Editing Pinewood Studios (section)

===2000s===
[[The Rank Group]] owned the studio until 2001, when it sold Pinewood for £62 million to a group led by [[Michael Grade]] and Ivan Dunleavy and financed by private equity group [[3i]], who held an 80% stake.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=28 February 2000|title=Grade grabs Pinewood for $99 mil|last=Dawtrey|first=Adam|page=31}}</ref> The purchase of [[Shepperton Studios]] from a consortium headed by [[Ridley Scott|Ridley]] and [[Tony Scott]], gave rise to the [[Pinewood Group]], eventually comprising Pinewood Studios, Shepperton Studios, [[Teddington Studios]], [[Pinewood Toronto Studios]], [[Pinewood Indomina Studios]], Pinewood Studio Berlin, [[Iskandar Malaysia Studios|Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios]], and a joint venture in the US with [[Trilith Studios|Pinewood Atlanta Studios]].<ref name=heritage>{{cite web |title=Our Heritage |url=https://www.pinewoodgroup.com/pinewood-today/our-heritage |website=Pinewood |access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref>

In 2009, Pinewood and Shepperton received a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] Award for their Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.<ref>{{cite news | title = Bafta honour for Pinewood studios |work=BBC News| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7873037.stm| access-date =23 September 2011| date=5 February 2009}}</ref>