Lions Gate Films
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| Film division of Lionsgate | |
| Traded as | AMEX: LGF |
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Founded | 1962 in Montreal (as Cinépix Film Properties) January 12, 1998 in Vancouver, British Columbia (as Lions Gate Films) |
| Founder | Frank Giustra |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, United States |
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Area served
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North America United Kingdom France Australasia India Germany (coming soon) |
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Key people
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Patrick Wachsberger (Co-Chairman) Rob Friedman (Co-Chairman) |
| Parent | Lionsgate |
| Divisions | Lionsgate Premiere |
| Subsidiaries | Globalgate Entertainment Grindstone Entertainment Group Pantelion Films Roadside Attractions Summit Entertainment Codeblack Films (joint-venture with CodeBlack Enterprises) |
| Website | www |
Lionsgate Films (formerly known as Cinépix Film Properties) (styled as LIONSGATE) is an American film production/distribution studio and a division of Lions Gate Entertainment. It is the largest and most successful mini-major film studio in North America. It focuses on foreign and independent films and has distributed various commercially successful film series, including The Twilight Saga (partially, via the firm's 2012 acquisition of Twilight distributor Summit Entertainment), The Hunger Games, The Divergent Series, Saw, Madea, and The Expendables.
Cinépix was founded in 1962 by John Dunning and Andre Link and was based in Montreal. Cinépix was a leading Canadian independent motion picture company, releasing both English- and French-language films and making ten to 12 modestly budgeted titles annually. Initially a distribution company, Cinépix's first production was the 1969 erotic drama Valérie, which garnered $1 million in Quebec. The company was also responsible for launching the careers of, among others, David Cronenberg (Shivers) and Ivan Reitman (Meatballs). The company also distributed art-house films like grunge rock documentary Hype, Vincent Gallo's Buffalo '66, and SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist.
From 1989 to 1994, Cinépix was partners with Famous Players in C/FP Distribution, which was renamed Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) after the former bought out the latter's stake in the organization.
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