Heyday Films is a British film production company, founded by producer David Heyman in London in 1997. Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... A film producer oversees the making of movies. ... David Heyman is a British film producer born in London, England in 1961. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It's first feature film production was Ravenous (1999), directed by Antonia Bird. However, it is most notable for producing the Harry Potter film series, based on the novels of J.K. Rowling, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001. Ravenous is a movie released in 1999, directed by Antonia Bird and written by Ted Griffin. ... See also: 1998 in film, other events of 1999, 2000 in film, list of years in film. Events April 7 - Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace May 3 - A Durham, North Carolina... Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ... Cover of the International edition, distributed in the United Kingdom, Australia, India and Canada Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is the first volume in a planned series of seven books written by British author J. K. Rowling, and featuring Harry Potter, a young wizard. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2001. ...