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John and James Woolf
Sir John Woolf (15 March 1913, London – 28 June 1999, London) and his brother James Woolf (2 March 1920, London – 30 May 1966) were British film producers. John and James founded the production companies Romulus Films and Remus Films, which were active during the 1950s and 1960s,〔Tom Vallance ("Obituary: Sir John Woolf" ), ''The Independent'', 1 July 1999〕 and the distribution company Independent Film Distributors (known as IFD), which was active 1950–59 and handled the UK distribution of films such as ''The African Queen'' and ''Gift Horse'', as well as several films made by their two production companies (such as ''Room at the Top'').
==Biography==
John and James Woolf were the sons of the British producer C. M. Woolf (1879–1942), who was co-producer with Michael Balcon of two early Alfred Hitchcock films, ''Downhill'' (1927) and ''Easy Virtue'' (1928). Woolf senior, was a major figure at Gaumont British, and established General Film Distributors in 1937.
John and James were educated at Eton, while the older brother also attended Institut Montana, Switzerland.〔("Sir John Woolf, 86, Producer Of 'African Queen' and 'Oliver'" ), ''New York Times'', 1 July 1999〕 John was the sales manager of General Film Distributors until it was taken over by the Rank Organisation〔Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent ''British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference'' Oxford University Press, 2007, p.170〕 James worked for Columbia Pictures in the Hollywood publicity department. John Woolf served in World War II and was demobilised with the rank of major.〔Myrna Oliver ("Obituary – John Woolf; Producer of ''African Queen''", ''Los Angeles Times'', 1 July 1999 ) accessed 2 June 2012〕
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