Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
| Private | |
| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | Sidney Kimmel (chair) |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
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Key people
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John Penotti (president) Carla Hacken (co-president of production) Julie Yorn (co-president of production) |
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment is an American financer, film and television production company founded in 2004 by philanthropist and film producerSidney Kimmel. Sidney Kimmel Entertainment focuses on bringing entertainment projects to audiences in association with studio distribution partners.
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment has co-financed and produced/co-produced more than 40 motion pictures. SKE releases include the thriller The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Matthew McConaughey, with Lakeshore Entertainment and released by Lionsgate; the 2007 British comedy Death at a Funeral as well as the 2010 American remake, with co-writer/co-producer Chris Rock leading an all-star ensemble cast, released by Screen Gems; Marc Forster's The Kite Runner, based on a novel of the same name, produced with DreamWorks, Participant Productions, and Parkes/MacDonald Productions, released by Paramount Vantage; the critical hit Breach, the true story about an FBI traitor starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe and Laura Linney; Lars and the Real Girl, starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Craig Gillespie and released by MGM; and Oscar-nominated United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass, based on the true story of the doomed flight of 9/11, in association with Universal Pictures.
SKE also financed and produced The Place Beyond the Pines, co-written and directed by Derek Cianfrance, starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes. Critically acclaimed, The Place Beyond the Pines was one of the year’s top grossing independently financed and produced features and was released by Focus Features.
SKE’s most recent film, The Age of Adaline, a Lionsgate film and co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment released on April 24, 2015, starring Blake Lively and Harrison Ford, and directed by Lee Toland Krieger.
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