Walden Media
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| Film Financing Publishing Company |
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| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder |
Micheal Flaherty Cary Granat |
| Headquarters |
Los Angeles, California (corporate headquarters) Boston, Massachusetts (Education, Outreach, Interactive and Publishing office), USA |
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Key people
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Frank Smith (President & CEO) Naia Cucukov (VP, Development & Production) Philip Anschutz (owner) |
| Parent | Anschutz Entertainment Group |
| Website | walden |
Walden Media, LLC or Walden Media Group is an American film investor, distributor, and publishing company best known as the producers of The Chronicles of Narnia series. Its films are based on notable classic or award-winning children's literature, compelling biographies or historical events, as well as documentaries and some original screenplays.
The corporate headquarters of Walden Media are located in Los Angeles, California, and the Education, Outreach, Interactive and Publishing office is in Boston, Massachusetts.
Walden Media was founded in 2001 by Micheal Flaherty and Cary Granat. Granat was president of Miramax's Dimension Films division, and Flaherty came from the world of education. Flaherty was called an "entrepreneur in education" by The Boston Globe for his work with innovative programs meant to help underprivileged students gain access to quality education. The two were housemates at Tufts University before following different paths and then reuniting to form Walden Media as a movie, television, publishing and Internet enterprise whose goal is to teach and entertain kids. The company is owned by the Christian conservative Philip Anschutz, who has said he expects their movies "to be entertaining, but also to be life affirming and to carry a moral message."
The company's notable releases include Holes in 2003, Because of Winn-Dixie for Twentieth Century Fox in 2005, How to Eat Fried Worms and Charlotte's Web in 2006, and Bridge to Terabithia, in 2007, as well as three adaptations of The Chronicles of Narnia in 2005, 2008 and 2010. All of these films are adaptations of popular children's books.
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