About

Violet Pictures is a production and distribution company founded by Jan Dunn and James Collie in 2012. They produced the award-winning Private View (Melbourne Queer Film Festival, BFI Flare). Other credits include Beyond Biba: A Portrait of Barbara Hulanicki and the narrative feature Gypo, which was awarded a BIFA for best achievement in production. They are a core partner of the Ramsgate Community Cinema and Folkestone Documentary Festival, supported by the BFI. They have released award-winning films in UK cinemas, including Hoop Dreams, Burden of Dreams, The Silence of Others and Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project. In 2025, Violet Pictures launched a research and development fund.