Production Companies Involved in Feature Film Production
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Films & Major TV Dramas shot (in part or entirely) in Wales Assisted by Wales Screen (or previously as Wales Screen Commission) Dates sometimes refer to when the production was filmed in Wales, not necessarily when it was released 2002 Die Another Day- Penbryn Beach, Cardigan Eon Productions Director: Lee Tamahori Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry Plots with a View (AKA Undertaking Betty) – Treorchy, Pontyclun, Caldicot, Cowbridge and Cardiff Director: Nick Hurran Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christolpher Walken, Naomi Watts I Capture the Castle - Manorbier Castle, Pembrokeshire Director: Tim Fywell Cast: Bill Nighy, Tara Fitzgerald, Sinéad Cusack, Henry Thomas, Romola Garai, Henry Cavill The Forsyte Saga– Llandudno, North Wales Granada Cast: Damian Lewis, Gina McKee, Ioan Gruffydd Dinotopia – Beddgelert, Snowdonia National Park Hallmark Entertainment Cast: David Thewlis, Wentworth Miller 2003 Baltic Storm - Fishguard, Pembrokeshire Director: Reuben Leder Cast: Greta Scacchi, Jürgen Prochnow, Donald Sutherland The I Inside – Cardiff, Sully & Stradey Castle, Llanelli Director: Roland Suso Richter Cast: Ryan Phillipe, Robert Sean Leonard, Piper Perabo, Stephen Rea Kyun Ho Gaya Na Pyar – Walters Arena, Dulais Valley; Dolbadarn Castle, Gwynedd Director: Samir Karnik Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life- Snowdonia Paramount Pictures Director: Jan de Bont Cast: Angelina Jolie, Chris Barrie; Noah Taylor; Ciaran Hinds Tulse Luper’s Suitcases (ABS Productions) – Newport Director: Peter Greenaway Cast: JJ Field, Kathy Bates, Vincent Gallo, Debbie Harry, William Hurt Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya? (Who is in My Dream?) – Cardiff City Centre & Bay, Caerphilly Castle Cast: Usha Bachani, Rana Jung Bahaur, Rakesh Bapat Kyun Ho Gaya Na Pyar – Walters Arena, Dulais Valley South West and North Wales Director: Samir Karnik Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Vivek Oberoi I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead – Newport (Pembs), Fishguard & Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire Mosaic Film Group Director: Mike Hodges Cast: Clive Owen, Charlotte Rampling, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers 2004 King Arthur – Llandduesant, Brecon Beacons, Carmarthenshire Touchstone Pictures Director: Antoine Fuqua Cast: Clive Owen, Ioan Gryffudd, Keira Knightley A Way of Life – Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff & Swansea, SW Wales Tantrum Films Director: Amma Assante Cast: Brenda Blethyn The Truth About Love – Cardiff Central Station Piccadilly Pictures / Lex Filmed Entertainment Director: John Hay Cast: Dougray Scott, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jimi Mistry The Libertine – Tretower Court, Crickhowell, Mid Wales Mr Mudd Cast: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich Mine All Mine – Swansea Red Production Company Cast: Griff Rhys Jones Carrie's War - Newport, Cynwyl Elfed railway station, Llandeilo,Carmarthenshire BBC Wales Cast: Keeley Fawcett, Lesley Sharp, Pauline Quirke 2005 A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Blaenau Gwent, SE Wales Touchstone Pictures / Hammer and Tongs Director: Garth Jennings Martyn Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Bill Nighy Dead Long Enough – Rhondda Heritage Park; Pontypridd Boda Cyf Cast: Michael Sheen, Jason Hughes Johnny and the Bomb - Caerwent Training Camp, Monmouthshire Childsplay Productions for BBC Cast: George MacKay, Lucien Laviscount, Holliday Grainger, Frank Finlay, Zoë Wanamaker Heidi – Stradey Castle, Llanelli & The Gwili Steam Railway – SW Wales Piccadilly Pictures Cast: Max Von Sydow, Geraldine Chaplin, Emma Bolger Casanova – Chirk Castle BBC Cast: David Tennant, Peter O’Toole A For Andromeda – Trefil Quarry, Brecon Beacons BBC Director: John Strickland Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlie Cox, Kelly Reilly 2006 Little White Lies - Cardiff, Swansea Director: Caradog W. James Cast: Helen Griffin, Daniel Hawksford, Brian Hibbard Half Light – Llanddwyn, North Wales Lakeshore Entertainment Director: Craig Rosenberg Cast: Demi Moore, James Cosmo, Hans Matheson Big Nothing – Barry, Monmouthshire, Newport British Pathe / Wales Creative IP Fund Director: Jean-Baptiste Andrea Cast: David Schwimmer, Simon Pegg Daddy’s Girl – Cardiff Boda Cyf Cast: Jamie Winstone, Richard Harrington, Mark Lewis Jones The Restraint of Beasts (unfinished) – Glyncorrwg, Afan Valley, Mynydd y Gwair – South West Wales Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Cast: Rhys Ifans, Ben Whishaw (Filming was not completed) The Baker – Cardiff, Grosmont, Monmouthshire and Swansea Picture Farm Director: Gareth Lewis Cast: Damian Lewis, Michael Gambon, Kate Ashfield, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Doctor Who (series 1) – Cardiff and surrounding areas & Swansea BBC Wales Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper Caerdydd – Cardiff Fiction Factory for S4C Cast: