About Giant Films

An independent production company based in London, run by father-daughter duo Nick and Poppy O'Hagan.

01 / About

Their main goal is to support indie filmmakers with a variety of narrative styles, with a focus on creating a framework to enable a more sustainable ecosystem of independent filmmaking in the UK.

Over the past 30 years, Giant has produced its own independent films as well as acting as a co-producing/service partner on other international film and television productions, including Ben Wheatley's High Rise and Lionsgate's The Serpent Queen. The company has always been a huge promoter of independent cinema and has enjoyed working with many unique filmmakers and storytellers, frequently collaborating with the well-renowned late UK producer Jeremy Thomas.

Giant Films is currently preparing the UK theatrical release of BAFTA-nominated Richard Hawkins' sophomore feature Think of England with Tull Stories. The film had its world premiere in Official Competition at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025 and UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2026. Giant Films have also recently premiered Matt Chandler's award-winning short film Every Time I See A Yellow Car at BFI Flare 2026. Giant Films has a slate of feature films in development and pre-production including Richard Hawkins' The Most Dangerous Girl In The World. These next films will be made in collaboration with their distribution initiative Made For Cinema.

02 / Founders

Poppy O’Hagan : Producer

With a passion for languages, Poppy has a bachelors in French and Italian and since graduating, she has worked in London, Paris and Amsterdam on projects such as FX's Atlanta and Netflix's Lady Chatterley's Lover. She spent a few years at Blueprint Pictures assisting directors across numerous feature films, before moving into production at Jeremy Thomas' Recorded Picture Company where she has worked across various projects including Jan Komasa's The Good Boy, which premiered at TIFF 2025. In her independent work at Giant Films in partnership with her father, Poppy is keen to support indie filmmakers with a variety of narrative styles. She currently has several short films on the festival circuit, winning awards at festivals across the UK. Poppy has Ned Caderni's micro budget feature Worm entering its release period and has a slate of features in early prep, including Richard Hawkins' next film The Most Dangerous Girl in the World. In 2025, Poppy was selected as one of twelve participants of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Breaking into the Industry Talent Lab. In 2026, she also premiered Matt Chandler's award-winning short film Every Time I See A Yellow Car at BFI Flare and is continuing on the circuit, attending many BIFA, BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying festivals, including being Academy Award-longlisted by winning Best Live Action Short at deadCenter Film Festival in Oklahoma, US.

Nick O’Hagan : Producer

From the beginning of his career, Nick has been a huge supporter and stalwart of independent cinema and has enjoyed working with many unique filmmakers and storytellers. His producing debut was with Julien Temple's Pandaemonium which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2000, starring Samantha Morton and Linus Roache. Over the past 25 years his company, Giant Films has produced its own award-winning independent films, as well as acting as a co-producing/service partner on other international film and television productions. He has worked with a variety of writers, directors and actors ranging from Dustin Hoffman, Lupita Nyong'o, to Juliette Binoche, Lynne Ramsay and Guy Ritchie. Nick has regularly co-produced for Jeremy Thomas' Recorded Picture Company and Hanway Films working with internationally renowned directors such as Ben Wheatley, David Mackenzie, and Terry Gilliam and acting talent, Tilda Swinton, Ewan McGregor, Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Jeff Bridges, Jude Law, and Jeremy Irons. His most recent collaboration as production consultant was on the new film by Jan Komasa, The Good Boy. Nick was executive producer on New Line Cinema's The Good Liar directed by Bill Condon starring Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Ian McKellen. He also co-executive produced the 20th Television Series We Were the Lucky Ones starring Joey King and Logan Lerman. In 2026, he executive produced season 6 of Disney's Only Murders in the Building.

03 / Key credits

04 / Contact

GIANT FILMS LTD Kemp House, 124 City Road, London EC1V 2NX T 020 3287 5371 E info@giantfilms.com REGISTERED IN ENGLAND AND WALES AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS, NO 3836030, VAT No. 754697677