The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Promotional release poster
Directed by	Will Sharpe
Screenplay by	Simon Stephenson Will Sharpe
Story by	Simon Stephenson
Produced by	Adam Ackland Ed Clarke Leah Clarke
Starring	Benedict Cumberbatch Claire Foy Andrea Riseborough Toby Jones
Narrated by	Olivia Colman
Cinematography	Erik Wilson
Edited by	Selina Macarthur
Music by	Arthur Sharpe
Production companies	StudioCanal Film4 Productions Shoebox Films SunnyMarch
Distributed by	StudioCanal (United Kingdom and France) Amazon Studios (United States)
Release dates	2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) (Telluride) 5 November 2021 (2021-11-05) (United States) 1 January 2022 (2022-01-01) (United Kingdom)
Running time	111 minutes[1]
Countries	France United Kingdom United States
Language	English

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is a 2021 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Will Sharpe, from a story by Simon Stephenson, and screenplay by Stephenson and Sharpe. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch (as the eccentric artist Louis Wain), Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough and Toby Jones.

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain had its world premiere at the 48th Telluride Film Festival on 2 September 2021, had a limited release on 22 October 2021, and was released in the United States on Prime Video on 5 November 2021. It was released in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2022, by StudioCanal.