Level 1 Entertainment LLC
is an American
film production company
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. It was founded in January 2003 by
film producer
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Bill Todman, Jr.
Bill Todman Jr. is an American media executive. He began his career working for his father, Hall of Fame television producer Bill Todman.
Career
In 1981, Todman moved to Goodson-Todman West in Los Angeles to concentrate on television production. ...
(the son of game show producer
Bill Todman
William Selden Todman (July 31, 1916 – July 29, 1979) was an American television producer and personality born in New York City. He produced many of television's longest-running shows with business partner Mark Goodson, with whom he create ...
) and
real estate
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and
banking
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magnate
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Edward Milstein
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History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
.
Paul Schwake
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*Paul (surname), a list of people
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joined the company later that year as
chief operating officer
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.
In 2006, Level 1 released their first film, the
comedy
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''
Grandma's Boy'', through
20th Century Fox
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and in collaboration with
Adam Sandler's
Happy Madison Productions. They again worked with Happy Madison on the comedy ''
Strange Wilderness'', which was released on February 1, 2008.
Level 1 also financed
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema is an American film production studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and is a film label of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as an independent film distribution company; later becoming a film studio after ...
's ''
Rendition'', starring
Reese Witherspoon
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and
Jake Gyllenhaal. They were initially a financial partner on ''
Star Trek
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'' along with
Paramount Pictures
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and
J. J. Abrams' production company,
Bad Robot,
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Filmography
See also
* Caravan Pictures
* Spyglass Entertainment
References
External links
Official website
Film production companies of the United States
Mass media companies established in 2003
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