Mandeville Films is an American
film
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production company
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headquartered in
Burbank, California
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. Founded in 1995 by film producer
David Hoberman
David Elliot Hoberman (born September 19, 1952) is an American film and television producer, best known as the co-creator and executive producer of the USA Network television series '' Monk'', and the founder and co-owner of Mandeville Films. He ...
, the company re-formed as Mandeville Films and Television in 2002 after a short hiatus for three years, with Hoberman and
Todd Lieberman
Todd Darren Lieberman (born February 20, 1973) is an American film and television producer. He founded Hidden Pictures Media in 2022 and won an Emmy for Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers in 2022. He co-founded Mandeville Films and Television with ...
as partners and co-owners.
History
Film executive
David Hoberman
David Elliot Hoberman (born September 19, 1952) is an American film and television producer, best known as the co-creator and executive producer of the USA Network television series '' Monk'', and the founder and co-owner of Mandeville Films. He ...
founded Mandeville Films in January 1995 as he exited
Walt Disney Studios with a five-year, multi-picture production deal.
In 1999, Hoberman hired
Ashok Amritraj
Ashok Amritraj (born 22 February 1956) is Chairman and CEO of the ''Hyde Park Entertainment Group'' and was formerly CEO of National Geographic Films.
Career
Amritraj has produced over 100 films during his 35-year career with collective world ...
, who was an employee of
Franchise Pictures
Franchise Pictures LLC was an independent motion picture production and distribution company, founded by Elie Samaha, Ashok Amritraj, and Andrew Stevens. They were known for their production in the action film genre. The company also had a short- ...
, joined the company, renaming it to
Hyde Park Entertainment Hyde or Hydes may refer to:
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, which will be a film financer and producer. The Hyde Park company will split deals with
Walt Disney Studios and
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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.
In 2002, Amritaj and Hoberman split their ties, and Hoberman himself reformed Mandeville Films with an exclusive five-year contract with
Walt Disney Studios.
Hoberman brought along fellow producer
Todd Lieberman
Todd Darren Lieberman (born February 20, 1973) is an American film and television producer. He founded Hidden Pictures Media in 2022 and won an Emmy for Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers in 2022. He co-founded Mandeville Films and Television with ...
as a partner, who worked with Hoberman when he was senior vice president for international finance at Hyde Park Entertainment.
When Mandeville Films returned to the studios, it was scheduled to produce 2 movies each for
Touchstone
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and
MGM: ''
Walking Tall'', ''
Raising Helen
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'', ''
The Last Shot'', and ''
Beauty Shop''. The studio itself went back to Disney in
2006
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to co-produce ''
Eight Below'' and ''
The Shaggy Dog'' back-to-back.
Mandeville Films has an ongoing partnership with
ABC, they renewed their contracts in July 2015, for two more years.
In May 2018, Mandeville Films ended its partnership with Disney to sign with
Universal Pictures
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for a "first-look production agreement".
Filmography
Feature films
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Upcoming
Television series
Made for television films
References
External links
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1995 establishments in California
1999 disestablishments in California
2002 establishments in California
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