Phoenix Pictures is an American independent film production company that has produced films since the mid to late 1990s with features including '' The People vs. Larry Flynt'' (1996), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), ''

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'' (2007), ''

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'' (2010), and '' Shutter Island'' (2010).

History

Producers

Mike Medavoy Morris Mike Medavoy (born January 21, 1941) is an American film producer and business executive. He co-founded Orion Pictures and currently serves as chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures. He previously held leadership roles at TriStar Pictures a ...

and Arnold Messer founded Phoenix Pictures in November 1995 as an independent production company. They acquired financing from

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, Pearson Television, and

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. It struck a deal with CBS to air its movies on network television. Its business model was based on packaging films to present to studios and to then navigate the films' development. In 1996, the studio struck an exclusive deal with

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to air its networks on pay television. '' Variety'' said Phoenix Pictures was one of the few companies to produce more than with the same executive team in place.

Films

The films that are produced by Phoenix.

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Television

Television series/miniseries

Television movies

References

External links

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