---
name: "Elizabeth Karlsen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elizabeth-karlsen"
fi1m_id: "elizabeth-karlsen"
imdb_id: "nm0439563"
tmdb_id: 590074
wikidata_id: "Q20684315"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 September 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T02:44:10.781498+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Elizabeth Karlsen

## Identity

Elizabeth Karlsen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elizabeth-karlsen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elizabeth-karlsen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0439563
- **TMDB ID:** 590074
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20684315
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Karlsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20684315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/590074

Producer. Born 1 September 1960 in New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 September 1960, New York
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Stephen Woolley](https://film.one/person/stephen-woolley.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2010s 69 (4), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 4, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $121m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Karlsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20684315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/590074

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Carol*](https://film.one/film/carol.md) (88)
- **Netflix:** [*On Chesil Beach*](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Elizabeth Karlsen is an American–British film producer. She began her career in New York after completing a graduate degree at Sussex University and has worked in independent film production for over three decades.

In 2002, she co-founded Number 9 Films with her husband and production partner Stephen Woolley. She has produced films including *The Crying Game* (1992), *Little Voice* (1998), *Carol* (2015), *Colette* (2018), *On Chesil Beach* (2018) and *Living* (2022). In 2019, Karlsen and Woolley received the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Living* (2022), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/living.md)
- *On Chesil Beach* (2018), Fi1m 65, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md)
- *Carol* (2015), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/carol.md)
- *Youth* (2015), Fi1m 66, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/youth-2015.md)
- *Great Expectations* (2012), Fi1m 57, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-2012.md)
- *The Crying Game* (1992), Fi1m 82, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-crying-game.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Pale View of Hills* (2025), Producer
- *The Salt Path* (2025), Producer
- *The Assessment* (2025), Producer
- *Another End* (2024), Co-Executive Producer
- *Living* (2022), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/living.md)
- *Mothering Sunday* (2021), Producer
- *Colette* (2018), Producer
- *On Chesil Beach* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/on-chesil-beach.md)
- *Their Finest* (2017), Producer
- *The Limehouse Golem* (2016), Producer
- *Carol* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/carol.md)
- *Youth* (2015), Co-Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/youth-2015.md)
- *Hyena* (2015), Producer
- *Byzantium* (2013), Producer
- *Great Expectations* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-2012.md)
- *Midnight's Children* (2012), Co-Producer
- *Made in Dagenham* (2010), Producer
- *Perrier's Bounty* (2010), Producer
- *Sounds Like Teen Spirit* (2009), Co-Producer, Producer
- *How to Lose Friends & Alienate People* (2008), Producer
- *And When Did You Last See Your Father?* (2007), Producer
- *Sixty Six* (2006), Producer
- *Mrs. Harris* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Ladies in Lavender* (2004), Producer
- *Purely Belter* (2000), Producer
- *Little Voice* (1998), Producer
- *Hollow Reed* (1996), Producer
- *The Neon Bible* (1995), Producer
- *The Crying Game* (1992), Co-Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-crying-game.md)
- *The Pope Must Die* (1991), Co-Producer
- *Hardware* (1990), Producer
- *The Big Man* (1990), Production Supervisor
- *Heart* (1987), Assistant Production Coordinator
- *The Way of the Wicked* (1986), Producer, Editor
- *Tommy's* (1985), Assistant Director

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