Empire of Light (2022) [R]

Release Date:
December 9, 2022

Original Title:
Empire of Light

Alternate Titles:
Empire Cinema
Imperium światła
Lumiere
โรงหนัง ความหวัง ชีวิต
光之帝国
海邊電影院
빛의 제국
엠파이어 오브 라이트

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Neal Street Productions
Searchlight Pictures
TSG Entertainment

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA 15+  BR: 16  DE: 12  FR: TP  GB: 15  GR: K15  HK: IIB  HU: 12  IE: 15A  IL: 16  JP: PG12  KR: 15  NZ: M  PL: 16  PR: R  RO: 18  SG: NC16  US: R 

Runtime: 115

The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

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Art Department Assistant:
Charlie Bartlett
Harriet Wilkins

Art Direction:
Neal Callow
Tim Devine

Assistant Art Director:
Rosalind Grégoire
Stephanie Clerkin

Assistant Costume Designer:
Laura Smith

Assistant Director:
Louis Clark

Assistant Editor:
Cassandra Eiler
Ellie Fenn

Assistant Location Manager:
Lorenzo Bertolazzi
Iona Young

Assistant Production Coordinator:
Jessica Saabor

Assistant Set Decoration:
Erin Coutts
Jessica Miles

Associate Editor:
Pearce Roemer

Best Boy Grip:
Gary Smith

Camera Loader:
Nicholas Milligan
Isabel Fewing

Camera Trainee:
Monaya Abel

Casting:
Nina Gold

Co-Producer:
Celia Duval
Lola Oliyide

Colorist:
James Slattery

Conceptual Design:
Charlie Cobb

Costume Assistant:
Emily Grace Kirby
India Ayles

Costume Design:
Alexandra Byrne

Costume Standby:
Jodie-Simone Howe

Costume Supervisor:
Kate O'Farrell

Crowd Assistant Director:
Andrew Richards

Digital Imaging Technician:
Audrey Amankwa
Mustafa Tyebkhan

Director:
Sam Mendes

Director of Photography:
Roger Deakins

Dolly Grip:
Paul Hymns

Draughtsman:
Matilda Beard
Milly White

Driver:
Darren Helman
Doron Levi

Editor:
Lee Smith

Electrician:
Sean Malski
Robert Jackson
Jamie Field

Executive Producer:
Michael Lerman
Julie Pastor

First Assistant Accountant:
Tim Powell

First Assistant Director:
Michael Lerman

First Assistant Editor:
Gemma Bourne

Gaffer:
John Higgins

Graphic Designer:
Beth Kendrick
Chris Kitisakkul
Gabrielle Leon

Grip:
Jago Sharkey

Hair Designer:
Naomi Donne

Health and Safety:
Wabriya King
Ita O'Brien
Malcolm Pearce

Imaging Science:
Brett Rayner

Key Costumer:
Jackson Soar

Key Grip:
Gary Hymns

Lighting Programmer:
Galo Dominguez

Lighting Supervisor:
Chris Thompson
Galo Dominguez

Lighting Technician:
Nathan Carson
Adam Smart

Location Assistant:
Will Nairne
Lawrence Rowe
Eleanor Boyce
Hedge Seel

Logistics Coordinator:
Richard Wild

Makeup & Hair:
Sara Kramer

Makeup Artist:
Aston Davies

Makeup Designer:
Naomi Donne

Music Supervisor:
Randall Poster

Original Music Composer:
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross

Petty Cash Buyer:
Izzy Morreale

Producer:
Sam Mendes
Pippa Harris

Production Assistant:
Ben Gerry

Production Design:
Mark Tildesley

Production Supervisor:
Augustin Dukes

Props:
Jonathan Ames
James Flanagan
Lilla Szabadi

Researcher:
Rebecca Cronshey

Rigging Gaffer:
Terry Robb

Script Supervisor:
Nicoletta Mani
Cristina Pagani

Set Decoration:
Philippa Bruges
Kamlan Man

Set Dressing Artist:
Marc Aubert
Jayne Barratt-Haynes

Set Production Assistant:
Tom Neale

Sound Designer:
Oliver Tarney

Sound Effects Editor:
Dawn Gough

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
William Miller
Chris Burdon

Special Effects Supervisor:
Richard Cheal

Stand In:
Lauren Beacham
John Gomez

Standby Art Director:
Virginia Reina

Standby Painter:
Julie O'Connor

Standby Property Master:
Mat Bergel
Ronan Kennedy

Standby Rigger:
Dave Gray

Still Photographer:
Parisa Taghizadeh

Stunt Coordinator:
Hayley Saywell
Ben Cooke

Supervising Art Director:
Adam O'Neill

Supervising Producer:
David Greenbaum
Matthew Greenfield

Supervising Sound Editor:
Rachael Tate
Oliver Tarney

Third Assistant Director:
Sam Neale

Transportation Captain:
Dean Thomas

Unit Production Manager:
Monique Mussell

VFX Artist:
Dom Maidlow
Maria Peralta Ramos
Siân Venables

Video Assist Operator:
Jeremy Chi-Hang Au

Visual Effects Producer:
Paul O'Hara

Writer:
Sam Mendes

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