Myriad Pictures
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| Private | |
| Industry | Motion picture |
| Founded | January 1999 |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica CA (USA) |
Key people | Kirk D'Amico, President and CEO |
| Website |
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Based in Santa Monica, California, Myriad Pictures is a leading independent entertainment company specializing in production, financing and worldwide distribution of feature films and television programming. President and CEO Kirk D’Amico opened the company in 1999 and has built a diverse library of art house and mainstream programming. Mr. D’Amico was named one of the Top 50 independent producers in the annual list published by The Hollywood Reporter, and is a member of the Board of Directors of IFTA.
In 2009 Myriad supported the Academy Award campaign for director Bruno Barreto’s Last Stop 174, which was Brazil’s Official Selection to the 2009 Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
Myriad’s library includes; Kinsey, starring Liam Neeson, The Good Girl, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal, Little Fish, starring Cate Blanchett, Factory Girl, starring Sienna Miller and Guy Pearce, Death Defying Acts, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Guy Pearce, Serious Moonlight, starring Meg Ryan, Tim Hutton and Kristen Bell, Not Forgotten, starring Simon Baker and Paz Vega, the Van Wilder trilogy and Jeepers Creepers 2.
History
- 1999
- Kirk D'Amico founds Myriad Pictures with a staff of three
- Philip von Alvensleben joins senior management
- 2000
Co-produces
- 2001
Co-produces
- 2002
- Opens London office; works with Montecito Pictures on financing and international sales for Killing Me Softly
- 2003
- Co-produces
- 2004
Co-produces
- 2006
- Patrick Murray joins as a consultant to handle corporate and production financing
- Kevin Forester joins as VP Finance and Controller
- Co-produces Little Fish, Dark Matter, Death Defying Acts and Copying Beethoven
- Acquires Factory Girl and Last Stop 174 for international sales
- 2007
- Pamela Rodi joins as Executive VP Marketing and Publicity
- 2008
- Amanda Blue joins as VP Production
- Company makes first-look deal with comic book company Studio 407
- Co-produces Not Forgotten and The Cry of the Owl
- Companies first domestic theatrical release Mother of Tears
- Acquires animated family film Dino Mom
- 2017
Distribution
In 2008 the company released Mother of Tears, classic horror film director Dario Argento’s long-anticipated sequel to his witches trilogy, starring Asia Argento and Udo Kier. In spring 2010 Myriad theatrically released the thriller The Cry of the Owl, based on the book by Patricia Highsmith and starring Julia Stiles and Paddy Considine. The DVD will be released through Paramount Home Entertainment summer 2010. Myriad is going to release Ben Kingsley starring A Common Man in 2012.
Litigation
Myriad Pictures failed its obligation to pay the $1,304,612 (20% of the film's budget) Minimum Guarantee for Eulogy to German film financier Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG in 2004. A series of legal proceedings ensued, and Myriad settled with Equity on reducing the owed monies to $672,143.66. However, Myriad partially failed to live up to this obligation as well, and had only paid a total of $132,009.34 up until 2014 - 10 years after the payment was due. Equity unsuccessfully pursued further legal proceedings in the U.S. Central California District Court in 2014. The case was dismissed on grounds of the settlement agreement requiring arbitration as a means of conflict resolution. [1] [2] [3]
References
The Indie Power 50 The Hollywood Reporter January 17, 2008
- ↑ "" Complaint, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG v. Myriad Pictures, Inc. and DOES 1-10, No. 14-06489, U.S. Dist.Ct., N.D. Cal. 2014. Accessed July 16, 2016.
- ↑ "" Justia: Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG v. Myriad Pictures, Inc. Accessed July 16, 2016.
- ↑ "" Courthouse News Service: 'Eulogy' Comedy Film Isn't Funny Anymore. Accessed August 26, 2016.