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Artisan Entertainment
USINFO | 2013-05-29 14:07
Artisan Entertainment Inc. was a privately held independent American movie studio until it was purchased by a Canadian studio, Lions Gate, in 2003. At the time of its acquisition, Artisan had a library of thousands of films developed through acquisition, original production, and production and distribution agreements. Its headquarters and private screening room were located in Santa Monica, California. It also had an office in TriBeCa, Lower Manhattan, New York City.
The company owned the home video rights to the film libraries of Republic Pictures, and Carolco Pictures. They also owned Family Home Entertainment (FHE), and its motion picture subdivision, FHE Pictures for a first-feature film Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie.
Artisan's releases included Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Grizzly Falls, Killing Zoe, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, The Blair Witch Project, Novocaine, and Startup.com.
Filmography
Pi (1998)
Permanent Midnight (1998)
Belly (1998)
Ringmaster (1998)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Breaks (1999)
Grizzly Falls (1999)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Cecil B. Demented (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Way of the Gun (2000)
Made (2001)
Startup.com (2001)
Soul Survivor (2001)
Novocaine (2001)
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
Boat Trip (2003)
Final Examination (2003)
Step into Liquid (2003)
House of the Dead (2003)
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
The Punisher (2004)
