# Embankment Films

Embankment Films is a British film and television sales and production company based in London, England.

## History

Founded in 2012 by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar, Embankment procures pre-sales, tax-credit facilities, equity, gap financing and worldwide distribution for feature films and television. Haslam was formerly CEO at Hanway Films. Grumbar was formerly joint MD of the UK division of Icon Film Distribution.
Since the creation of the company, Embankment has raised finance for over 64 feature films including The Dressmaker, Boychoir,Le Week-End,, Churchill, Breathe, directed by Andy Serkis, Driven, Red Joan, directed by Trevor Nunn, Ride Like a Girl, directed by Rachel Griffiths, Untouchable directed by Ursula Macfarlane and produced by Simon Chinn, Can You Keep a Secret?, Summerland, directed by Jessica Swale, Military Wives, directed by Peter Cattaneo, and The Father, directed by Florian Zeller. The Father received six Academy Award nominations, and won two British Academy Film Awards. Embankment also represented and raised financing for Florian Zeller's second feature, The Son, that premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2022.
In 2023, Nick Taussig, Sophie Harmer and Henry Farrington joined Embankment Films to lead its unscripted division. Taussig and Harmer both joined from UK production outfit Salon Pictures, producer of the documentary McQueen which Embankment handled sales for. Since then, they have produced documentaries, including Dwarf Story, Garbo: Leave Me Alone and Sheffield DocFest audience award-winner, Strike: An Uncivil War.

## Film library

| Year | Title | Director |
| 2013 | Diana | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| 2013 | Le Week-End | Roger Michell |
| 2014 | Boychoir | François Girard |
| 2014 | Robot Overlords | Jon Wright |
| 2015 | Pressure | Ron Scalpello |
| 2015 | Kidnapping Mr. Heineken | Daniel Alfredson |
| 2015 | The Dressmaker | Jocelyn Moorhouse |
| 2016 | Down Under | Abe Forsythe |
| 2016 | The Guv'nor | Paul Van Carter |
| 2016 | Brimstone | Martin Koolhoven |
| 2016 | The Monster | Bryan Bertino |
| 2016 | Inside | Miguel Ángel Vivas |
| 2017 | Churchill | Jonathan Teplitzky |
| 2017 | My Name Is Lenny | Ron Scalpello |
| 2017 | Breath | Simon Baker |
| 2017 | Submergence | Wim Wenders |
| 2017 | The Wife | Björn Runge |
| 2017 | Breathe | Andy Serkis |
| 2017 | Please Stand By | Ben Lewin |
| 2018 | Galveston | Mélanie Laurent |
| 2018 | McQueen | Ian Bonhôte Peter Ettedgui |
| 2018 | Red Joan | Trevor Nunn |
| 2018 | Driven | Nick Hamm |
| 2018 | Malevolent | Olaf de Fleur Jóhannesson |
| 2019 | Untouchable | Ursula Macfarlane |
| 2019 | Can You Keep a Secret? | Elise Durán |
| 2019 | Military Wives (film) | Peter Cattaneo |
| 2019 | Ride Like a Girl | Rachel Griffiths |
| 2020 | The Father | Florian Zeller |
| 2020 | Summerland | Jessica Swale |
| 2021 | The United Way | Mat Hodgson |
| 2021 | Count Me In | Mark Lo |
| 2021 | Dettori | Anthony Wonke |
| 2022 | Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) | Roger Michell |
| 2022 | Purple Hearts | Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum |
| 2022 | Joyride | Emer Reynolds |
| 2022 | The Son | Florian Zeller |
| 2022 | Emily | Frances O'Connor |
| 2023 | Golda | Guy Nattiv |
| 2023 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | Hettie Macdonald |
| 2023 | The Miracle Club | Thaddeus O'Sullivan |
| 2023 | Joika | James Napier Robertson |
| 2023 | Lies We Tell | Lisa Mulcahy |
| 2023 | The Movie Teller | Lone Scherfig |
| 2024 | An Ideal Wife | Sophie Hyde |
| 2024 | Clybourne Park | Pam MacKinnon |
| 2024 | Stasi F.C | Arne Birkenstock Daniel Gordon |
| 2024 | Strike: An Uncivil War | Daniel Gordon |
| 2024 | Dwarf Story | Riccardo Servini |
| 2024 | Garbo: Leave Me Alone | Lorna Tucker |
| 2024 | Born Wild | Adam McCelland |