Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (Sometimes stylized as LIONSGATE) is an American entertainment company that originated in Vancouver, British Columbia and later based in Los Angeles, and is now headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA. As of 2007, it is the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in North America.
Lions Gate Films was initiated in 1995 by Frank Giustra, a Vancouver investment ba...
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Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (Sometimes stylized as LIONSGATE) is an American entertainment company that originated in Vancouver, British Columbia and later based in Los Angeles, and is now headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA. As of 2007, it is the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in North America.
Lions Gate Films was initiated in 1995 by Frank Giustra, a Vancouver investment banker hoping to capitalize on the growing film industry in his home town. The company bought a number of small production facilities and distributors, including Trimark Pictures, Montreal-based Cinepix Film Productions (CFP) and, most notably, Artisan Entertainment.
In 2005 Lions Gate Entertainment announced that they had sold off their Canadian distribution rights to the formed Maple Pictures, founded and co-owned by two former Lions Gate executives, Brad Pelman and Laurie May.
Its first major box office success was American Psycho in 2000,...
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