Artisan Entertainment

Artisan Entertainment, Inc.

Formerly called	U.S.A. Home Video (1983–1987) International Video Entertainment (1985–1990) LIVE Entertainment (1988–1998)
Former type	Subsidiary
Industry	Home video company Motion pictures
Fate	Acquired by and folded into Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc.
Successor	Lionsgate Home Entertainment Lionsgate Films
Founded	1980 (as Family Home Entertainment)
Defunct	2004
Headquarters	15400 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA (1986–1998) 2700 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA (1998–2004)
Key people	Noel Bloom, Sr.
Owner	Family Home Entertainment (1983–1984) NCB Entertainment Group (1984–1987) Carolco Pictures (1987–1993) Independent (1993–1997) Bain Capital (1997–2003) Lions Gate Entertainment (2003–2004)
Divisions	Artisan Pictures Artisan Television Artisan Home Entertainment Family Home Entertainment

Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company. It was considered one of the largest mini-major film studios until it was purchased by later mini-major film studio Lions Gate Entertainment 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 in Manhattan, New York.

The company owned the home video rights to the film libraries of Republic Pictures, ITC Entertainment, EMI Films, Gladden Entertainment, Hemdale Film Corporation, The Shooting Gallery, and Carolco Pictures before it went defunct.

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.