element pictures
IRELAND /UNITED KINGDOM
Company Profile
Ed Guiney co-founded film and television production company Element Pictures with Andrew Lowe in 2001. Element has offices in Dublin and London and works across film and television production. As Founder and CoCEO, Guiney oversees the development and production of Element Pictures film and television slate. Current film productions include Yorgos Lanthimos’ BUGONIA, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons (Focus Features) and two debuts which have just premiered to acclaim at Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2025: Akinola Davies Jnr’s MY FATHER’S SHADOW, the first Nigerian film in Official Selection which was awarded a Special Mention for the Camera d’Or and Harry Lighton’s PILLION starring Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling which won Best Screenplay in Un Certain Regard. Ed has also produced all of Yorgos Lanthimos’ English language films: the multi–Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning films POOR THINGS and THE FAVOURITE - as well as THE LOBSTER, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER and KINDS OF KINDNESS. Other film productions include all of Lenny Abrahamson’s features, most notably his Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning film ROOM; Rungano Nyoni’s second feature film, ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL (BBC Film/Fremantle/A24) which won Best Director at Cannes Film Festival 2024 (Un Certain Regard). Other recent titles include Sebastián Lelio’s THE WONDER; Joanna Hogg’s THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER and THE SOUVENIR PART II; Sean Durkin’s THE NEST and .John Michael McDonagh’s THE GUARD. Current projects on the Element television slate include THE CAGE, a series created by the BAFTA-nominated writer Tony Schumacher BBC; season 3 of THE DRY, written by Nancy Harris for RTE/ITV and THE RACHEL INCIDENT for Channel 4. Previous television credits include adaptations of Sally Rooney’s novels, the BAFTA winning NORMAL PEOPLE and CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS, both directed by Lenny Abrahamson; Nancy Harris’ THE DRY seasons 1 & 2; Shane Meadows’ period drama THE GALLOWS POLE; and an adaptation of Jordan Tannahill’s book, THE LISTENERS for the BBC. As a producer, Ed has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Picture and has won two BAFTAS, three EFAS (including the Prix Eurimages) and a Golden Globe. He also co-owns the LightHouse Cinema in Dublin, Ireland’s premier art house cinema. In May 2022, Fremantle acquired a majority stake in Element Pictures
Ed Guiney
Andrew Lowe
Company Highlights
NORMAL PEOPLE 2020
Format: TV Series
Genre: Drama
Director: Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald
Screenplay: Sally Rooney, Alice Birch, Mark O'Rowe
Cast: Paul Mescal, Daisy Edgar-Jones
In a school in a small town west of Ireland, Connell (Paul Mescal) is a well-liked, good-looking and athletic football player. Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is a proud, intimidating, and unpopular loner who actively avoids her classmates and challenges teachers’ authority. Sparks fly between the two when Connell comes to pick up his mother Lorraine (Sarah Greene) from her job at Marianne’s house and a strange and indelible connection grows between the two teenagers – one they are determined to conceal from their peers. A compulsive modern love story, Normal People sees the pair weave in and out of each other’s lives and explores just how complicated intimacy and young love can be.
Nominated for two Golden Globes, including Best Television Motion Picture,
four Emmys and seven BAFTAs, with a win for Paul Mescal in the Male Lead Category.
THE FAVOURITE 2019
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Drama
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Screenplay: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
Cast: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone
THE FAVOURITE is a story of sex and love, friendship and betrayal, envy and passion amongst three women: Queen Anne, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and Abigail Masham. The film is an Eighteenth Century psychological drama and true story set at the heart of Queen Anne’s court where these three women govern Great Britain – and each other - from the royal bedchamber. . .
Nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture (with a win for Olivia Colman in the Best Actress Category), five Golden Globes (including Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy), twelve BAFTAs, thirteen BIFAs (with a win for Yorgos Lanthimos for Best Director), thirteen Critic's Choice Awards, nine European Film Awards and an Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film
ROOM 2015
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Drama
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Screenplay: Emma Donoghue
Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay
Both highly suspenseful and deeply emotional, ROOM is a unique and touching exploration of the boundless love between a mother and her child. After 5-year-old Jack and his Ma escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery: the outside world. As he experiences all the joy, excitement, and fear that this new adventure brings, he holds tight to the one thing that matters most of all – his special bond with his loving and devoted Ma.
Nominated for four Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay), two BAFTAS (a win for Brie Larson as Best Actress), four Critic's Choice Awards, three Golden Globes (another win for Brie Larson), three Independent Spirit Awards (including a win for Emma Donoghue - Best Adapted Screenplay) and two Screen Actor's Guild awards; Also nominated for Best Film at London Film Festival