Capital Arts Entertainment

Capital Arts Entertainment is a Los Angeles based film/TV, production, financing and distribution company.

Run by former Roger Corman alums Mike Elliott, Rob Kerchner and Joe Genier, Capital Arts Entertainment is widely believed to have produced, with Saban Entertainment's Lance H.Robbins and Haim Saban, the very first direct-to-video sequel, 1996's Casper: A Spirited Beginning starring Steve Guttenberg, Lori Loughlin and Rodney Dangerfield.

Company efforts include Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, Beethoven's 5th, Peaceful Warrior, Why Did I Get Married?, Route 9, The Perfect Holiday and TimeCop : The Berlin Decision. Though best known for their succession of direct-to-video sequels, the shingle has also developed and produced several original features.

Capital Arts Entertainment was founded in 1995 by Mike Elliot, Rob Kerchner and Joe Genier.

Elliot was production chief, Genier was line producer and Kerchner was head of development at Roger Corman's Concorde New Horizons label, known for their B-grade video premieres. One of the new business opportunities Elliott brought to Corman's company were multi-picture output deals for overseas markets. Later, Elliot and Kerchner would become Corman's financial partner on projects, ultimately doing most of the script-reading and overseeing the company on a day-to-day basis. The pair unsuccessfully tried to buy Concorde New Horizons from Corman in 1995, who kept hiking up the price. Instead, they turned their attention to forming a new company.

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