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Newmarket Films

Newmarket Films

American privately owned independent film company


Newmarket Films, LLC was an American privately owned independent film production and distribution company and a former film distribution subsidiary of Newmarket Capital Group. The company produced such films as The Mexican, Cruel Intentions, and the Christopher Nolan films Memento and The Prestige. Newmarket distributed, in North America, such films as The Passion of the Christ, Whale Rider, Monster, Donnie Darko, and God Grew Tired of Us.

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History

Newmarket Capital Group was founded in 1994 by Chris Ball and William Tyrer, with the company's executive team made up of Chris Calhoon, Rene Cogan, John Crye and Robert Fyvolent. The company was originally launched as a film financing company. Newmarket financed and produced films that had "break-out potential" and finance as small as $2 million and as large as $20 million.[1] While financing and producing Memento, the company had trouble trying to find a distribution deal. Producer Aaron Ryder, who brought the film to Newmarket, decided to distribute it as a one-off project under Newmarket Films. Memento was a critical and commercial success, thus leading Newmarket Films to become a full theatrical distribution company.[2]

Newmarket Films was acquired by Exclusive Media Group (which eventually became Exclusive Media) in 2009.[3][4] In 2010, Newmarket made a deal with Lionsgate Home Entertainment to become the exclusive home entertainment distributor for Newmarket's film library.[5] Later that year, Chris Ball left the company to form the distribution company Wrekin Hill Entertainment; Rene Cogan and John Crye joined him.[6] Exclusive Media then sold its own film library, including the Newmarket library, to AMBI Group in 2015.[7]

Filmography

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As financier/producer

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References

  1. Coe, Michelle (1 April 2001). "Newmarket Capital Group - Independent Magazine". Independent Magazine. Retrieved 1 Apr 2001.
  2. "Distributor FAQ: Newmarket Films". Independent Magazine. 2002-12-01. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  3. "EMG Acquires Newmarket Films". TheWrap. 6 November 2009.
  4. "Co-founder Chris Ball exits Newmarket Films". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  5. Tartaglione, Nancy (4 September 2015). "Exclusive Media Group Library Sold To AMBI Group". Deadline.



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