Element Pictures was founded in 2001 by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe.
[3][4] The company often co-produces with or arranges funding from Irish governmental organizations such as Screen Ireland, as well as from BBC Film and Film4 in the United Kingdom and US companies A24 and Searchlight Pictures.
[9] In 2015 the company co-produced the television series Red Rock with TV3[7][10] as well as the feature film The Lobster.
[11] Also, in 2015, Element Pictures received three Independent Spirit Award nominations[12] and its co-production, Lenny Abrahamson's Room, was nominated for three Golden Globe awards.
In May 2022, a majority stake in Element Pictures was acquired by the European production and distribution company, Fremantle.