Beaconsfield Film Studios | |
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![]() The studios in 2011: (left to right) Oswald Morris building, original film sound stage building, TV studio building | |
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General information | |
Address | Station Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1LG[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°36′19″N 0°38′15″W / 51.6054°N 0.6374°W |
Opening | 1922 |
Owner | National Film and Television School (1971–present) |
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NFTS Production Facilities |
Beaconsfield Film Studios is a British television and film studio in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The studios were operational as a production site for films in 1922, and continued producing films - and, later, TV shows - until the 1960s. Britain's first talking movie was recorded there, as were films starring British actors Gracie Fields, Peter Sellers and John Mills.
Since 1971 it has been the home of the National Film and Television School, an internationally recognized postgraduate school for film and TV production, famous as the birthplace of the animated characters Wallace and Gromit.