Element Pictures is an award-winning film and television drama production company led by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe, with offices in Dublin and London. In May 2022, Fremantle acquired a majority stake in the company.
Over 25 years, Element has built an international reputation for bold, distinctive storytelling and long-term collaborations with some of the most celebrated filmmakers and writers working today.
Recent and current feature releases include Yorgos Lanthimos’ BUGONIA (Focus Features), starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, four Golden Globes including Best Picture (Comedy or Musical), and five BAFTAs; Harry Lighton’s PILLION (BBC Film/BFI/Cornerstone), starring Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling, winner of Best Screenplay in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival and nominated for four BAFTAs including Outstanding British Film; and Akinola Davies Jr.’s MY FATHER’S SHADOW (BBC Film/BFI/MUBI/Match Factory), which received a Special Mention for the Caméra d’Or at Cannes and won Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer at BAFTA.
Current feature productions include Tomas Alfredson’s SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (Film4/Fremantle), written by Jack Thorne, starring Rachel Weisz and Matthew Macfadyen; John Crowley’s WALK THE BLUE FIELDS (Netflix) written by Conor McPherson, starring Emily Blunt and Andrew Scott and THE LOST CHILDREN OF TUAM (BBC/Screen Ireland/MK2), directed by Frank Berry and written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
Element’s previous feature credits include Yorgos Lanthimos’ Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and BAFTA-winning films POOR THINGS and THE FAVOURITE, as well as his English-language features THE LOBSTER, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, and KINDS OF KINDNESS. Other notable productions include Lenny Abrahamson’s Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and BAFTA-winning ROOM and THE LITTLE STRANGER; Rungano Nyoni’s ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL, winner of Best Director in Un Certain Regard at Cannes; Sebastián Lelio’s THE WONDER and DISOBEDIENCE; Joanna Hogg’s THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER and THE SOUVENIR PART II; Phyllida Lloyd’s HERSELF; Sean Durkin’s THE NEST; and Ariane Labed’s SEPTEMBER SAYS.
In television, Element’s current projects include THE CAGE (BBC/Fremantle), created by BAFTA-nominated writer Tony Schumacher and starring Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha for the BBC/Fremantle; Season 3 of THE DRY (RTE/ITV), written by Nancy Harris starring Róisín Gallagher and Ciaran Hinds for RTÉ and ITV; and THE RACHEL INCIDENT (Channel 4/NBCU), Caroline O’Donoghue’s adaptation of her own bestselling novel starring Mairead Tyers, Ellis Howard, Sarah Greene and Daniel Ings.
Previous television credits include the critically acclaimed adaptations of Sally Rooney’s novels NORMAL PEOPLE and CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS, both directed by Lenny Abrahamson; Nancy Harris’s THE DRY (Seasons 1 & 2); Shane Meadows’ period drama THE GALLOWS POLE; and the BBC adaptation of Jordan Tannahill’s THE LISTENERS.
To date, Element Pictures’ productions have been nominated for 30 Academy Awards (winning 6), 38 BAFTAs (winning 15), and 21 Golden Globes (winning 4).