INDIE THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTORS – culled from ... - Irish Film Board

INDIE THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTORS – Summer 2012
SPC – Tom Bernard and Michael Barker
FOCUS – CEO James Schamus, president Andrew Karpen.
SEARCHLIGHT – Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula.
WEINSTEIN COMPANY – Harvey and Bob Weinstein. COO David Glasser.
RELATIVITY– CEO Ryan Kavanaugh, President/CFO Steve Bertram, Co-President
Tucker Tooley.
LIONSGATE – Jon Feltheimer, Joe Drake, Steve Beeks
SUMMIT – Rob Friedman, Patrick Wachsberger – 1/12: PURCHASED BY
LIONSGATE.
CBS FILMS –Wolfgang Hammer, Terry Press
LD DISTRIBUTION – Mickey Liddell. President David Dinerstein.
FILMDISTRICT –Graham King, Tim Headington, Peter Schlessel
MAGNOLIA – Eamon Bowles – Genre subdivision: MAGNET
IFC – Jonathan Sehring. Labels: IFC Midnight, Sundance Selects.
GOLDWYN/IDP – Meyer Gottlieb, Samuel Goldwyn.
ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS – Howard Cohen, Eric D’Arbeloff.
OPEN ROAD – partnership btw. AMC and Regal Theaters, run by Tom Ortenberg
MUSIC BOX – William Schopf, Ed Arentz
KINO – Donald Krim, Gary Palmucci
ZEITGEIST – Nancy Gerstman, Emily Russo
OSCILLOSCOPE –David Fenkel. Dan Berger, Dave Laub
CINEMA GUILD – focus on docs. Philip and Mary-Ann Hobel
STRAND – Marcus Hu, Jon Gerrans
A24 – TBA partnership between Daniel Katz, John Hodges, David Fenkel
FIRST INDEPENDENT – Gary Rubin
FIRST RUN FEATURES – Seymour Wishman
VITAGRAPH – David Schultz
ABRAMORAMA – Richard Abramowitz.
Note: Abramowitz also has a company with Kirt Eftekhar called Area23a that
designs “event” releases for films like BESTWORSTMOVIE. (Calendar releases on
midnight movies, etc.)
BALCONY RELEASING – Connie White.
BIG PICTURES – Mumbai-based division of Reliance that released HULLA (2008) in
US. Unclear if currently active.
CINEMA LIBRE –founder Philippe Diaz
EROS – based in London, Mumbai, and New Jersey. Bollywood titles
ICARUS FILMS – Jonathan Miller
INDIEPIX – Bob Alexander (president), Barnet Liberman (chair)
KIDTOON FILMS – owned by Cinedigm, maker of booking software, exhibition
equipment, etc. – label for special child-friendly matinee programming.
NEW FILMS – Tim Swain
ANCHOR BAY FILMS – president Bill Clark
WOMEN MAKE MOVIES – Debbie Zimmerman
GKIDS –Eric Beckman Dave Jesteadt, who also run NY Int’l Children’s Film
Festival
GIGANTIC RELEASING – Mark Lipsky
OLIVE FILMS – Farhad Arshad
Updated 7/12

