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.
