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‘Conclave’ Producers Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell on Their First Oscar Nomination, Building House Productions Into a ‘Home’ Where Talent ‘Will Want to Come Back Again’
The founders of House Productions on how they first started work on adapting Robert Harris' novel and building their company into a home for talent
Robert Harris’ novel “ Conclave,” a political papal thriller set in the Vatican as cardinals jostle and conspire to elect a new Pope, was released in September 2016, coincidentally just weeks after House Productions, which would produce the film adaptation, had been officially launched by Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell. At Film4, Ross had worked with Jonathan Glazer on his previous film, 2013’s cult classic “Under the Skin,” and says the filmmaker was “very keen to have the same team around him when it came to financing” when it came to his harrowing Auschwitz drama (like “Conclave,” adapted from a novel, this time by Martin Amis). Newcomers to House’s growing stable include author, comedian and filmmaker Richard Ayoade, who has two projects in development, a feature adaptation of George Saunders’ short story “The Semplica Girl Diaries” — which was first announced in 2023 — and a comedy series based on his own books involving the character Harauld Hughes.
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