eONE FILMS NORTH AMERICA – launched 8/11. Pres. David Reckziegel, VP of
Marketing and Distribution Dylan Wiley
LIBERATION ENTERTAINMENT – Jay Boberg and Rob
Williams.
MILLENIUM ENTERTAINMENT – CEO Bill Lee – BERNIE
IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT – recently purchased by BET founder Robert Johnson;
CEO Ted Green
INDICAN – Shaun Hill
INTERNATIONAL FILM CIRCUIT – Wendy Lidell – YOO-HOO MRS. GOLDBERG,
THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN
ARTHOUSE FILMS – David Koh, Lily Bright, Stanley Buchthal. – WASTE LAND,
BEAUTIFUL LOSERS, THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI
SHADOW DISTRIBUTION – Ken Eisen – YOUSSOU NDOUR: I BRING WHAT I
LOVE, WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL
FIRST LOOK INT’L – Avi Lerner, Chris Cooney – TRANSSIBERIAN, MEET BILL
Related: FIRST LOOK PICTURES RELEASING – Trevor Short (CEO), Andy
Gruenberg (theatrical exec) – BAD LIEUTENANT
AFTER DARK – Courtney Solomon and Allan Zeman; concentrate on horror films,
distribution handled by Lions Gate – AN AMERICAN HAUNTING, WRISTCUTTERS
ADOPT FILMS – co-managing partners Jeff Lipsky, Minnesota-based Tim Grady and
Karen Sternal (founded 2011)– THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE, MIGHT
FINE, NUIT #1
NEW YORKER (reconstituted) –Jose Lopez – MY DOG TULIP
RED FLAG – Paul Federbush and Laura Kim (ex-WIP), Ron Stein – partnered with
Wolfe Video – 8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION
ATO – Dave Matthews, Temple Fennel, Jonathan Dorfman. Head of Acquisitions Sarah
Lash.– TERRI, MAO’S LAST DANCER (w/IDP)
REGENT RELEASING – Paul Colichman (CEO),Stephen P. Jarchow (chair), John A.
Lambert (pres.)– I KILLED MY MOTHER, ABOUT ELLY, LITTLE ASHES,
STEPHANIE DALEY
RIALTO PICTURES – Bruce Goldstein, Adrienne Halpern. Mostly re-issues. – THE
PHANTOM OF LIBERTY re-issue, RAN re-issue, ARMY OF SHADOWS
FREESTYLE RELEASING – Mark Borde (pres.), Susan Jackson (co-pres.) – BOTTLE
SHOCK, WRISTCUTTERS, A HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT
LORBER FILMS – Richard Lorber, VP Elizabeth Sheldon – MADEMOISELLE
CHAMBON, TWO IN THE WAVE, TONY MANERO
UTV – Bollywood –
WALKING SHADOWS – Alexander Nohe – COLIN, THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE,
BLOOD EQUITY, BURNING MAN
DISTRIBUTOR MOTION FILM GROUP –“backed by” financier Fotis Georgiadis
(HOUNDDOG, TWELVE) – intend to do foreign sales – GUN HILL ROAD
CITY LIGHTS – Danny Fisher – THE TEN, MANDA BALA
FILM MOVEMENT – Adley Gartenstein. DVD-of-the-Month club, some theatrical –
SOMERS TOWN, EL DORADO
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PICTURES – Ron Rodgers and Randy Slaughter – EXPELLED,
THE EARLY YEARS OF BILLY GRAHAM
VIVENDI ENTERTAINMENT – Tom O’Malley.– AN AMERICAN CAROL, THE
STONE ANGEL.
DRAFTHOUSE FILMS – Tim League, CEO of Alamo Drafthouse –
FOUR LIONS
Updated 7/12

ELEPHANT EYE – Kim Jose and David Robinson – THE MAID,
THE DOGPOUND, BILLY THE KID
COHEN MEDIA GROUP – Charles S. Cohen, Edmondo Schwartz, and Steve Scheffer
– OUTSIDE THE LAW, MY AFTERNOONS WITH MARGUERITE
ARC Entertainment (Matthew Smith) and XLrator (Barry Gordon) – THE WARD,
IRONCLAD
CARNIVALESQUE – David Redmon & Ashley Sabin. Mostly docs. – OCTOBER
COUNTY, CITIZEN ARCHITECT
BLUE COLLAR RELEASING – CA-based – LIKE DANDELION DUST
NEOCLASSICS – Irwin Olian – ST. TRINIAN’S, CAPTAIN ABU RAED
SCREEN MEDIA – Robert Baruc –FORMOSA BETRAYED, THE PRIVATE LIVES
OF PIPPA LEE.
PHASE 4 FILMS – Barry Meyerowitz – now doing day-and-date VOD (2/11)– VIDAL
SASSOON, BROTHERHOOD FINDING BLISS, JCVD
IDP (division of Samuel Goldwyn) –Michael Silbermann. – TRUMBO,
MOUNTAIN PATROL.
MITROPOLOUS FILMS – M.J. Peckos – GOTTA DANCE, HE WAS A QUIET MAN
PALADIN – Mark Urman – THE GREATEST, DISGRACE.
SLOW HAND RELEASING –Marty Zeidman – THE PROVIDENCE EFFECT,
STREET DREAMS
VARIANCE FILMS – Dylan Marchetti – THE LOTTERY, WALKING ON DEAD
FISH, SMOTHER.
RANGE LIFE ENTERTAINMENT – Todd Sklar – event-based/educational tour releases
and/or marketing in partnership with other distrib – ON THE ROAD WITH JUDAS,
ADVENTURES OF POWER (w/Variance)
WREKIN HILL – CEO Chris Ball, CFO/COO Rene Cogan, Acq. John Crye –
video/VOD deal w/Lionsgate; teamed with merchandising company NECA,
Canadian output deal with E1 – HESHER, SPORK
Also UNDERHILL – genre division of Wrekin Hill/NECA – LOCKED IN, FADING OF
THE CRIES
FILM ARCADE – Miranda Bailey and Matthew Leutwyler (Ambush Entertainment),
Andy Bohn (Fluent [digital distrib], Morgan Creek, ICM), Jason Beck – THE OTHER
DREAM TEAM (in partnership w/Lionsgate)
EX companies/Inactive
APPARITION –Bill Pohlad owns. Status currently unclear.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC – leaderless as a distribution unit with departure of Battsek;
now produce content for Image Nation/Hyde Park partnership.
NEWMARKET – re-constituted in recent times
Updated 7/12