2. FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES
• Established in 1994 as a sister company of 20th Century Fox. Owned by Rupert
Murdoch. Fox Searchlight Pictures is a US distributor of independent and British
Films. Alongside this, it distributes dramedy and horror as well as non-English
language films. Current and post productions include: Golden Globe Award-Best
Motion Pictures, Academy Award-Best Actress, ESPY Award-Best Sport Movie, etc.
3. SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT
• An American film production company and distributor founded in 1991 by film
producer Bernd Eichinger, Arnon Milchan and Andrew G.Vajna. However, Summit
was officially launched in 1993 by Patrick Wachsberger, Bob Hayward and David
Garrett as a production, distribution and sales organisation. In 2006, it became a
fully independent film production company. o It is a subsidiary of Lions Gate
Entertainment. Current and post productions include: The Twilight Sage: New
Moon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, Divergent, etc.
4. FILM 4
• Film4 is a British digital television channel available in the United Kingdom, owned
and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. The channel is also available
in the Republic of Ireland on Virgin Media Ireland, Sky Ireland and Eir Vision and
in Switzerland on UPC Cablecom and Swisscom. oFilm4 was founded 1st November
1998. oFilm4 has sister channels 4Seven, Channel 4, E4, More4, etc. Current and
post productions include: Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and Phyllida Lloyd’s
The Iron Lady
5. ICON
• Icon Films is an American established production company. The company also produces
films in the UK and Australia through its British subsidiary Icon Entertainment
International, and distributes cinema films through its British subsidiary Icon Film
Distribution Ltd. It also uses its Australian subsidiary Icon Film Distribution Pty Ltd.
Owns a library of over 250 film titles including: Hamlet(1990), Forever Young(1992),
Airborne(1993) and Maverick(1994). Icon is an independent production company. Their
current and past productions include: Generates in excess of £150million at the box
office. Founded in August 1989 by actor/director Mel Gibson and Australian producing
partner Bruce Davey. In UK and Australia, its DVDs are usually distributed by Warner
Home Video, through some UK DVDs have been released by MGM Home Entertainment.
Icon films are currently distributed in DVD, Blu-Ray Disc and HD VMD.
6. WARP FILMS
• Warp Films is an independent film and television production company based in
Sheffield and London, UK. It also has a further affiliated company Warp Films
Australia based in Melbourne, Australia. Warp Films was founded by Rob Mitchell
and Steve Beckett. It was initially produced with the financial support from NESTA
and had a remit to produce a number of short films. Current and post productions
include: 71(2014), For Those in Peril(2013) and Dead Man’s Shoe(2004).
