6 march 2009 . retrieved 7 march 2009 . empire online colin firth joins before i go to sleep a reunion with nicole kidman written by james white 7 february 2013 . source variety variety firth kidman to star in before i go to sleep written by robert mitchell 6 february 2013 . 1 2 3 bibliography edit richards jeffrey ed . . the unknown 1930s an alternative history of the british cinema 1929 1939 . i.b. tauris & co 1998 . external links edit twickenham film studios at the british film institute s screenonline twickenham film studios website coordinates 51 27 21 n 0 19 08 w 51.45572 n 0.31901 w 51.45572 ; 0.31901 v t e london borough of richmond upon thames districts barnes east sheen fulwell ham hampton hampton hill hampton wick kew 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