Lee Haven Jones, Daniel Qureshi, Sion Pritchard 2007 Nightwatching – Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire, Llandeilo – SW Wales Director: Peter Greenaway Cast: Martin Freeman Stardust – Llyn y Fan Fach, Carmarthenshire, Brecon Beacons, South West Wales Paramount Pictures Director: Matthew Vaughn Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox Flick – Pontypridd, Cardiff, Newbridge & Port Talbot Monster Films / Film Agency for Wales Director: David Howard Cast: Faye Dunaway, Liz Smith, Hugh O’Connor The Edge of Love – Tenby, Newquay and Lampeter Capitol Films / BBC Films Director: John Maybury Cast: Kiera Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Cillian Murphy Abraham’s Point – Cardiff and Pembrokeshire Spinning Head Films / Film Agency for Wales Director: Wyndham Price Cast: Mackenzie Crook The Daisy Chain - Cardiff Subotica Entertainment Director: Aisling Walsh Cast: Samantha Morton, Steven Mackintosh I Know You Know – Cardiff, Bridgend and Port Talbot Film Agency for Wales Director: Justin Kerrigan Cast: Robert Carlyle Sleep Furiously (Doc) – Mid Wales Bard Entertainments Director: Gideon Koppel The Contractor – Cardiff April Productions / Chaintron Director: Josef Rusnak Cast: Wesley Snipes, Richard Harrington Outlaw – Cardiff and Chepstow Vertigo Films Director: Nick Love Cast: Sean Bean, Bob Hoskins, Danny Dyer, Rupert Friend, Lennie James 28 Weeks Later – Millennium Stadium, Cardiff DNA Films Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Cast: Rose Byrne, Robert Carlyle Caught in the Act – Senhenydd, Cardiff Carnaby International Director: Matt Lipsey Cast: Ralph Brown, Freddie Jones, Maureen Lipman Summer Scars - Tondu, Bridgend Director: Julian Richards Cast: Kevin Howarth, Ciaran Joyce, Amy Harvey Y Pris – Cardiff; Carmarthen Creator: Tim Price Cast: Matthew Gravelle, Aled Pugh, Jâms Thomas Skins – Gower Peninsula Creators: Jamie Brittain, Bryan Elsley Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Hannah Murray, Nicholas Hoult Doctor Who (series two and three) – Cardiff and surrounding areas & Swansea BBC Wales Cast: David Tennant, Billie Piper The History of Mr Polly – Vale of Glamorgan Director: Gillies MacKinnon Cast: Lee Evans, Anne-Marie Duff Doctor Who (series four) – Cardiff and surrounding areas & Swansea BBC Wales Cast: David Tennant Torchwood (series 2) – Cardiff and surrounding areas & Swansea BBC Wales Cast: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, James Marsters Gavin and Stacey (Series 2) – Vale of Glamorgan Baby Cow Cast: Matthew Horne, James Corden, Ruth Jones Sarah Jane Adventures – SE Wales BBC Wales Cast: Elizabeth Sladen 2008 The Big I Am – Cardiff Director: Nic Auerbach Cast: Michael Madsen, Steven Berkoff, Paul Kaye The Wolfman – Brecon Beacons National Park Director: Joe Johnston Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Benecio Del Toro, Emily Blunt Colin – Swansea Director: Marc Price Merlin and the War of the Dragons - Dinorwig Quarry, Gwynedd; Harlech Castle, Gwynedd; Llechwedd Slate Caverns; Gwydyr Forest; Gwydyr Castle; Penn-y-Pass, Snowdonia The Asylum Cast: Simon Lloyd-Roberts, Joseph Stacey, Dylan Jones Skellig – Cardiff, Caerphilly, Abertillery Feel Films Cast: Tim Roth, Kelly Macdonald, John Simm Torchwood: Children of Earth (special 5 part series) – Cardiff BBC Wales Cast: John Barrowman, Eve Myles Merlin - Treforest BBC / Shine Cast: Anthony Head, Richard Wilson Doctor Who (specials) – Cardiff and surrounding areas & Swansea BBC Wales Cast: David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Bernard Cribbins Martha, Jac a Sianco - Cribor Fawr, Carmarthenshire Boomerang Plus for S4C 2009 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I – Pembrokeshire, SW Wales Director: David Yates Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II – Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire Director: David Yates Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter Robin Hood - Pembrokeshire, SW Wales Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett Third Star – Barafundle Bay, SW Wales Director: Hattie Dalton Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, JJ Field Submarine – Port Talbot, Swansea and Barry Island Director: Richard Ayoade Cast: Paddy Considine, Sally Hawkins Mr Nice – Cardiff; St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan Director: Bernard Rose Cast: Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis, Chloe Sevigny Patagonia – Cardiff and surrounding areas; Museum of Welsh Life Director: Marc Evans Cast: Matthew Rhys, Nia Roberts Made in Dagenham – Merthyr Tydfil, SE Wales Number 9 Films Director: Nigel Cole Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike, Bob Hoskins, Jaime Winstone, Geraldine James Clash of the Titans - Gwynedd, North Wales Warner Brothers Director: Louis Leterrier Cast: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Worthington Ironclad – SE Wales, Dragon Studios; St Donat’s Castle; Southerndown Runnymede Productions Director: Jonathan English Cast: Paul Giamatti, James Purefoy, Brian Cox, Jason Flemyng Doctor Who (series 5) – Cardiff