Martin Pope

Martin Pope (born 1961) is a British film producer and co-founder of Magic Light Pictures, a London-based independent film production company.

Career Pope began his career directing Fringe theatre before joining BBC TV Drama, first in production roles and subsequently as a script editor and producer. He script-edited Blore MP and 102 Boulevard Haussmann, before deputising for Innes Lloyd on Alan Bennett’s A Question of Attribution, directed by John Schlesinger.

Pope went on to produce The Soldier, directed by Jean Stewart, Meat directed by John Madden and Harwant Bains’s Two Oranges and a Mango directed by Lindsay Posner.

In 1994, Pope set up an independent company to produce, among others the feature film the feature film Alive and Kicking, BIFA, Evening Standard and Europa Cinema award winning The Heart of Me, BIFA and Evening Standard Award winner Lawless Heart and Sundance hit, Touch of Pink by Ian Iqbal Rashid.,

In 2003 Pope, alongside producer Michael Rose, co-founded Magic Light Pictures, a London-based independent film production company which has produced films including The Gruffalo and The Snail and the Whale. Their work at Magic Light has been nominated for 4 Oscars and won 4 BAFTAs and 5 International Emmy awards and a Children’s and Family Emmy (2025).

Filmography Selected Productions Year Production Role 1993 The Soldier (film) Producer 1994 The Soldier (TV Series) Producer 1991-1994 Screen One (TV series) Assistant Producer 1996 Indian Summer (film) Producer 1999 The Turn of the Screw (film) Producer 2001 Lawless Heart (film) Producer 2002 Stag (Short film) Producer 2002 The Heart of Me (film) Producer 2004 Touch of Pink (Film) Producer 2007 Sparkle (film) Producer 2009 The Gruffalo (film) Producer 2010 Wild Target (film) Producer 2010 Chico and Rita (film) Producer 2011 The Gruffalo's Child (film) Producer 2015 Stick Man (film) Producer 2016 Revolting Rhymes (film) Producer 2017 The Highway Rat (film) Producer 2018 Zog (film) Producer 2019 The Snail and the Whale (film) Producer 2020 Zog and the Flying Doctors (film) Producer 2021 Superworm (film) Producer 2021-2023 Pip and Posy (TV series, 105 episodes) Executive Producer 2023 The Smeds and the Smoos (film) Producer 2023 Tabby McTat (film) Executive Producer 2023 The Velveteen Rabbit (film) Producer 2024 Tiddler (film) Producer