PROJECT PINEWOOD

The Pinewood Studios Group today is one of the largest film and television production facility providers in the world, with studios at Pinewood, Shepperton and Teddington. There are over 300 enterprises on site across the group providing services to the creative industries.

Pinewood Studios is regarded throughout the world as Britain’s primary centre for film and television production. Britain is a centre of excellence in the global film and television industry and Pinewood Studios plays a principal role in it.

Project Pinewood will build on Pinewood Studios’ success and reputation and enable it to remain at the forefront of international film and television production. Project Pinewood will comprise a purpose-built living and working community for film, television and the creative industries. Located next to and linked with Pinewood Studios, it will provide a hub for the growth of the UK’s international status as a centre for creative excellence.

Key aspects of the proposal are:

• Job creation – delivery of approximately 630, rising to 960 new jobs by 2022
• Production cost savings – significant reduction in the cost of location filming with the creation of living streetscapes  including Venice, Amsterdam, Prague and New York
• Training – creation of a new Pinewood Screen Crafts Academy providing specialist training for the creative industries
• Housing – up to 1,400 homes within the streetscapes of which 420 will be affordable housing
• Carbon savings – at least a 45% reduction in carbon emissions for both residents of Project Pinewood and film and television productions.